Chapter 7 - Intelligence Community

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Empower the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) with greater authority over budgets and personnel across intelligence agencies.
Modify Executive Order 12333 to address cyber threats and clarify the DNI's role.
Enhance the DNI's role in overseeing execution of the National Intelligence Program budget.
Prioritize security clearance reform, including implementing Continuous Vetting programs.
Refocus the CIA to an OSS-like culture with more risk-taking and field experience requirements.
Conduct a 60-day review of current covert action findings and potentially draft new ones.
Streamline decision-making processes for covert actions.
Implement changes in CIA promotion criteria to reward creative thinking and quality of recruitments.
Move various CIA directorates out of Virginia to reduce bureaucratic concentration.
Divert resources from activities promoting "unnecessary and distracting social engineering."
Revoke security clearances of former officials who discuss their work publicly without clearance.
Implement stricter penalties for leaks, including removal of pension benefits.
Rescind DOJ guidance limiting investigators' ability to identify sources of unauthorized disclosures.
Strengthen emphasis on political neutrality in IC training programs.
Implement restrictions on public appearances by current and former IC leaders.
Reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), particularly Section 702.
Enhance information sharing with private sector entities, especially in cybersecurity.
Implement an "obligation to share" policy for cyber threat intelligence.
Develop a real-time auditing capability for intelligence information access.
Reform the classification and declassification system, including increased use of technology.
Increase coordination between the IC and the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security.
Modernize cover methods for intelligence officers in the digital age.
Reset expectations with the EU regarding data privacy regulations.
Refocus the President's Daily Brief and potentially change its production location.
Require that non-CIA officers comprise at least 50% of the National Intelligence Council's membership.
Appoint the Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer as a primary member of the DNI staff.
Revise the timeline for implementing post-quantum encryption across government systems.
Refocus IARPA and CIA's Science and Technology Directorate on challenging technology problems.
Expand collaboration between IC and DOD on space-related intelligence and operations.
Refocus space-related intelligence collection methods