AFRCI14-101 governs the Air Force Reserve Command open-source intelligence and publicly available information program.
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The publication covers publicly available information research, open-source intelligence analysis, production, and dissemination. It requires authorized tools, approved tradecraft, appropriate training, and protection of U.S. Persons’ privacy and civil liberties.
OSINT is intelligence produced from PAI that is collected, exploited, and disseminated to address an intelligence requirement. (paragraph 14-404)
Publicly available information includes information generally available to persons in a military community even though the military community is not open to the civilian general public” as stated in DoDM 5240.01, Procedures Governing the Conduct of DoD Intelligence Activities. (paragraph 14-404)
Collected information does not include: Information that only momentarily passes through a computer system of the component; Information on the Internet or in an electronic forum or repository outside the component that is simply viewed or accessed by a component employee but is not copied, saved, supplemented, or used in some manner; Information disseminated by other components or elements of the Intelligence Community; or Information that is maintained on behalf of another U.S. government agency and to which the component does not have access for intelligence purposes. (paragraph 14-404)
Ensure all records generated as a result of processes prescribed in this publication adhere to AFI 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program, and are disposed in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule, which is located in the Air Force Records Information Management System.
AFRC intelligence personnel are authorized and encouraged to conduct PAI research and collection and include OSINT as a tool to support the unit mission and answer commanders’ intelligence requirements. (paragraph 14-404)