§ 386.5 - Relationships.

(a) In performing assigned functions, the Director of the Central Imagery Office shall:

(1) Communicate directly with the heads of Department of Defense components concerning imagery matters as appropriate.

(2) Maintain liaison with Executive branch entities on imagery matters as appropriate.

(3) To the extent permitted by law, make use of established facilities and services in the Department of Defense or other governmental agencies, whenever practicable, to achieve maximum efficiency and economy, with special emphasis on maximizing use of the existing personnel, facilities, and services of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Defense Mapping Agency, the National Security Agency, and, to the extent authorized by the Director of Central Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency.

(4) Establish within the Central Imagery Office a central imagery tasking authority to execute the imagery collection tasking authority of the Director of the Central Imagery Office.

(b) The Secretaries of the Military Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the heads of other Department of Defense components shall support the Director of the Central Imagery Office in the performance of the Director's functions, including by:

(1) Ensuring compliance with national intelligence tasking issued under § 386.4(d).

(2) Ensuring compliance with the architectures and standards established by the Director of the Central Imagery Office under § 386.4(f), (g), and (o).

(3) Assisting the Director in his role as functional manager for the Consolidated Imagery Program and the Tactical Imagery Program under § 386.4(h) and (i).

(4) Submitting imagery collection requirements to the Director.