Joint Intelligence Organisation
The Joint Intelligence Organisation is part of the machinery of intelligence based in the Cabinet Office.
The Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and Head of Intelligence Assessment is 'responsible to the Prime Minister for supervising the work of the JIC, which provides Ministers and senior officials with co-ordinated inter-departmental intelligence assessments on a range of issues of immediate and long-term importance to UK interests, principally in the fields of security, defence and foreign affairs.'[1] The official is the 'head of the Joint Intelligence Organisation, which includes the Assessments Staff, a group of analysts responsible for drafting JIC assessments, providing warnings of threats to UK interests, and monitoring countries at risk of instability.' [2]
The JIC Chairman is also 'the Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis, a role established following recommendations in Lord Butler's 2004 review, with responsibility for enhancing the analytical capability of the UK intelligence community to enable it to work together more effectively and to provide better intelligence products for Ministers and senior policy makers.'[3]
The current Chairman is Alex Allan, who was appointed in December 2007.[4]
The JIO also appears to encompass the Strategic Horizons Unit.[5][6]
People
Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment Alex Allan | Private Secretary Oliver Wyatt | Personal Assistant Jacquie Adam | Director Central Intelligence Assessment and Chief of the Assessment Staff Paul Rimmer paul.rimmer AT cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk[7]
Contact
Joint Intelligence Organisation 70 Whitehall, London SW1A 2AS Tel: Enquiries: 020 7276 0333
Notes
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
- ↑ NIRCM Publications, accessed 25 February 2010
- ↑ Lynette Nusbacher is listed as Head, Strategic Horizons Unit, Joint Intelligence Organisation, Cabinet Office, UK in Eden Intelligence ITI 2009 – Washington DC INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND INTELLIGENCE, accessed 6 March 2010
- ↑ DOD’S CIVIL SERVICE COMPANION 2009–10 IN ASSOCIATION WITH Civil Service WORLD, Accessed 6 March 2010
