The Director of National Intelligence submits this summary consistent with direction in Section 5061 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. § 3105) (as added by Section 307 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012), which provides:

This report provides an overview of the United States Intelligence Community’s (IC) workforce demographics with regard to minorities, women, and persons with disabilities (PWD).

This report is prepared in accordance with Section 114 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended by Section 324 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003. This report summarizes demographic data on the population of minorities, women, and persons with disabilities (PWD) employed within the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) during fiscal year (FY) 2016 (between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017).

The Director of National Intelligence submits this summary consistent with direction in Section 506I, of the National Security Act of 1947 ((50 U.S.C. § 3105), as added by Section 307 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.

Today, consistent with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), as amended (codified in 50 U.S.C.§ 1873(b)), and the Intelligence Community’s (IC) Principles of Intelligence Transparency, we are releasing our sixth annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Authorities presenting statistics on how often the government uses certain national security authorities.