National Intelligence Officer

 National Intelligence Officers' (NIOs) primary functions are to:


 * Advise the Director of National Intelligence
 * Interact regularly with senior intelligence consumers and support their current and longer-term needs
 * Produce top-quality estimative intelligence in a process that is efficient and responsive
 * Engage with outside experts to tap their knowledge and insights
 * Help assess the capabilities and needs of IC analytic producers
 * Promote collaboration among IC analytic producers on strategic warning, advanced analytic tools, and methodologies, and
 * Articulate substantive priorities to guide intelligence collection, evaluation, and procurement.