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On December 18, 2015, Congress passed Public Law 114-113, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, which includes Title I - the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (the Act). The Act was established to improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of cyber threat information. The Act requires the inspectors general of the “appropriate Federal entities,” defined as the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Defense, Commerce, Energy, and the Treasury, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), “in consultation with the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community and the Council of Inspectors General on Financial Oversight,” to jointly report to Congress by December 18—every two years—on the actions taken over the most recent two-year period to carry out the Act. The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) audited the ODNI’s implementation of the Act for calendar year (CY) 2019 and CY 2020. The results presented in the ODNI report will also be included in the joint, biennial report due to Congress by December 18, 2021.
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The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) completed the Classification Review of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Fiscal Year 2020. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, Public Law 116- 92 § 6721, required the IC IG to submit a report on the ODNI classification and declassification processes to the congressional intelligence committees.
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The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) engaged the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) workforce with a National Compliance Officer Day event on September 29, 2021. The outreach program was held at ODNI Headquarters in McLean, Virginia, and the Intelligence Community Campus, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Pursuant to direction set forth in the classified annex to the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, see Pub. L. No. 116-260, div. W, § 3 (Dec. 27, 2020), the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) completed a review of the Intelligence Community (IC) Analytic Ombudspersons’ Complaint Processes in July 2021 (INS-2021-004).
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The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) completed an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Intelligence Community’s Foreign Language Program (INS-2019-002) in achieving Intelligence Community mission objectives. The evaluation, encompassing Fiscal Years 2005-2019, examined outcomes against foreign language strategic objectives, advocacy for budgetary resources, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s progress in managing the Intelligence Community Foreign Language Program. This evaluation and its recommendations will inform Intelligence Community leadership decisions related to the future of the Intelligence Community Foreign Language Program.
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The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) completed a review of the Intelligence Community’s Implementation of Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 701, Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified National Security Information. ICD 701 governs Intelligence Community efforts to deter, detect, report, and investigate unauthorized disclosures of classified national security information.