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The Intelligence Community Inspector General
In accordance with Title 50 U.S.C.A. Section 3033, the Inspector General of the
Intelligence Community (IC IG) conducts independent and objective audits, investigations,
inspections, and reviews to promote economy,
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The Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy and Transparency (CLPT) leads the integration
of civil liberties and privacy protections into the policies, procedures, programs
and activities of the Intelligence Community (IC). Its overarching goal is to ensure
that the IC operates within the full scope of its authorities in a manner that protects civil
liberties and privacy, provides appropriate transparency, and earns and retains the trust of
the American people.
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in EEO.
The ODNI is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all
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national origin, age, and mental or physical disability, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition,
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parental status. Prohibited discrimination includes any employment-related action motivated by a listed
protected characteristic.
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Principles of Intelligence Transparency for the Intelligence Community
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In 2015, the Principles of Intelligence Transparency for the IC and the Transparency Implementation Plan were developed to institutionalize transparency; at the same time, the ODNI Civil Liberties and Privacy Office was renamed the Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency (CLPT). The overall goal is to make appropriate and responsible transparency more coordinated, credible, understandable, and sustainable.
The
Principles of Intelligence Transparency for the Intelligence Community
are intended to facilitate IC decisions on making information publicly available in a manner that enhances public understanding of intelligence activities, while continuing to protect information when disclosure would harm national security.
These Principles do not modify or supersede applicable laws, executive orders, and directives, including Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information. Instead, they articulate the general norms that elements of the IC should follow in implementing those authorities and requirements.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence continues to lead an IC-wide effort to implement the Principles of Intelligence Transparency for the IC. Those principles call on the IC to be proactive and strategic in enhancing public understanding of the IC’s mission, how the IC accomplishes that mission, and the IC’s framework of rules, compliance, and oversight.
The IC is, through the recently-chartered Intelligence Transparency Council, executing a range of transparency initiatives under the Intelligence Transparency Plan.
The Intelligence Community Will:
Provide appropriate transparency to enhance public understanding about:
The IC's mission and what the IC does to accomplish it (including its structure and effectiveness);
The laws, directives, authorities, and policies that govern the IC's activities; and
The compliance and oversight framework that ensures intelligence activities are conducted in accordance with applicable rules.
Be proactive and clear in making information publicly available through authorized channels, including affirmative steps to:
Provide timely transparency on matters of public interest;
Prepare information with sufficient clarity and context, so that it is readily understandable;
Make information accessible to the public through a range of communications channels, such as those enabled by new technology;
Engage with stakeholders to better explain information and to understand diverse perspectives; and
In appropriate circumstances, describe why information cannot be made public.
In protecting information about intelligence sources, methods, and activities from unauthorized disclosure, ensure that IC professionals consistently and diligently execute their responsibilities to:
Classify only that information which, if disclosed without authorization, could be expected to cause identifiable or describable damage to the national security;
Never classify information to conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error, or to prevent embarrassment;
Distinguish, through portion marking and similar means, classified and unclassified information; and
Consider the public interest to the maximum extent feasible when making classification determinations, while continuing to protect information as necessary to maintain intelligence effectiveness, protect the safety of those who work for or with the IC, or otherwise protect national security.
Align IC roles, resources, processes, and policies to support robust implementation of these principles, consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, and directives.
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