Sec. 611. Study on engagement with other agencies with respect to open-source intelligence requirements
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The Director of National Intelligence shall conduct a study to determine the most effective way to support the open-source intelligence requirements of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The Director of National Intelligence shall begin the study required under paragraph
(1)not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The head of each element of the intelligence community shall designate an officer or employee of such element to participate in the study required under subsection (a). The study required under subsection
(a)shall— determine the appropriate principal liaison within the intelligence community for other departments and agencies of the Federal Government to engage for assistance in collecting and analyzing open-source intelligence; determine best practices for each element of the intelligence community to— facilitate and develop relationships with other departments and agencies of the Federal Government to ensure those departments and agencies are aware of the availability and process for requesting open-source intelligence resources from such element; and assist those departments and agencies with obtaining the appropriate open-source intelligence resources from such element; review technical infrastructure connected to the information-sharing environment of the intelligence community that is provided to other departments and agencies of the Federal Government to facilitate discovery, access, retention, or destruction of intelligence or intelligence-related information; and determine how the intelligence community will resolve information-sharing disputes between an element of the intelligence community and another department or agency of the Federal Government. Not later than 90 days after the date of the initiation of the study required under subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees a briefing on the findings of the study.