Open-source intelligence integration into Department of Defense collection management

(a) Recognition and integration of open-source intelligence The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall— (1) ensure that the Department of Defense recognizes open-source intelligence as a source of intelligence collection; (2) integrate open-source intelligence into the processes of the Department for intelligence collection management, including processes for requirements development, prioritization, and tasking; (3) maintain procedures for identifying and validating intelligence requirements that may be satisfied through open-source intelligence; (4) maintain guidance for tasking, coordination, and deconfliction of open-source intelligence collection activities across the Department; (5) identify roles and responsibilities for elements of the Department conducting open-source intelligence collection, including the Defense Intelligence Agency, the military departments, and the combatant commands; and (6) maintain alignment of open-source intelligence collection activities with policies of the Department and of the intelligence community for collection of publicly available information and commercially available information. (b) Integration with collection management systems The Under Secretary shall ensure that open-source intelligence collection is incorporated into the Department’s intelligence collection management systems, including systems used to manage requirements, tasking, and coordination across intelligence disciplines. (c) Tracking and accountability mechanisms The Under Secretary shall ensure that open-source intelligence collection activities are incorporated into and trackable within the processes of the Department for collection management and shall establish mechanisms to track requirements, tasking, and performance of such activities. (d) Instruction The Under Secretary shall ensure that Department of Defense Instruction 3325.08 (relating to intelligence collection management), or any successor instruction, incorporates the requirements of this section. (e) Implementation This section shall be implemented not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.