Chief Human Capital Office
Policy and Strategy
Policy
The IRTPA of 2004 directs the DNI to “prescribe, in consultation with the heads of other agencies or elements of the intelligence community, and the heads of their respective departments, personnel policies and programs” governing IC human capital matters.
The policy function in the Assistant Director for Human Capital (ADNI/HC) supports the ADNI/HC (the accountable ODNI official for human capital related issues), with developing, coordinating, and adjudicating IC policy issuances – including IC Directives (ICDs), IC Implementing Guidance (ICPGs), IC Standards (ICSs), and other policy documents – in coordination with the Office of the ADNI for Policy and Strategy. The ADNI/HC is also responsible for all human capital related legislative issues for the IC. Additionally, the ADNI/HC is charged with providing support to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for human capital Initiatives.
IC Human Capital Vision 2020
The 2014 National Intelligence Strategy (NIS), directed by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), established a mandate for the Intelligence Community (IC) to integrate, transform and strengthen its support to national security. The Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Human Capital (ADNI/HC) is responsible for meeting the Workforce Enterprise Objective: Our People – “Build a more agile, diverse, inclusive, and expert workforce.” To accomplish this objective, the IC Chief Human Capital Office (CHCO) developed IC Human Capital Vision 2020 — a strategic human capital framework that enables the IC to attract, engage and retain a diverse and innovative workforce.
Building on the guidance provided within the 2014 NIS and The IC Human Capital Vision 2020, describes the human capital Initiatives established by the IC CHCO Council and IC HC Working Groups to achieve the NIS Workforce Enterprise Objective.
The HC initiatives are organized into the following high-level Vision 2020 focus areas:
Shape an Effective Workforce – The IC will share information and advocate for new/revised policies, processes and technologies to better attract, retain and recognize personnel. Implications: To better align workforce capabilities with emerging mission requirements.
Embrace Continuous Learning – The IC will sustain a learning culture that drives continuous improvement in performance while providing the means to share critical knowledge across IC organizations. Implications: Resulting in a workforce better able to maintain and sustain current and emerging mission successes.
Embed Agility, Innovation, and Engagement – The IC will become more responsive by changing how it manages human capital. Improved organizational designs promote and facilitate collaboration, which leads to increased agility. Implications: To more effectively deploy the impactful policies, processes and technologies that enable mission success.
IC Human Capital
FAQs
Awards:
Q: If an individual has received an agency-level award for an achievement, can the person also receive an award from the DNI?
A: Individuals would need to check with their organization; some allow dual recognition for employees while others do not.
IC Civilian Joint Duty:
Q: Who is eligible to participate in Joint Duty?
A: All government civilian intelligence professional, starting at Grade GS-13, Pay Band 3, are eligible to participate in the Joint Duty program with their management’s approval.
Intelligence Learning Network:
Q: How do I volunteer to attend an Intelligence Learning Network course at my level?
A: IC professionals interested in taking these courses should contact their Agency/Element Training Officer.
Outreach:
Q: I would like to find out more about a job in the IC. Where do I find more information?
A: The website www.intelligence.gov provides links to all the IC organizations.
General Information:
Q: What is IC Human Capital's contact information?
A: 301-243-0895 (u)
Chief Human Capital Office
IC Joint Duty
The IC Civilian Joint Duty Program works to create cross-agency expertise by fostering an environment of information-sharing, interagency cooperation and intelligence integration at all levels. Joint Duty Assignments provide intelligence professionals an IC-wide enterprise perspective, assist them in cultivating cross-organizational networks, facilitate their ability to share information among other IC employees and organizations, increase participants’ understanding of the scope and complexity of the IC, and contribute to their personal and professional development.
The Joint Duty program was established in response to the requirement of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) that service in more than one IC element be a condition for promotion to senior executive.
In 2008, the IC Civilian Joint Duty Program was honored with the Innovations in American Government Award by the Ash Institute of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government as a “key to improved national security” and an “innovative solution for improving cross-agency understanding.”
If you are already a member of the IC, and are interested in learning more about Joint Duty opportunities, visit the IC Joint Duty site.
Chief Information Officer
IC Technical Specifications
Intelligence Publications
Data Encoding Specification for Intelligence Publications
Overview
This IC enterprise data encoding specification defines XML elements and attributes, associated structures and relationships, mandatory and cardinality requirements, permissible values, and constraint rules for representing electronic textual information resources. Textual information resources consist primarily of text supplemented by interspersed non-textual information. Examples include assessments, studies, estimates, compilations, reports, and other document-oriented information.
This specification contains tagging structures for information resource metadata, mixed textual and media content found in the body of publications, source reference citations, classification and control markings, and knowledge assertions. Compliance with this specification is measured against all aspects of the technical and documentary artifacts contained within the specification release package.
This specification changed names and numeric designators multiple times since its inception in the late 1990's.
This specification is maintained by the IC Chief Information Officer via the Data Coordination Activity (DCA) and Common Metadata Standards Tiger Team (CMSTT).
Technical Specification Downloads
Latest Approved Public Release:
- XML Data Encoding Specification for Intelligence Publications (V2018-APRr2022-MAY - Standalone Package)
- XML Data Encoding Specification for Intelligence Publications (V2018-APRr2022-MAY - Convenience Package)
- XML Data Encoding Specification for Intelligence Publications (V2018-APRr2022-MAY - Light Package)
Mission Requirements
This specification is designed to fulfill a number of requirements in support of the transformational efforts of the Intelligence Community. Many of these requirements are articulated in IC Directives 203, 206, 208, 501, and 710, among others. Features of this specification are provided to support:
- Improving publication and dissemination efficiency by reducing the cost and time for performing manual and complex rendering, manipulation, and content transformation.
- Facilitating discovery and exchange of intelligence publications between collectors, all-source analysts, and consumers.
- Capturing overall security marking metadata in order to support attribute-and clearance-based information management practices, such as: secure collaboration, content management, content and portion-level filtering of discovery results, and content transfers across security domains.
- Capturing source reference citations to provide intelligence producers the ability to systematically analyze how and at what frequency the data they gather or produce is being used.
- Capturing and retaining a greater understanding of an intelligence publications meaning, purpose, genesis, and characteristics as identified by a human or service.