Sec. 311. Study on reduction of analytic duplication
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Not later than January 31, 2016, the Director of National Intelligence shall— carry out a study to evaluate and measure the incidence of duplication in finished intelligence analysis products; and submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the findings of such study. The methodology used to carry out the study required by this subsection shall be able to be repeated for use in other subsequent studies. The report required by subsection (a)(1)(B) shall include— detailed information— relating to the frequency of duplication of finished intelligence analysis products; and that describes the types of, and the reasons for, any such duplication; and a determination as to whether to make the production of such information a routine part of the mission of the Analytic Integrity and Standards Group.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a plan for revising analytic practice, tradecraft, and standards to ensure customers are able to clearly identify— the manner in which intelligence products written on similar topics and that are produced contemporaneously differ from one another in terms of methodology, sourcing, or other distinguishing analytic characteristics; and the significance of that difference.
Nothing in this section may be construed to impose any requirement that would interfere with the production of an operationally urgent or otherwise time-sensitive current intelligence product.