Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, to: Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Subject: Establishment of the National Center for Medical Intelligence, January 9, 2008. Unclassified/For Official Use Only.

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UNCLASSIFIED DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20340-5100

ACTION MEMO

U-07-2114/CE JAN 09 2008

FOR: UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PERSONNEL AND READINESS)

THRU: UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (INTELLIGENCE)

FROM: Michael D. Maples, Lieutenant General, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency

SUBJECT: Establishment of the (b)(3): 10 USC 424

• Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) requests the establishment of the (b)(3): 10 USC 424 based on DIA's current (b)(3): 10 USC 424 is, de facto, a national intelligence center.

(b)(3): 10 USC 424 is the primary producer of medical intelligence for the U.S. government and provides finished, all-source medical intelligence on infectious disease risks, military and civilian medical systems, environmental health risks, medical science and technology, and, in partnership with domestic agencies, homeland health protection.

(b)(3): 10 USC 424 Designation of (b)(3): 10 USC 424 as a national center would be consistent with Departmental actions associated with the renaming of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), the (b)(3): 10 USC 424 and the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC).

• Subject to your concurrence, (b)(3): 10 USC 424 will be established under DIA through appropriate amendment to Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 6420.1, (b)(3): 10 USC 424, 30 September 1996.

RECOMMENDATION: USD(P&R) approve designation of (b)(3): 10 USC 424 as the (b)(3): 10 USC 424 by initialing: Approve _______ Disapprove _______

COORDINATION: DIA GC

Prepared by: (b)(3): 10 USC 424 Director, (b)(3): 10 USC 424

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