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What does Bureau of Intelligence and Research do?
The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) is an intelligence agency in the United States Department of State. Its central mission is to provide all-source intelligence and analysis in support of U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy.
What is the INR intelligence?
INR delivers and coordinates timely, objective intelligence that advances U.S. diplomacy. Intelligence Empowering Diplomacy. The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) is a bureau of the Department of state and a member of the Intelligence Community (IC).
What role does the State Department have in intelligence collection?
Within the State Department, INR coordinates policy review of sensitive intelligence, counterintelligence, and law enforcement activities to ensure that they are consistent with foreign policy interests.
Is the State Department’s primary mission is to collect foreign intelligence?
The Intelligence Community’s mission is to collect, analyze, and deliver foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information to America’s leaders so they can make sound decisions to protect our country. Our customers include the president, policy-makers, law enforcement, and the military.
Who does CIA answer to?
the Director of National Intelligence
Currently, the Central Intelligence Agency answers directly to the Director of National Intelligence, although the CIA Director may brief the President directly. The CIA has its budget approved by the US Congress, a subcommittee of which see the line items.
What is the Office of the geographer and global issues?
The Office of the Geographer and Global Issues at the U.S. Department of State releases periodic guidance bulletins to inform Federal cartographers of changes in mapping policy, mostly with regard to international boundary and sovereignty issues.
What kind of maps are on the walls of government offices?
There is also the ubiquitous foreign post map—the U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdiction—that is found on the walls of many Department offices, both domestic and overseas. A map created by GGI for a Disaster Impact Bulletin, a product periodically issued by the office.
What is the Office of National Intelligence Research?
Secretary of State George Marshall established INR in 1947. INR is a direct descendant of the Office of Strategic Services Research Department and the oldest civilian intelligence element in the U.S. Government.
What is the geographic information unit?
Its Geographic Information Unit provides cartography support, GIS applications, and boundary and sovereignty analysis and research. The Humanitarian Information Unit provides analysis and graphics on humanitarian challenges and complex emergencies worldwide.