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A. AUTHORI TY: TheNat i onal Secur i t y Act of 1947, as amended: t he I nt el l i gence Ref or m
andTer r or i s mPr event i on Act (I RTPA) of 2004; Execut i ve Or der 12333: t he For ei gn Ser vi ce
Act of 1980: andot her appl i cabl e pr ovi s i ons of l aw.
1. Thi s I nt el l i gence Communi t y (I C) Di r ect i ve (I CD; ) es t abl i s hes Di r ect or of Nat i onal
I nt el l i gence (DNI ) pol i cy ands peci f i es r es pons i bi l i t i es f or t heover s i ght . management , and
i mpl ement at i on of I Copen s our ce act i vi t i es . Thi s I CDr ecogni zes andes t abl i s hes t her ot es and
r es pons i bi l i t i es of t heAs s i s t ant Deput y DNI f or Open Sour ce (ADDNUOS) , t heDN' I Open
Sour ce Cent er (t he Cent er ) . andt he I Ct o ens ur eef f i ci ent andef f ect i ve us e of open s our ce
i nf or mat i on andanal ys i s -
2. Thi s I CDr es ci nds t he Di r ect or of Cent r al I nt el l i gence Di r ect i ve 1/ 7 (2CSept ember 2000) ,
I nt el l i gence Communi t y Open Sour ce Pr ogr am.
C. APPLI CABI LI TY: Thi s di r ect i ve appl i es t o t he I C, as def i nedby t he Nat i onal Secur i t y Act
of 1947, as amended, andot her depar t ment s or agenci es t hat may bedes i gnat edby t hePr es i dent ,
car des i gnat ed j oi nt l y by t he DNI andt heheadof t hedepar t ment or agency concer ned. as an
t . . . . . ~. , _ ~: ) f t he I C.
POLI C-1
1 . Pur suant t o t he I RTPA, t he DNI i s commi t t ed t o ensur i ng t he act i ve andef f i ci ent use of
open sour ce i nt el l i gence, i nf or mat i on, andanal ysi s by t he I Ct hr ough t he est abl i shment and
mai nt enance of an ef f ect i ve, r el i abl e, andcol l abor at i ve capabi l i t y t hat pr ovi des maxi mum
avai l abI I i t y of open sour ce i i nf or mat i on t o al l consumer s, opt i mi zes r esour ce ut i l i zat i on, and
est abl i shes ef f ect i ve bur den shar i ng.
?. Wi t hi n t he I C:
a. Open sour ce st r at egy devel opment , pr ogr ammat i c over si ght , andeval uat i on wi l l be
cent r al i zed under t he ADDNUOS. Open sour ce act i vi t i es wi l l be execut ed i n adi st r i but ed
manner .
b. El ement s wi l l l ever age bur den shar i ng, par t ner shi ps . andout si de capabi l i t i es ( I C,
publ i c, pr i vat e, ot her USGover nment ( USG) andf or ei gn par t ner s) t o t he maxi mumext ent
possi bl e .
c. Or gani zat i ons acqui r i ng and/ or expl oi t i ng open sour ce i nf or mat i on and devel opi ng
open sour ce speci f i c capabi l i t i es, ' t ool s wi l l shar e t hei r i nf or mat i on and capabi l i t i es t o t he f ul l est
vi a t he Associ at e DNI / Chi ef I nf or mat i on Of f i cer s ( ADNI I CI O) i nf or mat i on ar chi t ect ur e.
( 1) Pr i or t o acqui r i ng and/ or expl oi t i ng any maj or newcapabi l i t y or t ool , t he
i mpl ement i ng or gani zat i on must coor di nat e wi t h t he ADDNI / OSt o val i dat e consi st ency wi t h
communi t y st r at egy andt o pr ecl ude dupl i cat i on of ef f or t .
( ?) Af t er acqui r i ng and/ or expl oi t i ng a newcapabi l i t y or t ool , t he i mpl ement i ng
or gani zat i on must t ag t he i nf or mat i on i n accor dance wi t h I Cst andar ds and make avai l abl e al l
i nf or mat i on ( acqui r ed, pr ocessed, anal yzed, ) andt ool s/ capabi l i t i es t o ot her communi t y el ement s
unl ess expr essl y pr ohi bi t ed by l a, ~ v, DNI di r ect i ve, or cont r act ual obl i gat i on .
d. I Copen sour ce ef f or t s suppor t a wi de r ange of i nt el l i gence act i vi t i es, i ncl udi ng al l -
sour ce anal ysi s, and human. si gnal s. geospat i al , andmeasur ement and si gnat ur e i nt el l i gence .
Open sour ce r epor t i ng and anal ysi s ar e al so consi der ed i nt el l i gence pr oduct s .
e. Al l open sour ce expl oi t er s, t o i ncl ude anal yst s, wi l l exer ci se appr opr i at e t r adecr af t and
i nf or mat i on secur i t y pr act i ces i n accor dance wi t h DNI st andar ds and pol i ci es .
f . Al l open sour ce expl oi t at i on ef f or t s wi l l est abl i sh appr opr i at e sour ce/ i nf or mat i on
val i dat i on andver i f i cat i on pr ocedur es i n accor dance wi t h DNI st andar ds and pol i ci es_
g. I Cel ement s wi l l devel op met r i cs f or over al l open sour ce act i vi t i es andf or i ndi vi dual
maj or i ni t i at i ves. These met r i cs wi l l be coor di nat edwi t h t he ADDNL/ OSand wi l l be used t o
det er mi ne r et ur n on i nvest ment andcust omer sat i sf act i on andt o i nf or mst r at egy devel opment
and r esour ce deci si onmaki ng_
E. AUTHORITIESANDRESPONSIBILITIES
1 . Assi st ant Deput y DNI f or Open Sour ce
a. TheADDN/OSshal l havet he f ol l owi ng aut hor i t i es and r esponsi bi l i t i es f or t he
Nat i onal Open Sour ceEnt er pr i se:
( 1) Ensur i ng i nt egr at ed IC open sour ce col l ect i on management st r at egy and
i mpl ement at i on ar e r ef l ect i ve of Pr esi dent i al pr i or i t i es_
( 2) Over si ght . eval uat i on, pol i cy di r ect i on, andt aski ng of IC open sour ce
expl oi t at i on or gani zat i ons .
( 3) Advi sor y t aski ng r egar di ng acqui si t i on of open sour cei nf or mat i on byagenci es
and depar t ment s not wi t hi n t he Nat i onal Int el l i gence Pr ogr am.
( 4) Devel opment andover si ght of t he nat i onal open sour ce ent er pr i se.
( 5) Wor ki ng wi t ht heADDNI/Chi ef Fi nanci al Of f i cer ( CFO) andt heDeput y
Di r ect or of Nat i onal Int el l i gence f or Cust omer Out comes ( DDNI/CO; ) t o est abl i sh pr ogr am
gui dance i n accor dance wi t hPr esi dent i al pr i or i t i es .
( G) Over si ght of Pr ogr amManager s' compl i ance wi t hpr ogr amgui dance i n concer t
wi t ht he ADDNI/CFO.
( 7) Coor di nat i on of open sour cer equi r ement s of common concer n.
( 8) Over si ght of t hepr ocur ement of t ool s and ser vi ces t o suppor t open sour ce
expl oi t at i on.
( 9) Over si ght of i nt er agencyshar i ng of open sour ce i nf or mat i on.
( 10) Over al l gui dance, on behal f of t heDNI and t he DDNI f or Col l ect i on ( DDNI/C) ,
t o t he Di r ect or , Cent r al Int el l i gence Agency ( D/CIA) , i n t her ol e as Execut i veAgent f or t he DNl
Open Sour ceCent er .
b. ADDNIIOSwi l l pr ovi de t heADDNIIChi ef Technol ogy Of f i cer , t heADNUCI0, and
t heADNI f or Sci ence andTechnol ogy ( ADNI/S&T) cr i t i cal capabi l i t y r equi r ement s, t o i n l ude
t hose; t hat cannot or wi l l not be met by commer ci al - of f - t he- shel f or gover nment - of f - t he- shel f
capabi l i t i es, and suppor t r el at ed devel opment , t est , andi mpl ement at i on pr ogr ams .
c. TheADDNI/OSwi l l chai r t he Nat i onal Open Sour ce Commi t t ee.
d. TheADDNI /OSwi l l manage t heOpenSour ceBoar dof Advi sor s ( t he l i oar c
such aboar d be est abl i shed.
e. TheADDNI f OSwi l l chai r t he Boar d of ' Di r ect or s t hat over sees t he Nat i onal Medi a
Expl oi t at i on Cent er andt he Nat i onal Vi r t ual Tr ansl at i on Cent er . ( Thesecent er s wi l l be
addr essed i n a subsequent I CD. )
2. Nat i onal OpenSour ce Commi t t ee( NOSC; )
a. TheNOSCi s est abl i shed t o pr ovi degui dance t o t heNat i onal OpenSour ceEnt er pr i se
under t hi s di r ect i ve. The: NOSCi s chai r ed by t he ADDNI /OSandcompr i ses seni or execut i ves
f r omt hef ol l owi ng:
( 1) DNI OpenSour ceCent er
( ?) Of f i ce of t heUnder Secr et ar v of Def ense f or I nt el l i gence
( 3) Depar t ment of Homel and Secur i t y
( 4) CI A
( 5) _Nat i onal Secur i t y Agency
( 6) ?Nat i onal Geospat i al - I nt el l i gence Agency
( 7) Depar t ment of St at e' s Bur eau of I nt el l i gence andResear ch
( 8) Def enseI nt el l i gence Agency
( 9) Feder al Bur eau of I nvest i gat i on
( 10) Of f i ceof t he I C CI O
( 11) Ot her member s as det er mi ned by t heADDNI /OS
b. TheNOSCwi l l advi se and r epor t t o t heDDNI J Ct hr ough t he ADDNI /OSand, as
r equest ed by t he DDNI I C, wi l l :
( 1) Pr ovi depr ogr ammat i c, st r at egi c, andr esour ce r ecommendat i ons.
( 1) Devel opand pr omul gat e appr opr i at eoper at i onal st andar ds f or ar eas such as, but
not l i mi t ed t o, sour cei i nf or madon ver i f i cat i on, t r adecr af t . andt r ai ni ng. /cer t i f i cat i on.
( 3) Devel opand pr omul gat e, i n coor di nat i onwi t h t he ADNUC10 and, as appr opr i at e.
t heADNUS&T, t echnol ogy st andar ds f or such ar eas as, but not l i mi t ed t o, i nt er f acest andar ds.
meadat at aggi ng. and st or age st andar ds .
( 4) Pr ovi de eval uat i ons of t he I C' s open sour ce ~oaps andcapabi l i t i es .
( 5) Pr ovi de r ecommendat i ons t o opt i mi ze f ut ur e open sour ce expl oi t at i on b_v
el ement s i n t he I C and, as appr opr i at e. ot her depar t ment s andagenci es .
c . TheNOSCwi l l est abl i sh suchwor ki nggr oups as r equi r ed t o f aci l i t at e t he
coor di nat i on or execut i on of speci f i c pr ogr ams or t o addr ess t opi cs of I C i nt er est .
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a. TheCent er ser ves t o advancet he I C*s expl oi t at i on of open sour ceni at er i al and
nur t ur es acqui si t i on, pr ocur ement , anal ysi s, di ssemi nat i on. and shar i ng of open sour ce
i on. pr oduct s . and ser vi ces t hr oughout t he USG.
ui danceof t he DNLt he Di CI Aser ves as t he DNI ' s Execut i ve
t he Cent er , wi t h day- t o- day management del egat ed t o t he Cent er di r ect or and
oper at i ng
t he
Cent er under
al l
r el evant aut hor i t i es avai l abl e t o t heCI A. TheCent er di r ect or
r ect l y t o t heDeput y D/ CI Ai n execut i ng st r at egy, pol i cy . and pr ogr amgui dance
f i shed by t heDNLTheADDNVOSest abl i shes open sour ce st r at egy, pol i cy, andpr ogr ar n
ce f or t he Cent er and ot her I Cel ement s . TheCI Aensur e, , -, t he Cent er consul t s wi t h and
des i nsi ght i nt o Cent er act i vi t i es t o t he ADDNI / OSand ot her ODNI el ement s . TheDNI
f or mal t aski ng t o t he CI Af or t heCent er .
d. TheCent er di r ect or i s sel ect ed andappoi nt ed by t heCI Awi t h t he concur r enceof t he
TheCent er di r ect or r epor t s t o t heDeput y D/ Cl Af or day- t o- day management . TheCent er
di r ect or has t wo deput y di r ect or s ( at
l east
oneof t he deput y di r ect or s i s f r oman I Cel ement ot her
CI A) . TheCent er di r ect or wi l l sel ect Cent er st af f andmanaget heCent er ' s over al l
S.
e. TheCent er ' s budget wi l l r emai n asepar at eexpendi t ur ecent er wi t hi n t heCI A
Pr ogr am. and i t may not be t axed or r epr ogr ammed wi t hout DPI appr oval . Thebudget f or t he
Cent er, i s execut ed by t he D/ CI Aconsi st ent wi t hDPI gui dance. TheCent er wi l l pr ovi de
ode: : ' ser vi ces i n r esponse t o DNI gui dance.
3. WenSour ceBoar dof Advi sor s
a. TheDDI NT/ C i s aut hor i zed t o est abl i sh an Open Sour ce Boar dof Advi sor s . TheBoar d
compr i sedof seni or exper t s f r omi nsi deand out si det he USG, wi l l pr ovi deadvi cet o t he
Cand t he ADDNl / OSon open sour cemat t er s, and wi l l beavai l abl et o consul t wi t h ot her
and USGor gani zat i ons, as need
I I C. Thec
al l y.
b. When est abl i shed. t he Boar dwi l l devel op and publ i sh, achar t er f or appr oval by t he
andmember shi p wi l i ber evi ewed by t he DDNL/ C andt he ADDNL/ OS
4. DNI OpenSour ceCent er andI 3/ CI Aas Execut i veAgent
. Under t heover al
c. TheCent er i s est abl i shed at CI Aandbui l ds on t he f or mer For ei gn Br oadcast
anon Ser vi ce . I t wi l l i ncl udeper sonnel f r omacr oss t he I C andot her USGor gani zat i ons .
f - As di r ect ed
commonconcemand:
(
1)
Suppor t s
pl an. pol i cy . andpr ogr a
t he DNLt he ensur e t hat t he Cent er act s as aser vi ceof
opment of t hei mpl ement at i on of t heDNI ' s open sour ce st r af e
deci si ons .
2) Par t i ci nat es i n t he NOSC.
( 3) Makes open sour ce i nf or mat i on avai l abl e t o al l cust omer s and par t ner s i n a t i mel y
manner andi s r esponsi ve t o t hei r needs .
( 4) Faci l i t at es open sour ce expl oi t at i on f or USGpar t ner s andcust omer s .
( 5) Secur es appr opr i at e l i censi ng andot her agr eement s t hat ensur e necessar y access
t o al l open sour ce consumer s .
( 6) Expor t s open sour ce exper t i se t o ot her gover nment ent i t i es when r equest ed.
( 7) Devel ops and advocat es pr ogr ams t hat expose al l I Cper sonnel t o t he benef i t s of
usi ng open sour ce mat er i al s and t r ai ns t hemi n open sour ce expl oi t at i on .
( 8) Tr ai ns I Cper sonnel i n open sour ce expl oi t at i on andt r adecr af t i ncl udi ng
i nf or mat i on secur i t y pr act i ces i n concer t wi t h ot her I Cel ement s .
( 9) Unl ess ot her wi se di r ect ed, wi l l cont i nue exi st i ng ser vi ces of common concer n t o
t he Communi t y i ncl udi ng acqui si t i on. anal ysi s, di ssemi nat i on. medi a anal vsi s, pr ocur ement , and
r el at i onshi ps wi t h ot her USGand nor , ' - - SGent i t i es . Such ser vi ces wi l l be del i ver ed consi st ent
wi t h t he . DNYCI f l
A
I CEl emen
a. I n coor di nat i on . vi t h t he ADDNUOSand consi st ent wi t h D\I st andar ds I Cel ement s
( 1) Conduct acqui si t i on, anal ysi s, anddi ssemi nat i on of open sour ce mat er i al s vi a t he
I UCI Oi nf or mat i on ar chi t ect ur e.
( 2) Make al l open sour ce i nf or mat i on. pr oduct s . andser vi ces avai l abl e acr oss t he I C
unl ess expr essl y pr ohi bi t ed by l aw. D\I di r ect i ve. or cont r act ual obl i gat i on.
( 3) Sour ce mat er i al and i nf or mat i on. as necessar y, t o meet uni que component
r equi r ement s .
( 4) KeepADDNI /OSappr i sed of open sour ce r esour ces and act i vi t i es t o mi ni mi ze
dupl i cat i on of ef f or t .
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i Desi gnat e a pr i mar y open sour ce coor di nat or i n each depar t ment /agency who
gui des i t s par t i ci pat i on i n t he Nat i onal Open Sour ce Ent er pr i se .
16) Pr ovi de member s f or andpar t i ci pat e i n t he del l i ber at i onsl act i vi t i es of t he NOSC
and r el at ed wor ki ng= gr oups, as set f or t h.
ppor t st af f i ng r equi r ement s of t he DNI ' s Open Sour ce Cent er .
( 8) Make f ul l use- of open sour ce i nf or mat i on, exper t i se. andcapabi l i t i es t o conduct
anal ysi s andi nf or mcol l ect i on st r at egi es .
( 9) Cr eat e a st r uct ur e t o i nst i t ut i onal i ze shar i ng acr oss appr opr i at e Feder al agency
l i nes t o f or mt he most compr ehensi ve r eposi t or y of open sour ce i nf or mat i on.
( 10) I mpl ement an open sour ce i nf or mat i on t echnol ogy i nf r ast r uct ur e t hat i s i n f ul l
compl i ance wi t h t he I CEnt er pr i se Ar chi t ect ur e common pol i ci es, ser vi ces, andst andar ds .
( 11) Advi se ADDNI / OS, t hr ough a f or mal r equi r ement s mechani smt o be det er mi ned
by t he ADDNI I OS, of open sour ce i nf or mat i on r equi r ement s .
( 12) Make t he ADDNUOSawar e of t hei r uni que acqui si t i on andanal ysi s
capabi l i t i es .
6.

Addi t i onal Rot es andResponsi bi l i t i es
a. The Depar t ment of St at e ( DOS) pr ocur es f or ei gn publ i cat i ons, maps, andgeogr aphi c
dat a t hr ough desi gnat ed DOSper sonnel at over seas mi ssi ons as r equest ed by t he Cent er .
b. The Nat i onal Geospat i al - I nt el l i gence Agency i s r esponsi bl e f or pr ovi di ng a si ngl e
a&ency f ocus f or i mager y andGeospat i al i nf or mat i on r esour ces f or t he Depar t ment of Def ense,
andot her Feder al depar t ment s or agenci es on r equest .
e. The DDNI f or Management ( DDNUM) i n coor di nat i on wi t h t he ADDNI / OS execut es
t he DNI ' s mi l est one deci si on aut hor i t i es and coor di nat es pr ogr amt r ades f or open sour ce
ct i vi t i es det er mi nedt o be of si gni f i cant I Ci nt er est by t he NOSC. ADDNI I OS, t he DDNL!C,
_ ,: : 71' or t he DDNUM.
d. The ADNI I CI O, i n concer t wi t h t he ADDNUOS, t he Cent er , andot her open sour ce
pr ovi der s, coor di nat es acr oss t he I C andi t s cust omer s t o ensur e t echni cal means and st andar ds
ar e i n pl ace t o f aci l i t at e access t o open sour ce i nf or mat i on, pr oduct s . and ser vi ces .
e. The DDNI f or Anal ysi s . wi t h t he suppor t of t he ADDNUOS, ensur es t he I C mal kes
ef f i ci ent and ef f ect i ve use of open sour ce i nf or mat i on .
f . The DDNI I CO, i n coor di nat i on wi t h t he ADDNI / OS. or chest r at es cust omer
sat i sf act i on met r i cs on open sour ce t hat ar e t hen used i n st r at egy devel opment , r et ur n- on-
i nvest ment di scussi ons, andr esour ce deci si onmaki ng,
a. The Nat i onal Count er i nt el l i gence Execut i ve wi l l suppor t open sour ce act i vi t i es .
t r adecr af t , andi nf or mat i on secur i t y t r ai ni ng t o ensur e t hat open sour ce expl oi t er s ar e cogni zant
of i nt el l i gence- r el at ed t hr eat s andvul ner abi l i t i es .
F. DEFI NI TI ONS
1 . OpenSourceAcqui si t i on: Theact of gai ni ng possessi onof , or access t o, opensource
i nf ormat i onsynonymous wi t h "opensourcecol l ect i on. " Thepref erred t ermi s acqui si t i on
becauseby def i ni t i on, opensources arecol l ect ed and di ssemi nat ed by ot hers opensource
expl oi t ers acqui reprevi ousl y col l ect ed and publ i cl y avai l abl ei nf ormat i onsecond- hand.
?. OpenSourceCol l ect i on: See"OpenSourceAcqui si t i on. -
3 . OpenSourceI nf ormat i on: Publ i cl y avai l abl ei nf ormat i ont hat anyonecanl awf ul l y
obt ai nbyrequest , purchase, or observat i on.
- + . OpenSourceI nt el l i gence: Produced f rompubl i cl y avai l abl ei nf ormat i ont hat i s
col l ect ed, expl oi t ed, and di ssemi nat ed i na t i mel y manner t o anappropri at eaudi encef or t he
purposeof addressi ng a speci f i c i nt el l i gence requi rement . ;
G. EFFECTI VEDATE: Thi s I CDbecomes ef f ect i veont hedat e of si gnat ure.
Di rect or of Nat i onal I nt el l i gence

Dat e
As def i ned i nSec. 93 1 of Publ i c Law1 09- 1 63 , ent i t l ed, "Nat i onal DenseAut hor . at i or . Act f or Fi scai ' Year
' ( ?a6. "