National Open Source-Intelligence Agency

National Open Source-Intelligence Agency
Seal of the US Intelligence Community
Agency overview
FormedProposed
JurisdictionUnited States Federal Government
Parent departmentDepartment of Defense

The National Open Source-Intelligence Agency (NOSA) is a proposed 19th member of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) to be tasked with the collection and exploitation of open-source intelligence (OSINT). Creation of the agency would consolidate open source efforts from across the US government into a new functional manager[1] for the open-source intelligence discipline, drawing resources from the Open Source Enterprise of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Open Source Integration Center (OSIC) of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, as well as other open source focused entities across the government.[2][3]

  1. ^ Williams, Heather J.; Blum, Ilana (2018-05-17). Defining Second Generation Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) for the Defense Enterprise. RAND Corporation. doi:10.7249/rr1964. ISBN 9780833098832.
  2. ^ Intelligence and National Security Alliance [@INSAlliance] (June 24, 2020). "When asked about DIA's Open Source Integration Center, Suzanne White, Deputy Director, @DefenseIntel , shared her hope that it will develop into a central hub, tying together the open source capabilities and resources that exist throughout various DIA offices. #INSAWedWisdom" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Aftergood, Steven (October 28, 2015). "Open Source Center (OSC) Becomes Open Source Enterprise (OSE)". Federation Of American Scientists. Retrieved 2022-06-02.

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