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NSF Program Directors bear the primary responsibility for carrying out the agency's overall mission to support innovative and merit-reviewed activities in basic research and education that contribute to the nation's technical strength, security, and welfare. To fulfill this responsibility requires not only knowledge in the appropriate disciplines, but also a commitment to high standards, a considerable breadth of interest and receptivity to new ideas, a strong sense of fairness, good judgment, and a high degree of personal integrity.

The responsibilities of the NSF Program Director include, for example, long-range planning and budget development for the Antarctic Glaciology Program, the administration of the merit review process and proposal recommendations, the preparation of press releases, feature articles and material describing advances in the research supported, and coordination and liaison with other programs in NSF, other Federal agencies and organizations. Additional duties and responsibilities include:

PROGRAM PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

• Maintains a healthy balance of support for all the needs of the research and education enterprise through program, division, directorate, Foundation, or interagency activities.
• Manages program resources to provide optimal appropriate scientific judgment to insure integrity and consistency in the grant/declination process without conflict of interests, and with balance among appropriate sub-fields and institutions, and participation of all qualified scientists.
• Incorporates cross-directorate responsibilities into program administration.
• Manages an effective, timely merit review process, with attention to increasing the size and quality of the reviewer pools and insuring participation by women, minorities and disabled scientists.
• Provides scientific expertise, evaluation and advice for other programs in NSF, including international programs, and other research programs, and cross-directorate programs.
• Advises and assists in the development of short-and-long range plans, establishing goals and objectives for support of research programs.
• Plans the budget for the program/programs considering past, present and future fiscal years, allocates resources within the budget by distributing scarce resources among major competitive programs, and manages post-award evaluation.
• Controls waste, fraud and abuse

• Represents the Program, Division and the Foundation within the scientific community, with other NSF Divisions, with other appropriate agencies and organizations, and with the public, accurately reflecting NSF policy and positions.
• Creates and maintains linkages to other NSF units and other Federal agencies in pursuit of the overall NSF mission.
• Participates in staff, panel, committee and other meetings, providing input relevant to program area and/or Division.
• Pursues affirmative action and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) goals.
• Pursues and/or is responsive to assignment on special projects and temporary function teams across the Foundation to solve problems, improve staff communication, and effect coordination for special programs,
• Contributes ideas and effort to improving the quality of policies and NSF's performance of the overall mission.
• Develops policies and plans for strengthening support of research and education programs.
• Provides information to the community on how NSF is pursuing its mission and gathers data and impressions from the community on the effectiveness of NSF's performance of its mission.
• Prepares and disseminates a variety of informational documents which may include data on progress being made toward NSF goals, trends and opportunities, and budget plans.

• Establishes contacts and maintains active involvement in Program and related areas through participation in professional activities.
• Maintains familiarity with salient current research developments.

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) consists of the most senior and expert intelligence analysts supporting the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in carrying out responsibilities as the head of the Intelligence Community (IC) and as the principal adviser to the President for intelligence matters related to national security. The NIC produces a variety of all-source, IC coordinated intelligence reports, including its flagship product, the National Intelligence Estimate, which represents the Intelligence Community's most authoritative statement on a key national security issue.

Oversee the IC's production and coordination of strategic analysis, to include the preparation of National Intelligence Estimates, Intelligence Community Assessments, and other NIC products, on issues of importance to United States interests in global science and technology with particular focus on emerging technologies; make effective use of IC resources in analysis of global science and technology issues.

Collaborate with the Science and Technology intelligence leadership across the IC, the Scientific & Technical Intelligence Committee (STIC), and other S&T Community entities (e.g., ODNI/Acquisition and Technology) to promote the NIO/S&T intelligence strategy.

Develop and sustain a professional network with IC analysts, analytic managers, and collection managers on emerging technologies, foreign technology acquisition, and S&T community management and outreach issues.

Brief senior IC members, policymakers, military decision makers, members of Congress, and other major stakeholders as necessary on global science and technology issues.

Review and analyze research and production plans on emerging technologies, technology acquisition, and S&T community management and outreach issues of the Community's analytic components, identify redundancies and gaps, direct strategies to mitigate these gaps, and advise the NIM and NIO S&T on shortfalls in analytic capabilities across the IC.

Establish and foster liaison relationships with academia, the business community, and other non-government subject matter experts to ensure the IC has a comprehensive understanding of emerging technologies.

Build and leverage diverse collaborative networks within the ODNI and across the IC.

Develop and continually expand personal knowledge in area of expertise.

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) consists of the most senior and expert intelligence analysts supporting the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in carrying out responsibilities as the head of the Intelligence Community (IC) and as the principal adviser to the President for intelligence matters related to national security. The NIC produces a variety of all-source, IC coordinated intelligence reports, including its flagship product, the National Intelligence Estimate, which represents the Intelligence Community's most authoritative statement on a key national security issue.

Oversee the IC's production and coordination of strategic analysis, to include the preparation of National Intelligence Estimates, Intelligence Community Assessments, and other NIC products, on issues of importance to United States interests in global science and technology with particular focus on emerging technologies; make effective use of IC resources in analysis of global science and technology issues.

Collaborate with the Science and Technology intelligence leadership across the IC, the Scientific & Technical Intelligence Committee (STIC), and other S&T Community entities (e.g. ODNI/Acquisition and Technology) to promote the NIO/S&T intelligence strategy.

Develop and sustain a professional network with IC analysts, analytic managers, and collection managers on emerging technologies, foreign technology acquisition, and S&T community management and outreach issues.

Brief senior IC members, policymakers, military decision makers, members of Congress, and other major stakeholders as necessary on global science and technology issues.

Review and analyze research and production plans on emerging technologies, technology acquisition, and S&T community management and outreach issues of the Community's analytic components, identify redundancies and gaps, direct strategies to mitigate these gaps, and advise the NIM and NIO S&T on shortfalls in analytic capabilities across the IC.

Establish and foster liaison relationships with academia, the business community, and other non-government subject matter experts to ensure the IC has a comprehensive understanding of emerging technologies.

Build and leverage diverse collaborative networks within the ODNI and across the IC.

Develop and continually expand personal knowledge in area of expertise.