[2] The Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence provides information to the Secretary of Energy and other senior federal policymakers.

A member of the United States Intelligence Community,[12] it contributes unique scientific and technical analysis capabilities with a specialty in energy security.

[10][12][13] The office protects information and technology vital to both the U.S. economy and national security,[12] leveraging its specific expertise in nuclear weapons, proliferation, energy, and waste.

OICI is responsible for all intelligence and counterintelligence functions of the Department of Energy complex, including the national laboratories and nuclear weapons construction, decommissioning, assembling, storage, etc.

[10] In its counterintelligence role, the office safeguards intellectual property in the form of national security information and technologies and protects Department of Energy employees and scientific staff.

[2] OICI's cyberspace expertise, including basic research, cyber threat analysis, information technology, supercomputing, and cybersecurity, is extended to the nuclear weapons enterprise and electrical grid providers for defense against cyberattacks and supply chain attacks.

[25] From 2007-2010, Carol Dumaine, another ex-CIA officer, served as Deputy Director for Energy and Environmental Security.

The employee arranged for escort services while working at OICI headquarters inside a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) using his Department email address.