Sec. 1019. ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES RELATING TO ANALYTIC INTEGRITY
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## SEC. 1019 ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES RELATING TO ANALYTIC INTEGRITY **[**[50 U.S.C. 3364](/us/usc/t50/s3364)**]** ###
(a)Assignment of Responsibilities For purposes of carrying out section 102A(g) of the National Security Act of 1947 (as added by section 1011(a)), the Director of National Intelligence shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, assign an individual or entity to be responsible for ensuring that finished intelligence products produced by any element or elements of the intelligence community are timely, objective, independent of political considerations, based upon all sources of available intelligence, and employ the standards of proper analytic tradecraft. ###
(b)Responsibilities ####
(1)The individual or entity assigned responsibility under subsection (a)— #####
(A)may be responsible for general oversight and management of analysis and production, but may not be directly responsible for, or involved in, the specific production of any finished intelligence product; #####
(B)shall perform, on a regular basis, detailed reviews of finished intelligence product or other analytic products by an element or elements of the intelligence community covering a particular topic or subject matter; #####
(C)shall be responsible for identifying on an annual basis functional or topical areas of analysis for specific review under subparagraph (B); and #####
(D)upon completion of any review under subparagraph (B), may draft lessons learned, identify best practices, or make recommendations for improvement to the analytic tradecraft employed in the production of the reviewed product or products. ####
(2)Each review under paragraph (1)(B) should— #####
(A)include whether the product or products concerned were based on all sources of available intelligence, properly describe the quality and reliability of underlying sources, properly caveat and express uncertainties or confidence in analytic judgments, properly distinguish between underlying intelligence and the assumptions and judgments of analysts, and incorporate, where appropriate, alternative analyses; and #####
(B)ensure that the analytic methodologies, tradecraft, and practices used by the element or elements concerned in the production of the product or products concerned meet the standards set forth in subsection (a). ####
(3)Information drafted under paragraph (1)(D) should, as appropriate, be included in analysis teaching modules and case studies for use throughout the intelligence community. ####
(4)#####
(A)The individual or entity assigned responsibility under subsection
(a)shall annually conduct a survey of analytic objectivity among officers and employees of the intelligence community. #####
(B)The head of each element of the intelligence community shall take all practical actions to encourage maximum participation by officers and employees of such element with respect to the survey conducted under subparagraph (A).
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Sec. 1019
ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES RELATING TO ANALYTIC INTEGRITY
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