Position of Director of National Intelligence : Issues for Congress.

Reviews proposals to establish a Director of National Intelligence (DNI) position to manage and oversee agencies contributing to the national intelligence program, and have hiring, firing, and budgetary authority over intelligence community (IC) agencies. Discusses and compares recent Congressional...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Occupations. Executive advisory bodies. Administrative agencies > Reorganization. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Reviews proposals to establish a Director of National Intelligence (DNI) position to manage and oversee agencies contributing to the national intelligence program, and have hiring, firing, and budgetary authority over intelligence community (IC) agencies. Discusses and compares recent Congressional proposals regarding the DNI position, summarizes arguments offered for and against DNI establishment, and outlines the history of Federal advisory body recommendations to centralize and strengthen IC leadership.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.