ODNI highlights from 2021 The Honorable Avril Haines was sworn in on Jan. 21, 2021 as the seventh Senate-confirmed DNI and the first woman to lead the Intelligence Community. In addition to DNI Haines, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Dr. Stacey Dixon, National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid, Inspector…

National Intelligence University Serves as a Hub for Intelligence and National Security Studies Photos and Article by: Jessica Hrabosky, Office of Strategic Communications The National Intelligence University is different than any other university in the country. There are no sports teams, students do not pay for books or tuition, and…

Article and Photographs by Jessica Hrabosky, Office of Strategic Communications According to the Fiscal Year 2020 Intelligence Community Annual Demographic Report, only 11% of the Intelligence Community identifies as persons with disabilities across all pay grades. That percentage is even smaller, at 7.7% when looking at people with disabilities who…

Photos by Jessica Hrabosky, ODNI Office of Strategic Communications Article by Victoria Piccoli, ODNI Office of Strategic Communications The National Counterterrorism Center was stood up nearly 20 years ago in the wake of the tragic Sept. 11 attacks. …

While it is common knowledge that the president of the United States is protected by the Secret Service, the commander in chief is far from the only key government official who is safeguarded by a protective detail. …

During the Intelligence Community’s 2017 Pride Summit in June, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s acting director, Andrew McCabe, stepped to the podium and delivered a series of remarks highlighting why diversity and inclusion are crucial to the IC’s effectiveness and credibility. “The bedrock of the IC is our credibility,” he…

When it comes to finding a better way of conducting business or developing a cutting-edge technology, the advanced research arm of the Intelligence Community is never content. …

When people think about the Intelligence Community, they often envision covert missions, classified documents and clandestine meet-ups. Of course, they’re not entirely wrong. We deal in secrets. Our fundamental mission is to provide the United States’ national security leaders with the intelligence they need to make informed choices. …

Every year, schoolchildren celebrate President’s Day (and its associated day off). In elementary school classrooms across the country, kids make powdered wigs out of cotton balls, color images of George Washington on a horse or maybe build Abraham Lincoln’s in a log cabin our of popsicle sticks, while their teachers…