Under Secretary of Defense For Intelligence - Office of The Under Secretary

Office of The Under Secretary

The Under Secretary leads the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSD-I). A unit of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, OUSD-I exercises planning, policy, and strategic oversight over all Department of Defense intelligence, counterintelligence, and security matters. OUSD-I serves as the primary representative of the Defense Department to the Director of National Intelligence and other members of the United States Intelligence Community.

The work of OUSD-I is conducted through its several staff directorates, including:

• Under the direction of the Deputy Under Secretary for Joint Coalition Warfighter Support
  • Information Operations (IO) and Strategic Studies Directorate - Advisor for DoD Cyber, IO integration and IO-enabling strategic activities
  • Warfighter Requirements and Evaluation Directorate - Provides guidance and oversight to sustain the Intelligence Planning process to synchronize and integrate national and Defense Intelligence Enterprise efforts in support of selected combatant command top priority contingency and campaign plans
  • Policy, Strategy, and Doctrine Directorate - Provides oversight, development, and management of Defense Intelligence, Counterintelligence, security and intelligence-related policy, strategy, and doctrine, and establishes priorities to ensure conformance with Secretary of Defense and Director of National Intelligence guidance
  • Information Sharing and Partner Engagement Directorate - Coordinates all intelligence information sharing and related Warfighter intelligence support issues for the Under Secretary
  • Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Directorate - Responsible for operationalizing approved ISR initiatives. Provides ISR capability with supporting infrastructure for collection, communications and processing, exploitation and dissemination in support of commands engaged in combat operations
• Under the direction of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Technical Collection and Analysis
  • Analytic Concepts and Strategies Directorate - Stimulates, develops and implements advanced concepts, responsive strategies, and cutting-edge analytic tradecraft methodologies, techniques and procedures that focus on improving the full spectrum of analysis and maximizing the integration and collaboration between technical analysis and all-source analysis
  • Collection Concepts and Strategies Directorate - Stimulates, develops and implements advanced concepts, responsive strategies, and cutting-edge integration methodologies, techniques and procedures
  • Special Capabilities Directorate - Develops, oversees, and manages special activities addressing critical intelligence needs, operational shortfalls, and interagency requirements
• Under the direction of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Portfolio, Programs and Resources
  • Battlespace Awareness (BA) Portfolio Directorate - Serves as the principal staff advisor and functional manager for the Department’s BA Portfolio
  • Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Programs Directorate - Provides functional oversight for DoD ISR programs, to include processing, exploitation, and dedicated communications networks
  • Military Intelligence Program Resources Directorate - Develops investment strategies addressing Warfighter near-term and long-term ISR and other intelligence-related needs
• Under the direction of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for HUMINT, Counterintelligence and Security
  • Counterintelligence Directorate - Staff advisor for Department Counterintelligence and Credibility Assessment matters
  • HUMINT Directorate - Staff advisor for Department HUMINT, overseeing the full spectrum of Department HUMINT plans, programs, and operations, to include Identity Intelligence biometrics
  • Security Directorate - Staff advisor for Department security policy, planning, and oversight, and Executive Agent for the National Industrial Security Program
  • Sensitive Activities Directorate - Staff office concerning Department Sensitive Activities, National programs, Defense Sensitive Support and sensitive Special Operations
  • Direct Report Offices - Central administrative activity of the OUSD-I for legislative affairs, human capital, management, and policy oversight