Please engage with at least one question, or feel free to make up your own question and engage with it:
1. Do you see any similarities between the intelligence agencies and the OMB? The similarities can be cultural, organizational, personnel-related, or something else.
2. What is the central source of internal cultural tension at OMB? What solutions have been proposed, and how might they be seen as successes or failures?
3. The readings this week state that the OMB works for the President, but also states that the office is staunchly neutral and nonpartisan. How can both of those things be true at the same time?
please only answer one of the options and indicate which one
attached is the lecture and reading to help with the questions
Reading:
Adams, Bent, and Peroff, 2017. “The Office of Management and Budget: The President’s Policy Tool.” InThe National Security Enterprise: Navigating the Labyrinth(George and Rishikof, Eds.), pp. 57-80. Georgetown University Press.
5.11.2020 Lecture Slides 3012 PICT 3012: INTELLIGENCE POLICY Bridget Rose Nolan, Ph.D. Macquarie University ADMIN STUFF • Zoom session last week • More Zoom sessions over the next few weeks? • Survey link: https://s.surveyplanet.com/hM4hJHfup DC BELTWAY (I-495) BUDGET! • Budgets are policy • Office of Management and Budget (OMB) • Broad strokes: how the OMB fits into the overall intelligence framework INTELLIGENCE BUDGET Two Parts: • National Intelligence Program (NIP) • Overseen by ODNI (at least theoretically) • Military Intelligence Program (MIP) • Overseen by the Department of Defense NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM (NIP) Three Categories: • Civilian Programs • Defense Programs • Communitywide Program “Crosscuts” or “Crosswalks” THE ROLE OF CONGRESS • Authorization vs. appropriation • “Hollow” budget authority • Appropriated but not authorized (“A but not A”) • How much to reveal about the budget? • Activities, not topics CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) • Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) • Cons: secrecy; lose-lose accountability; lack of pork barrel politics • Pros: performing a public service; access; shaping policy; potential air time; career advancement BLETCHLEY PARK ARTICLE Bletchley Park’s last decoded Nazi message, celebrating the 75th anniversary of V-E day: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52583322