# United States Intelligence Community **Entity class:** Federation of United States intelligence organizations **Aliases:** Intelligence Community; IC **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The **United States Intelligence Community** is the statutory federation of executive-branch organizations and intelligence elements that collect, analyze, produce, and disseminate intelligence for national-security decision-making. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence integrates the community; it does not erase component missions or chains of command. ## Relationships - **includes service element:** [[wiki/United States Army Intelligence|United States Army Intelligence]]. - **Army operational integrator:** [[wiki/Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]], whose mission supports Army, joint and coalition commands and the Intelligence Community. - **counterterrorism integrator:** [[wiki/National Counterterrorism Center|National Counterterrorism Center]]. - **identity repository:** [[wiki/Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment|TIDE]]. - **national technical members include:** [[wiki/National Security Agency|NSA]], [[wiki/National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|NGA]], and [[wiki/Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]]. - **domestic investigative member:** [[wiki/Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]. - **interagency operational nodes:** [[wiki/Joint Interagency Task Force South|JIATF-S]] and [[wiki/Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel|JIATF-CC]] incorporate Intelligence Community participation without becoming the Community itself. - **entertainment-engagement law:** [[wiki/50 U.S.C. § 3332|50 U.S.C. § 3332]]. - **education and workforce study:** [[wiki/National Defense Intelligence College|NDIC]] and [[wiki/Hollywood Soldier|Hollywood Soldier]]. - **human-performance architecture:** [[wiki/Producer Function|Producer Function]] and [[wiki/Performance-Labor Pathway Family|Performance-Labor Pathway Family]]. - **source dossier:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence — Members of the IC](https://www.dni.gov/index.php/what-we-do/members-of-the-ic)