; and (iii) serve for a period of 3 years. (B) Responsibilities The Director of an Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office at a designated Federal department or agency shall carry out the following responsibilities: (i) Serving as the head of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office of the department or agency, with supervisory responsibility for the Office and any other personnel assigned to the Office. (ii) Advising the head of the department or agency on counterintelligence and intelligence information. (iii) Ensuring that counterintelligence threat information and, as appropriate, finished intelligence on topics related to the functions of the department or agency, are provided to appropriate personnel of the department or agency without delay. (iv) Ensuring critical intelligence relevant to the head of the department or agency is requested and disseminated in a timely manner. (v) Establishing, as appropriate, mechanisms for collaboration through which department or agency subject matter experts, including those without security clearances, can share information and expertise with the intelligence community. (vi) Correlating and evaluating counterintelligence threats identified within intelligence community reporting, in coordination with the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, and providing appropriate dissemination of such intelligence to officials of the department or agency with a need-to-know. (vii) Advising the head of the agency or department on methods to improve the counterintelligence posture of the agency or department. (viii) Where appropriate, supporting the agency or department leadership in engaging with the National Security Council. (ix) In coordination with the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, establishing counterintelligence partnerships to improve the counterintelligence defense of the department or agency. (2) Deputy Director Each Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office established within a department or agency shall have a