Director of National Intelligence

Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Agency overview
Formed	April 22, 2005
Jurisdiction	Federal Government of the United States
Headquarters	Washington, DC
Employees	Approximately 1,500
Annual budget	43.5 Billion Dollars (US Intelligence Community Budget Figure)
Agency executives	Dan Coats, Director of National Intelligence Donald Kerr, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
Website
www.dni.gov

The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is the United States government official subject to the authority, direction and control of the President who is responsible under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for:

• Serving as the principal adviser to the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to the national security;
• Serving as the head of the sixteen-member Intelligence Community; and
• Overseeing and directing the National Intelligence Program.

Directors of National Intelligence

No.	Director		Term of Office	President(s) served under
Position succeeded the Director of Central Intelligence
1		John Negroponte	April 21, 2005 – February 13, 2007	George W. Bush
2		Mike McConnell	February 13, 2007 – January 27, 2009
3		Dennis C. Blair	January 29, 2009 – May 28, 2010	Barack Obama
		David Gompert Acting	May 28, 2010 – August 5, 2010
4		James R. Clapper	August 5, 2010 – January 20, 2017
–		Mike Dempsey Acting	January 20, 2017 – March 16, 2017	Donald Trump
5		Dan Coats	March 16, 2017 – present