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 118 STAT. 3671 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 (1) the authority of the Director of the Office of Manage- ment and Budget; and (2) the authority of the principal officers of the executive departments as heads of their respective departments, including, but not limited to, under— (A) section 199 of the Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 2651); (B) title II of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.); (C) the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956; (D) section 102(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112(a)); and (E) sections 301 of title 5, 113(b) and 162(b) of title 10, 503 of title 28, and 301(b) of title 31, United States Code. SEC. 1019. ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES RELATING TO ANA- LYTIC INTEGRITY. (a) ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES.—For purposes of carrying out section 102A(h) of the National Security Act of 1947 (as added by section 1011(a)), the Director of National Intelligence shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, assign an individual or entity to be responsible for ensuring that finished intelligence products produced by any element or elements of the intelligence community are timely, objective, inde- pendent of political considerations, based upon all sources of avail- able intelligence, and employ the standards of proper analytic tradecraft. (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The individual or entity assigned responsibility under subsection (a)— (A) may be responsible for general oversight and manage- ment of analysis and production, but may not be directly respon- sible for, or involved in, the specific production of any finished intelligence product; (B) shall perform, on a regular basis, detailed reviews of finished intelligence product or other analytic products by an element or elements of the intelligence community covering a particular topic or subject matter; (C) shall be responsible for identifying on an annual basis functional or topical areas of analysis for specific review under subparagraph (B); and (D) upon completion of any review under subparagraph (B), may draft lessons learned, identify best practices, or make recommendations for improvement to the analytic tradecraft employed in the production of the reviewed product or products. (2) Each review under paragraph (1)(B) should— (A) include whether the product or products concerned were based on all sources of available intelligence, properly describe the quality and reliability of underlying sources, prop- erly caveat and express uncertainties or confidence in analytic judgments, properly distinguish between underlying intel- ligence and the assumptions and judgments of analysts, and incorporate, where appropriate, alternative analyses; and (B) ensure that the analytic methodologies, tradecraft, and practices used by the element or elements concerned in the Deadline. 50 USC 403–1a. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00205 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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