Office of Intelligence and Analysis (Treasury Department)

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) is a part of the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)[1] of the United States Department of the Treasury responsible for the receipt, analysis, collation, and dissemination of foreign intelligence and foreign counterintelligence information related to the operation and responsibilities of the Treasury Department.[2] The objectives of TFI include safeguarding the US financial system against illicit use and combating rogue states, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security threats.[3]

Not to be confused with DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury
Office overview
Formed2004
Preceding office
  • Office of National Security (ONS)
JurisdictionExecutive branch of the United States
Office executive
  • Vacant, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis
Parent departmentU.S. Department of the Treasury
WebsiteOfficial website

OIA is a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC).

History

In 1961, the Treasury Department established a foreign intelligence capability, the Office of National Security (ONS), and charged by Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon to connect the Treasury Department with the broader efforts of the National Security Council. In 1977, ONS was overhauled and renamed the Office of Intelligence Support (OIS) by Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal. The present office was renamed the Office of Intelligence and Analysis in 2004.

Treasury formally became a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) pursuant to Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities, signed by President Ronald Reagan on December 4, 1981. Finally, in late 2003, the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2004 (31 U.S.C. sec. 312) established the OIA.[4]

References
  1. "Our Strength Lies in Who We Are". Intelegince.gov. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. "Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) Definition". US legal.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  3. MEMBERS OF THE IC
  4. "STRATEGIC DIRECTION: FISCAL YEARS 2012-2015" (PDF). US Treasury. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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