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 Deputy Director who is appointed by the head of the department or agency, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence. The Deputy Director shall— (A) be supervised and subject to performance evaluations by the head of the department or agency, in consultation with the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center