What Are the Mission, Vision, and Priorities of ODNI?

ODNI's mission, vision, and priorities are set out in the "Mission, Vision, Priorities" page under the About section of odni.gov. The site frames the Office of the Director of National Intelligence around a single organizing idea — "Leading the IC." — paired with three stated values: safety, security, and freedom. If you want the official wording rather than a paraphrase, that About page is the authoritative destination; the homepage and Featured section are where current initiatives and leadership remarks are highlighted instead.

Where the mission, vision, and priorities live on odni.gov

The About menu on odni.gov contains a "Mission, Vision, Priorities" entry alongside History and the National Mission Centers & Directorates. That structure tells you how ODNI wants the material read: the mission statement is not a standalone page but part of a set that also explains the Office's history and its component organizations.

What the mission statement says

The homepage presents ODNI's role as "Leading the IC." — leading the Intelligence Community — with the tagline "safety. security. freedom." That is the shortest available statement of what the Office says it exists to do. The About page expands this into the formal mission, vision, and priorities language.

A practical way to read the mission: ODNI is a coordinating and leadership body for the Intelligence Community rather than an operational collection agency in the way the individual member agencies are. The site's own framing supports this — the emphasis is on leading, integrating, and setting direction across the IC.

Priorities as the site describes them

The Featured section describes ODNI's public communication goal as sharing "updates on intelligence initiatives, national security developments, and key insights from the U.S. Intelligence Community," with the aim of highlighting "mission achievements, policy updates, and emerging threats." That gives you three recurring priority themes visible on the site itself:

• Intelligence integration and sharing — reflected in the National Mission Centers, such as the National Counterterrorism Center, which the site says analyzes, integrates, and shares counterterrorism intelligence.
• Policy and capability direction — visible in entries like Policy and Capabilities, Mission Integration, and the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies.
• Emerging threats — the Featured section explicitly names emerging threats as a topic it reports on.

How to verify the current wording yourself

Mission and priority statements get revised, so treat any summary — including this one — as a pointer rather than a substitute.

1. Go to odni.gov.
2. Open the About menu.
3. Select Mission, Vision, Priorities.
4. Read the page directly for the current official text.

If you need the leadership's most recent framing rather than the standing statement, check Newsroom → Remarks and Press Releases, where speeches and announcements often restate priorities in current terms. The Featured item on the homepage, such as the Principal Deputy DNI's remarks at the DoDIIS Conference, is an example of that kind of dated, event-specific material.

Common points of confusion

• ODNI vs. the IC. ODNI leads and coordinates the Intelligence Community; it is not the same as the agencies it oversees. The "Members of the IC" and "Leadership" pages clarify who is who.
• Mission vs. priorities. The mission is the enduring purpose; priorities are the current focus areas and change more often. Don't treat a priority listed in a speech as a permanent mission statement.
• Official vs. secondary sources. Because this is a .gov site, the About pages are the primary source. Summaries elsewhere may lag behind revisions.