The first function is to advise the DNI on how to most effectively establish requirements, develop budgets, manage finances, and monitor and evaluate the performance of the Intelligence Community.
This list is not exhaustive, however, as the DNI may request the JICC for advisement on other matters related to national security.
If a dissenting member of the JICC disagrees with, or wishes to add to, the advice and opinions of the chairman presented to the president and the National Security Council, the dissenting member may submit to the chairman his/her opinions.
The JICC is critical to ensuring that the chairman provides sound advice to the President and the National Security Council.
First, the members of the JICC, other than the chairman, are unlikely to have the time to devote to intelligence management issues.