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Presidential Memorandum

Assignment of Reporting Functions Relating to the Information Sharing Environment

This memorandum assigns the President's reporting functions under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (as amended by the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007) to the Director of National Intelligence. The DNI must consult with five Cabinet secretaries and can require information from agency heads to fulfill these reporting duties.

Federal Register Open PDF 72 FR 52279

Impact dates

  1. DNI to establish schedule for information requests from agencies

Key directives

  • Assign presidential reporting functions under IRTPA sections 1016(h) and 1016(j) to the Director of National Intelligence
  • DNI shall consult Secretaries of State, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, and Attorney General
  • Department and agency heads shall furnish requested information to DNI in specified format and schedule
  • DNI must perform functions consistent with presidential constitutional authority to withhold sensitive information
  • DNI is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • DNI assumes reporting functions
  • Agency heads must comply with DNI information requests

Near term (90d)

  • DNI establishes information request formats and schedules

Long term

  • Ongoing intelligence information sharing reporting to Congress

Risks & tensions

  • Potential tension between DNI information demands and agency autonomy or statutory constraints
  • Constitutional withholding clause creates ambiguity about scope of DNI reporting obligations
  • Consultation requirement with five cabinet secretaries may slow reporting process
Presidential Memorandum: Assignment of Reporting Functions Relating to the Information Sharing Environment · Executive Orders