The Office of Security and Intelligence

Overview

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The Office of Security and Intelligence (OSI) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the Federal government of Futrellia, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT). As one of the principal members of the Federal Republic Intelligence Community (IC), the OSI reports to the Director of Security & Intelligence and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the President and Cabinet of the Federal Republic.

Unlike the Federal Investigation Agency, which is a domestic security service, the OSI has no law enforcement function and is mainly focused on overseas intelligence gathering, with only limited domestic intelligence collection. Though it is not the only agency of the Federal Republic specializing in HUMINT, the OSI serves as the national manager for coordination of HUMINT activities across the Futrellian intelligence community. Moreover, the OSI is the only agency authorized by law to carry out and oversee covert action at the behest of the President. It exerts foreign political influence through its tactical divisions, such as the Special Activities Division.

The OSI is organized under the Director of Security & Intelligence (DSI).

The OSI has increasingly expanded its role, including covert paramilitary operations. One of its largest divisions, the Information Operations Center (IOC), has shifted focus from counter-terrorism to offensive cyber-operations.

Organization Structure

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The OSI has an executive office and five major directorates:

The Directorate of Advanced Innovations
The Directorate of Intelligence
The Directorate of Operations
The Directorate of Support
The Directorate of Science and Technology

Executive Office

The Director of the Office of Security and Intelligence (D/OSI) is appointed by the President with Senate confirmation and reports directly to the Director of Security and Intelligence (DSI); in practice, the OSI director interfaces with the Director of Security and Intelligence (DSI), Congress, and the Capitol Building, while the Deputy Director (DD/OSI) is the internal executive of the OSI and the Chief Operating Officer (COO/OSI), known as Executive Director, leads the day-to-day work as the third highest post of the OSI. The Deputy Director is formally appointed by the Director without Senate confirmation, but as the President's opinion plays a great role in the decision, the Deputy Director is generally considered a political position, making the Chief Operating Officer the most senior non-political position for OSI career officers.

The Executive Office also supports the Federal military by providing it with information it gathers, receiving information from military intelligence organizations, and cooperates on field activities. The Executive Director is in charge of the day-to-day operation of the OSI. Each branch of the military service has its own Director. The Associate Director of Military Affairs (ADMA/OSI), a senior military officer, manages the relationship between the OSI and the Unified Commands, who produce and deliver to the OSI regional/operational intelligence and consume national intelligence produced by the OSI.

Directorate of Intelligence

The Directorate of Intelligence, through much of its history known as the Directorate of Analysis (DA), is tasked with helping "the President and other policymakers make informed decisions about our country’s national security" by looking "at all the available information on an issue and organiz[ing] it for policymakers". The Directorate has four regional analytic groups, six groups for transnational issues, and three that focus on policy, collection, and staff support. There is an office dedicated to Razoria; regional analytical offices covering the Near East and South Aldes, Germeria and Nerodanus; and the Neroian Orvosic, Southern Vardes, and Terasian office.

Directorate of Operations

The Directorate of Operations is responsible for collecting foreign intelligence (mainly from clandestine HUMINT sources), and for covert action. The name reflects its role as the coordinator of human intelligence activities between other elements of the wider Federal intelligence community with their own HUMINT operations. This Directorate was created in an attempt to end years of rivalry over influence, philosophy and budget between the Federal Republic Department of Defense (DOD) and the OSI. In spite of this, the Department of Defense recently organized its own global clandestine intelligence service, the Federal Clandestine Defense Service (FCDS), under the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).

This Directorate is known to be organized by geographic regions and issues, but its precise organization is classified.

Directorate of Science and Technology

The Directorate of Science & Technology was established to research, create, and manage technical collection disciplines and equipment. Many of its innovations were transferred to other intelligence organizations, or, as they became more overt, to the military services.

Directorate of Support

The Directorate of Support has organizational and administrative functions to significant units including:

The Office of Security
The Office of Communications
The Office of Information Technology

Training

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The OSI established its first training facility, the Office of Training and Education, in 1975. At the end of the First Resource War, the OSI's training budget was slashed, which had a negative effect on employee retention. In response, Director of Intelligence Gabriel Fenner established OSI Central University in 1994. OSI Central University holds between 200 and 300 courses each year, training both new hires and experienced intelligence officers, as well as OSI support staff. The facility works in partnership with the Federal Intelligence University, and includes the David Briar School for Operational Intelligence, the Directorate of Intelligence' component of the university.

For later stage training of student operations officers, there is at least one classified training area at Camp Mary, near Kalsburg, Capulus. Students are selected, and their progress evaluated, in ways derived from the SSA, published as the book Agent Assessment, Selection of Personnel for the Strategic Services Agency. Additional mission training is conducted at Point Markus, North Irsatus.

The primary training facility for the Office of Communications is the McDaniel Training Complex, located near Marker, Capulus. The facility was established in 1979 and has been used by the OSI since at least 1982.

Foreign Intelligence services

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