The Department of Defense has issued a new directive establishing policy and assigning responsibilities for the Military Intelligence Program, or MIP.
The updated DOD directive issued by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security took effect Wednesday, Nov. 27, and was approved by Deputy DOD Secretary Kathleen Hicks.
The Defense Intelligence and Security Integration Council or other oversight organizations as directed by the defense under secretary for intelligence and security, or USD(I&S), will review MIP capabilities, resources and issues.
Decisions related to MIP planning, programming, budgeting and execution will reflect all elements of guidance documents issued by Congress, the Office of Secretary of Defense, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Responsibilities of DOD Officials
The USD(I&S) will serve as the MIP executive, provide MIP oversight for DOD intelligence, counterintelligence and intelligence-related activities through a structured business process and approve proposed resource changes affecting MIP programs, capabilities and projects through the PPBE process, among other functions.
The document also outlines the responsibilities of the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the heads of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency and Defense Information Systems Agency, secretaries of military departments, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the head of U.S. Special Operations Command.
The DIA director, for instance, should prepare programmatic guidance, oversee annual program budget development for combatant command intelligence directorates and joint intelligence operations centers capabilities and activities and coordinate annual budget requests for MIP resources.
