Open Source Intelligence

The Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Subcommittee is a specialized division of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that focuses on a specific intelligence discipline. As a subcommittee, it conducts initial hearings and reviews legislation within this narrower policy area before the full committee considers broader intelligence matters.

The subcommittee was created to give focused congressional attention to this growing area.

The subcommittee has conducted fact-finding activities including industry roundtables with private sector companies and visits to intelligence agencies like the Defense Intelligence Agency to examine how the Intelligence Community can more effectively use commercially available information for intelligence products.