Director of National Intelligence
Intelligence Community Directives
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) established Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs) as the principal means by which the DNI provides guidance, policy, and direction to the Intelligence Community. The DNI also directed that all Director of Central Intelligence Directives (DCIDs) remain in force until canceled or superseded by an ICD. The contents of an ICD may be issued in an Intelligence Community Policy Memorandum prior to its formal publication in an ICD.
ICDs which have been publicly disclosed include the following:
- ICD 2005-1 System of Intelligence Community Directives; Status of Director of Central Intelligence Directives; Delegation to the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, April 21, 2005
- ICD 1 Policy Directive for Intelligence Community Leadership, May 1, 2006
- ICD 101 Intelligence Community Policy System, January 16, 2009, amended June 12, 2009
- ICPG 101-1 Intelligence Community Directives and Policy Guidance, January 16, 2009
- ICPG 101-2 Intelligence Community Standards, January 16, 2009
- ICD 102 Process for Developing Interpretive Principles and Proposing Amendments to Attorney General Guidelines Governing the Collection, Retention, and Dissemination of Information Regarding U.S. Persons, November 19, 2007 (formerly ICD 153)
- ICD 103 Intelligence Enterprise Exercise Program, July 14, 2008
- ICD 104 National Intelligence Program (NIP) Budget Formulation and Justification, Execution, and Performance Evaluation, April 30, 2013
- ICD 106 Intelligence Community Strategic Enterprise Management, November 20, 2008 (rescinded and superseded by ICD 116)
- ICD 107 Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency, February 28, 2018
- ICPG 107.1 Requests for Identities of U.S. Persons in Disseminated Intelligence Reports, January 11, 2018
- ICD 108 Intelligence Community History Programs, August 29, 2007
- ICD 109 Independent Cost Estimates, April 26, 2010
- ICD 110 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, October 24, 2024 (replaces previous version from 2009)
- ICPG 110.1 Employment of Individuals with Disabilities, February 26, 2019
- ICD 111 Accountability Reviews, August 4, 2011
- ICD 112 Congressional Notification, June 29, 2017; Annex A: Dissemination of Congressional Identity Information, January 19, 2017
- ICD 113 Functional Managers, May 19, 2009
- ICD 114 Comptroller General Access to Intelligence Community Information, June 30, 2011
- ICD 115 Intelligence Community Capability Requirements Process, December 21, 2012
- ICD 116 Intelligence Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Evaluation System, September 14, 2011
- ICD 117 Outside Employment, June 9, 2013
- ICD 118 Intelligence Community Continuity Program, November 12, 2013
- ICD 119 Media Contacts, March 20, 2014
- ICD 120 Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection, March 20, 2014
- ICD 121 Managing the Intelligence Community Information Environment, January 19, 2017
- ICD 122 Services of Common Concern, May 29, 2018
- ICD 124 Electronic Medical Devices, April 26, 2024
- ICD 125 Gender Identity and lnclusivity in the Intelligence Community, May 13, 2023
- ICD 126 Implementation Procedures for the Signals Intelligence Redress Mechanism Under Executive Order 14086, December 6, 2022
- ICD 190 Critical Information (CRITIC), February 3, 2015
- ICD 191 Duty to Warn, July 21, 2015
- ICD 200 Management, Integration, and Oversight of Intelligence Community Analysis, January 8, 2007
- ICD 201 National Foreign Intelligence Warning System (Redacted), June 6, 2006
- ICD 202 National Intelligence Board, July 16, 2007
- ICD 203 Analytic Standards, January 2, 2015
- ICD 204 National Intelligence Priorities Framework, January 7, 2021 (2015 version) (2007 version)
- ICD 205 Analytic Outreach, August 28, 2013
- ICD 206 Sourcing Requirements for Disseminated Analytic Products, January 22, 2015
- ICS 206-01 Citation and Reference for Publicly Available Information, Commercially Available Information, and Open Source Intelligence, December 2, 2024
- ICD 207 National Intelligence Council, June 9, 2008
- ICD 208 Maximizing the Utility of Analytic Products, January 9, 2017
- ICD 209 Tearline Production and Dissemination, September 6, 2012
- ICD 211 Intelligence Community Support to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Threat Analysis Process (redacted), September 4, 2022
- ICD 300 Management, Integration, and Oversight of Intelligence Collection and Covert Action, October 3, 2006
- ICD 301 National Open Source Enterprise, July 11, 2006 (rescinded in 2012)
- ICD 302 Document and Media Exploitation, July 6, 2007
- ICD 304 Human Intelligence, March 6, 2008, amended July 9, 2009
- ICD 310 Coordination of Clandestine Human Source and Human-Enabled Foreign Intelligence Collection and Counterintelligence Activities Outside the United States, June 27, 2016
- ICD 311 Coordination of Clandestine Human Source and Human-Enabled Foreign Intelligence Collection and Counterintelligence Activities Inside the United States, June 27, 2016
- ICD 402 Director of National Intelligence Representatives, December 23, 2009, amended September 6, 2012
- ICD 403 Foreign Disclosure and Release of Classified National Intelligence, March 13, 2013
- ICPG 403.1 Criteria for Foreign Disclosure and Release of Classified National Intelligence, March 13, 2013
- ICPG 403.2 Procedures for Foreign Disclosure and Release Requiring Interagency Coordination, Notification, and DNI Approval, August 8, 2014
- ICPG 403.3 Criteria and Conditions for Emergency Foreign Disclosure and Release, April 29, 2014
- ICPG 403.4 Procedures for Interagency Coordination Prior to Foreign Disclosure and Release to Senior Foreign Officials, October 25, 2014
- ICPG 403.5 Application of Dissemination Controls: Foreign Disclosure and Release Markings, March 20, 2014
- ICD 404 Executive Branch Intelligence Customers, July 22, 2013
- ICPG 404.1 Federal Partner Access to Intelligence Community Information Technology Systems, June 16, 2017
- ICD 500 DNI Chief Information Officer, August 7, 2008
- ICPG 500.2 Attribute-Based Authorization and Access Management, November 23, 2010
- ICD 501 Discovery and Dissemination or Retrieval of Information Within the Intelligence Community, January 21, 2009
- ICPG 501.1 Exemption of Information From Discovery, May 26, 2009
- ICPG 501.2 Sensitive Review Board and Information Sharing Dispute Resolution Process, May 26, 2009
- ICPG 501.3 Subsequent Use of Information, May 20, 2010
- ICD 502 Integrated Defense of the Intelligence Community Information Environment, March 11, 2011
- ICD 503 Intelligence Community Information Technology Systems Security Risk Management, September 15, 2008, amended July 21, 2015
- ICD 504 Intelligence Community Data Management, June 7, 2024
- ICD 601 Human Capital - Joint Intelligence Community Duty Assignments, May 16, 2006 (amended September 4, 2009)
- ICPG 601.1 Intelligence Community Civilian Joint Duty Program: Implementing Instructions, Intelligence Community Policy Guidance, June 25, 2007 (amended September 4, 2009) (rescinded by ICPG 660.1)
- ICD 602 Human Capital - Intelligence Community Critical Pay Positions, August 16, 2006
- ICD 610 Competency Library for the Intelligence Community Workforce, September 1, 2008, amended April 17, 2015
- ICS 610-2 Intelligence Community Competency Taxonomy, September 1, 2008, amended October 4, 2010
- ICS 610-3 Core Competencies for Non-Supervisory Intelligence Community Employees at GS-15 and Below, September 1, 2008, amended October 4, 2010
- ICS 610-4 Core Competencies for Supervisory and Managerial Intelligence Community Employees at GS-15 and Below, September 1, 2008, amended October 4, 2010
- ICS 610-5 Core Competencies for Intelligence Community Senior Officers
- ICD 612 Core Contract Personnel, August 17, 2015
- ICD 613 Reciprocity for Mandatory Training, December 23, 2021
- ICD 623 Appointment of Highly Qualified Experts, October 16, 2008
- ICD 630 Intelligence Community Foreign Language Capability, May 14, 2012
- ICD 650 National Intelligence Civilian Compensation Program: Guiding Principles and Framework, April 28, 2008 [rescinded]
- ICD 651 Performance Management System Requirements for the Intelligence Community Civilian Workforce, November 28, 2007 (updated April 4, 2012), amended December 23, 2014
- ICD 652 Occupational Structure for the Intelligence Community Civilian Workforce, April 28, 2008 [rescinded]
- ICD 653 Pay-Setting and Administration Policies for the Intelligence Community Civilian Workforce, May 14, 2008 [rescinded]
- ICD 654 Performance-Based Pay for the Intelligence Community Civilian Workforce, April 28, 2008 [rescinded]
- ICD 655 National Intelligence Awards Program, May 23, 2007 (amended February 9, 2012)
- ICD 656 Performance Management System Requirements for Intelligence Community Senior Civilian Officers, April 28, 2008 (amended April 4, 2012)
- ICD 660 Intelligence Community Civilian Joint Duty Program, February 11, 2013
- ICPG 660.1 Intelligence Community Civilian Joint Duty Program Implementation Guidance, July 24, 2015
- ICD 700 Protection of National Intelligence, June 7, 2012
- ICPG 700.1 Security Glossary
- ICPG 700.2 Security Governance
- ICD 701 Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified National Security Information, December 22, 2017
- ICD 702 Technical Surveillance Countermeasures, February 18, 2008
- ICPG 702.1 TSCM
- ICD 703 Protection of Classified National Intelligence, Including Sensitive Compartmented Information
- ICPG 703.1 Continuing Reporting
- ICPG 703.2 SCI Management
- ICPG 703.3 Non-Title 50
- ICPG 703.4 Foreign Partners
- ICPG 703.5 Dissemination Controls
- ICPG 703.6 Risk Management
- ICD 704 Personnel Security Standards and Procedures Governing Eligibility for Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and Other Controlled Access Program Information, October 1, 2008, amended June 20, 2018
- ICPG 704.1 Personnel Security Investigative Standards and Procedures Governing Eligibility for Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and Other Controlled Access Program Information, October 2, 2008
- ICPG 704.2 Personnel Security Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and Other Controlled Access Program Information, October 2, 2008
- ICPG 704.3 Denial or Revocation of Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information, Other Controlled Access Program Information, and Appeals Processes, October 2, 2008
- ICPG 704.4 Reciprocity of Personnel Security Clearance and Access Determinations, October 2, 2008
- ICPG 704.5 Intelligence Community Personnel Security Database Scattered Castles, October 2, 2008
- ICPG 704.6 Conduct of Polygraph Examinations for Personnel Security Vetting, February 4, 2015
- ICD 705 Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, May 26, 2010
- ICS 705.1 Physical and Technical Security Standards for Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, September 17, 2010
- ICS 705.2 Standards for the Accreditation and Reciprocal Use of Sensitive Compartmented Information, September 17, 2010
- IC Tech Spec for ICD/ICS 705 Technical Specifications for Construction and Management of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, Version 1.2, April 23, 2012
- ICD 706 Security Standards For Protecting Domestic IC Facilities, June 16, 2016
- ICD 707 Counterintelligence and Security Support to U.S. Diplomatic Facilities Abroad, amended August 21, 2018
- ICPG 707.1 Center for Security Evaluation Construction Security Review Board, June 12, 2008 (rescinded)
- ICD 708 TEMPEST
- ICD 709 Reciprocity for Intelligence Community Employee Mobility, June 10, 2009
- ICD 710 Classification Management and Control Markings System, June 21, 2013
- ICPG 710.1 Application of Dissemination Controls: Originator Control, July 25, 2012
- ICPG 710.2 Application of Dissemination Controls: Foreign Disclosure and Release Markings, March 20, 2014
- ICD 711 Prepublication Reviews, July 12, 2024
- ICD 712 Requirements for Certain Employment Activities by Former Intelligence Community Employees, March 20, 2023
- ICD 731 Supply Chain Risk Management, December 7, 2013
- ICS 731-01 Supply Chain Criticality Assessments, October 2, 2015
- ICS 731-02 Supply Chain Threat Assessments, May 17, 2016
- ICS 731-03 Supply Chain Information Sharing, June 29, 2017
- ICD 732 Damage Assessments, June 27, 2014
- ICD 750 Counterintelligence Programs, July 5, 2013
- ICD 801 Acquisition, August 15, 2006 (amended August 16, 2009)
- ICS 801-01 Major System Acquisitions, June 18, 2013
- ICPG 801.1 Acquisition, July 12, 2007
- ICPG 801.2 Contracting and Procurement Policy, September 20, 2008
- ICPG 801.3 Acquisition Workforce, October 21, 2011
- ICD 900 Integrated Mission Management, May 6, 2013
- ICPG 900.2 Intelligence Community Crisis Management, December 23, 2016
- ICPG 900.3 Mission Posture Change Reporting, April 15, 2016
- ICD 901 Program Management Posture Adjustment Notification, June 23, 2008
- ICD 902 Global Maritime and Air Intelligence Integration, January 14, 2009 [rescinded]
- ICD 906 Controlled Access Programs, October 17, 2015
- ICPG 906.1 Intelligence Community Portfolio Management, December 15, 2017
With a couple of exceptions (e.g. ICD 2005-1 and ICD-1), all ICDs are issued sequentially within one of nine series of policy areas:
| TOPIC | SERIES | COGNIZANT OFFICIAL |
| Enterprise Management | 100 | Deputy DNI for Management |
| Intelligence Analysis | 200 | Deputy DNI for Analysis |
| Intelligence Collection | 300 | Deputy DNI for Collection |
| Customer Outcomes | 400 | Deputy DNI for Customer Outcomes |
| Information Management | 500 | Associate DNI and Chief Information Officer |
| Human Capital | 600 | Assistant Deputy DNI and Chief Human Capital Officer and Assistant Deputy DNI for Education and Training and Chancellor, National Intelligence University |
| Security and Counterintelligence | 700 | National Counterintelligence Executive and Assistant Deputy DNI for Security |
| Science and Technology | 800 | Associate DNI for Science and Technology |
| Mission Management | 900 | Subject Dependent |
Related Resources
- Intelligence Community Standard ICS 700-1, Glossary of Security Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms, April 4, 2008
- IC Policy Development Briefing, DNI Special Security Center