§3243 Periodic Reports on Technology Strategy of Intelligence Community

Summary

The Director of National Intelligence must give the intelligence committees in Congress a full report on the intelligence community’s technology strategy at least once every 4 years. The Director must work with the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Secretary of Commerce, and other agency leaders as needed. The report’s goal is to help the United States keep its lead in important and new technologies that matter to national security. Each report must include an assessment of critical technologies (especially where rivals may match or pass the U.S.), a review of current technology policies and long-term goals, and a list of the most important sectors and supply chains. It must describe ways to protect U.S. and allied leadership (for example, export controls, investment screening, and counterintelligence), point out critical research and development areas the private sector might miss, recommend how to grow and keep skilled workers, and identify chances to boost U.S. leadership through partnerships, new markets, and joint research. The report must also have a technology annex that explains how to find, prioritize, develop, and field emerging technologies. That annex may be submitted as classified and the Director can add any other information Congress needs.