; and (iii) serve for a period of 3 years. (B) Responsibilities The Director of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office shall carry out the following responsibilities: (i) Serving as the head of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office, with supervisory responsibility for the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office and any other personnel assigned to the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office. (ii) Advising the Secretary 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, are provided to appropriate personnel of the department or agency without delay. (iv) Ensuring critical intelligence relevant to the Secretary is requested and disseminated in a timely manner. (v) Establishing, as appropriate, mechanisms for collaboration through which Department 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 with a need-to-know. (vii) Advising the Secretary on methods to improve the counterintelligence posture of the Department. (viii) Where appropriate, supporting the Department’s 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. (2) Deputy Director There shall be within the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office a Deputy Director who is appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence. The Deputy Director shall— (A) be