Sec. 302. Annual survey of analytic objectivity among officers and employees of elements of the intelligence community
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Not less frequently than once each year, each head of an element of the intelligence community specified in subsection
(c)shall— conduct a survey of analytic objectivity among officers and employees of the element of the head who are involved in the production of intelligence products; and submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the findings of the head with respect to the most recently completed survey under paragraph (1). Each survey conducted pursuant to subsection (a)(1) for an element of the intelligence community shall cover the following: Perceptions of the officers and employees regarding the presence of bias or politicization affecting the intelligence cycle. Types of intelligence products perceived by the officers and employees as most prone to objectivity concerns. Whether objectivity concerns identified by responders to the survey were otherwise raised with an analytic ombudsman or appropriate entity. The elements of the intelligence community specified in this subsection are the following: The National Security Agency. The Defense Intelligence Agency. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Each intelligence element of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Space Force, and the Coast Guard. The Directorate of Intelligence of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy. The Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of the Treasury.