DCIA

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United States government position intelligence agency director role

DCIA is the acronym for the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the head of the U.S. civilian foreign intelligence service.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	0
D/CIA	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government position ⓘ intelligence agency director role ⓘ
abbreviation	DCIA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
appliesToOrganization	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointedForTerm	indefinite, at the pleasure of the President ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
distinctFrom	Director of National Intelligence ⓘ FBI Director ⓘ surface form: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
domain	foreign intelligence ⓘ
eligibleAppointee	civilian ⓘ military officer (if retired or detailed) ⓘ
employer	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
firstHolder	Sidney Souers ⓘ
hasDuties	advise senior U.S. policymakers on foreign intelligence matters ⓘ manage operations of the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ oversee analysis of foreign intelligence ⓘ oversee covert action as directed by the President ⓘ oversee foreign intelligence collection ⓘ protect intelligence sources and methods ⓘ
headOf	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
inception	1946 ⓘ
isCivilianPosition	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
languageOfOfficialTitle	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ⓘ National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
locatedInBuilding	CIA Headquarters ⓘ surface form: George Bush Center for Intelligence
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ
memberOf	United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
notableFor	serving as head of the U.S. civilian foreign intelligence service ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernmentOrganization	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
oversightBy	United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ surface form: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ surface form: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence United States Congress ⓘ
partOf	United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
replaces	Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ
reportsTo	Director of National Intelligence ⓘ
residence	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	worldwide foreign intelligence activities of the CIA ⓘ
seat	Langley, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
standsFor	Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
subordinateTo	National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States National Security Council on certain matters
symbol	Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
worksInField	intelligence ⓘ national security ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DCIA → abbreviation → DCIA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency → hasAbbreviation → DCIA ⓘ

this entity surface form: D/CIA

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency → shortName → DCIA ⓘ