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	Office of National Assessments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Office of National Assessments (ONA) is an Australian government intelligence agency responsible for the analysis of intelligence data concerning foreign powers.
		In 2003, in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an ONA intelligence officer named Andrew Wilkie resigned from the agency, citing pressure from the Australian government to exaggerate intelligence on the matter of Iraq and weapons of mass destruction.
		ONA is a strategic intelligence producer, in that its reports are generally designed to assist the Australian Government in strategic decision making and ensure that government is fully briefed on emergent threats both in the South East Asian region and globally.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Office_of_National_Assessments (290 words)

	Office of National Assessments Recruitment
		The Office of National Assessments (ONA) analyses international political, strategic and economic issues for the Prime Minister, senior ministers and government departments, and coordinates the national intelligence effort.
		ONA's analysts come from a range of backgrounds and are specialists in their field which could be political or economic studies of a particular country or region, transnational economic issues, or a strategic discipline, eg nuclear weapons proliferation.
		Working under the authority of its own Act of Parliament, ONA is concerned only with international issues and has no responsibility for domestic Australian affairs.
	www.ona.gov.au /recruitment.shtml (752 words)

	Inquiry into Australian Intelligence Agencies - Chapter 7:Resourcing and effectiveness of the
		ONA has one LES officer in Washington, and is in the process of recruiting one in London (this position is included in the current total of 74).
		ONA finds it more difficult now to second the staff it wishes to, partly because agencies are reluctant to release first-class officers, and partly because of the increasing emphasis in the public service on management experience, not available to analysts at ONA.
		He recommended that there should be an understanding that ONA may co-opt officers from other departments or agencies with particular expertise as required, and that an attachment to ONA should be recognised as an important landmark in an officer's career.
	www.globalsecurity.org /intell/library/reports/2004/australia_intell-inquiry_7-2_ona.htm (6278 words)

	The New National Threat Assessment Centre
		Assessments are used by police and other authorities to determine security requirements and to allocate resources appropriate to the level of threat identified in the assessment.
		Threat assessments are essentially assessments of the 'likelihood and probable nature of acts of politically motivated violence and other acts prejudicial to security, against specific people, places and events'.
		Canada's Integrated National Security Assessment Centre (INSAC) was launched by the Solicitor General on 16 October 2003 and is designed to enhance the capability of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to advise the Government on threats to national security.
	www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/rn/2003-04/04rn23.htm (1359 words)

	Former analyst says Australian prime minister's office distorted Iraq intelligence
		Wilkie referred to information sent to Howard from the Office of National Assessments, an agency that evaluates intelligence from all Australian and allied agencies.
		Earlier Friday Howard said the assessment made of Iraq's weapons capacity was justified ''at the time.'' He called a press conference soon after Wilkie's testimony.
		The chiefs of at least three Australian intelligence agencies will have an opportunity to answer Wilkie's claims, but their testimony will be given in secret and cannot be published in the committee's report, due to be released on Dec. 2.
	free.hostdepartment.com /t/tomyum/local_html/AusPmDistortedIraqIntel.html (616 words)

	NWS Service Assessments
		Hurricane Charley: Reflectivity image from the WSR-88D located at the Weather Forecast Office in Tampa, FL taken at 1956 UTC, August 13, 2004 as the hurricane made landfall.
		Assessments are done when one or more of the following criteria are met:
		Assessment teams, composed of experts in and outside NWS, study what happened and NWS actions before, during, and after the event.
	www.nws.noaa.gov /om/assessments/index.shtml (313 words)

	NATIONAL NEWS
		According to the new reports, a source at the Australian intelligence agency, the Office of National Assessments, has now said that Mr.
		Short, the former international development secretary, delivered her blow to Tony Blair while Downing Street was still reeling from the collapse of the court case against Katharine Gun, the GCHQ officer-turned-whistleblower.
		Hans Blix, the United Nation's chief weapons inspector, had his mobile phone tapped, according to fresh allegations to emerge the day after former Cabinet minister Clare Short claimed that British agents spied on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in the run-up to war in Iraq.
	www.monthlyherald.com /national_news2.htm (1025 words)

	UK National Audit Office - Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs) index page
		National Audit Office, 157-197 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, London SW1W 9SP
		The second of these reports, Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Assessments Compendium Report 2004-05, was published in March 2005.
		Sir John Bourn, head of the NAO, announced the NAO's new role of evaluating Regulatory Impact Assessments in December 2002 (Press Notice 2 December 2002).
	www.nao.org.uk /ria (240 words)

	Office of Grants and Training Support
		The Office of Grants and Training (GandT) is a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Preparedness Directorate.
		G&T provides a broad array of assistance to America's first responders through funding, coordinated training, exercises, equipment acquisition, and technical assistance.
		We are responsible for preparing the nation against terrorism by assisting states, local and tribal jurisdictions, and regional authorities as they prevent, deter, and respond to terrorist acts.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /odp (68 words)

	Australia too 'sexed up' defence dossier
		Wilkie resigned from Australia's elite Office of National Assessments in March in protest against the government's alleged misuse of information provided by the agency, the CNN report said.
		The ONA is an elite agency which evaluates intelligence from all Australian and allied agencies and passes on that advice to Prime Minister John Howard's office.
		Speaking to an inquiry called by the Australian Senate, Andrew Wilkie said information in intelligence reports had been distorted by the prime minister's office and "sexed up" to suit the government's political agenda.
	www.rediff.com /us/2003/aug/22iraq.htm (152 words)

	Australian Gov't Rocked by Resignation of Anti-War Official
		The director general of the Office of National Assessments, Kim Jones, sought to downplay the significance of Wilkie's resignation.
		Three years ago, Wilkie, the 41-year-old career military officer, was seconded to the Office of National Assessments, which prepares briefings for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet from a wide range of intelligence sources.
		Former Office of National Assessments analyst and now the head of the Global Terrorism Center at Monash University, David Wright Neville, believes there is great concern about Howard's policy in intelligence and military circles.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0312-11.htm (1079 words)

	Australian intelligence agencies inadequate for the task, experts warn
		It also argued that the ONA's assessments of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capability was deficient because it did not have the expertise necessary.
		"The main problem with ONA quite frankly was when it was set up in the late 1970s, it was only intended it would handle political and economic intelligence and the DIO would retain the primary responsibility for national level military threat assessments," James told ABC radio.
		The association, a bi-partisan think-tank dealing with national security issues, also critisised the Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO), saying it is headed by unqualified people and plagued by too many levels of bureacracy.
	www.spacewar.com /2003/030819041101.a673cimo.html (513 words)

	ALP Proposes Office Of National Security [December 10, 2002]
		The Office will be headed by a National Security Adviser who will report directly to the Prime Minister, and take direct responsibility for the co-ordination of all national security and intelligence information.
		ALP Proposes Office Of National Security [December 10, 2002]
		A Federal Labor Government will establish an Office of National Security to identify threats to Australia and direct Australia's national security and intelligence effort.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2002/12/02-12-10a.shtml (307 words)

	Andrew Wilkie
		Andrew Wilkie, an analyst for the Australian Office of National Assessments, says in a testimony before British Parliament that the British and Australian governments had backed US allegations despite reports from their respective intelligence agencies that Iraq was not a serious threat.
		Andrew Wilkie, an analyst for the Australian Office of National Assessments, tells an Australian parliamentary inquiry investigating pre-war claims about Iraq, that the Australian government manipulated intelligence in an effort to build support for the March 2003 US-led invasion.
		Analyst at the Office of National Assessments (Australia)
	www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=andrew_wilkie (850 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Australia/Antarctica / Australian probe faults weak prewar intelligence on Iraq
		The efforts of the Australian spy agencies -- the Office of National Assessments and the Defense Intelligence Organization -- was further complicated by their heavy reliance on intelligence gathered by the United States and Britain, Flood said.
		But the report by former Australian diplomat and spy master Philip Flood cleared Prime Minister John Howard's government of allegations that it doctored intelligence assessments to boost its case for joining the war.
		Flood also found ''no evidence of politicization of the assessments on Iraq, either overt of perceived," Howard said later.
	www.boston.com /news/world/australia/articles/2004/07/23/australian_probe_faults_weak_prewar_intelligence_on_iraq?mode=PF (547 words)

	Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program
		For example, the national program office is using ex-fellows as seminar speakers and information resources, and has begun a tradition of inviting all program alumni to the spring seminar for the outgoing cohort's "graduation" ceremony and dinner.
		In July 2002, the national program office reported that 60 percent of the 1998 cohort had achieved a significant job promotion and 80 percent had achieved significant leadership recognition and/or responsibility outside of their jobs.
		Additionally, the national program office distributes the brochure to the chief executive officers of large hospital systems and academic health centers and to the directors of state public health departments.
	www.rwjf.org /reports/npreports/enfp.htm (12135 words)

	Australian Intelligence Agencies
		The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) replaced the National Crime Authority (NCA), Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence and Office of Strategic Crime Assessments in January 2003.
		The NZ equivalents are the External Assessments Bureau (EAB) and National Assessments Committee (NAC).
		It is formally described as "Australia's national authority for signals intelligence and information security", with functions of foreign signals intelligence collection and dissemination and provision of information security products/services to government agencies (eg advice about protection of the national information infrastructure and about cryptographic products).
	www.caslon.com.au /spooksnote.htm (1315 words)

	Intelligence officer pins Iraq weapons 'lies' to PM's office - National - smh.com.au
		Mr Wilkie, who quit the ONA in protest on the eve of the war, was appearing on the first day of hearings of the parliamentary committee examining prewar intelligence on weapons of mass destruction and how it was used by the Government.
		While noting that the ONA was under-staffed and received US intelligence that lacked appropriate information on sourcing, he said the intelligence assessment agency had adopted a cautious tone in outlining Saddam's threat to world and national security.
		The former chief United Nations weapons inspector Richard Butler also appeared, giving more comfort to the leaders of the "coalition of the willing" by talking about Saddam's "addiction" to such weapons and agreeing it was possible he could have deployed them in 45 minutes.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/08/22/1061529336068.html (661 words)

	Prepared Text Of John Howard's Address On Iraq To The National Press Club [March 13, 2003]
		Australian intelligence agencies, including the Office of National Assessments, judge that Al Qaida has demonstrated the intention to acquire or develop chemical and biological weapons, and an interest in radiological and nuclear weapons.
		The Australian government strongly believes that it is in the national interest of this country that Iraq has its chemical and biological weapons taken from it and that Iraq be denied the capacity to ever develop nuclear weapons.
		This judgement reflects the intelligence community's professional assessment, and is based on an analysis of the full range of available intelligence.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2003/03/03-03-13a.shtml (3576 words)

	Director General of the Office of National Assessments
		Director General of the Office of National Assessments
		ONA’s impressive performance on crucial issues such as the independence of East Timor, the war on terrorism and, most recently, Iraq are a testament to Mr Jones’s leadership and professionalism.
		Mr Kim Jones AM concludes his five year term as Director General of ONA on 14 December.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/media_releases/media_Release618.html (258 words)

	WMD: The Dog Ate My Homework -- Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)
		Wilkie was a senior intelligence analyst for Australia's intelligence agency, the Office of National Assessments (ONA), when he resigned in protest on March 11, 2003.
		Thielmann served as director of the Office of Strategic, Proliferation, and Military Affairs in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research until September 2002.
		As for the claim that Iraq was seeking to procure uranium from Niger, my understanding of this matter is that the CIA knew as far back as early 2002 that the uranium purchase story was false....
	www.accuracy.org /press_releases/PR071403.htm (575 words)

	Big funds boost for spy office - National - www.smh.com.au
		The premier intelligence agency, the Office of National Assessments, is set to win a huge injection of extra funding from the Federal Government after an inquiry found there was a failure of intelligence before the Iraq war and the Bali bombings.
		The office was swamped with information before the war and did not properly scrutinise it, meaning claims about Iraq's weapons, particularly its nuclear program, were presented as fact, even though thorough investigation would have found there to be serious doubts.
		The office, which reports directly to the prime minister, now has an annual budget of $13 million, although it received a $7.6 million funding increase over four years in the budget in May.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/07/19/1090089098604.html?oneclick=true (641 words)

	Senate GOP proposal splits up CIA The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Break up the CIA into three parts: a National Clandestine Service, which would direct traditional human spy operations; an Office of National Assessments, which would be responsible for intelligence analysis; and an Office of Technical Support, which would be responsible for research and development projects.
		Establish the office of national intelligence director, who would have even more authority than was envisioned by the Sept. 11 commission in its final report.
		Provide the national intelligence director, through one of his or her assistants, with "direct control over the FBI's counterintelligence and counterterrorism units," which would continue to operate within the FBI "for administration and support purposes and would still be subject to attorney general guidelines."
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040823/news_1n23cia.html (647 words)

	National Oceans Office - Assessments Phase
		The following reports were produced by the National Oceans Office and provide part of the wider assessment of impacts within the Region:
		Pressures on uses in the South-east Marine Region (prepared by DCafe for the National Oceans Office)
		The following reports were commissioned by the Office and provide part of the wider assessment of uses within the Region:
	www.oceans.gov.au /assessments_phase.jsp (487 words)

	Australian analyst quits intelligence agency. Might join pro-Saddam peace move movement
		The excuse that senior analyst Andrew Wilkie gave for his resignation from the ONA (Office of National Assessments) has provided another reason why this organisation should be wound up.
		The one overriding reason given for protecting these treasonous acts is that the department had from the very beginning adopted an unbending leftwing mindset that always sees America as being the root cause of the world's problems.
		That this stupidity came from a former ONA official is depressingly predictable given that organisation's penchant for never getting anything right, particularly when it comes to America.
	www.brookesnews.com /031303ona.html (738 words)

	Assessments
		Visit Doctor Global Change, resident expert at the site of the Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO).
		"National Communications" submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, under Article 12 of the convention:
		The National Assessment was forwarded to the President and Congress in November 2000 for their consideration.
	www.usgcrp.gov /usgcrp/links/assessments.htm (1097 words)

	AM Archive - Senior intelligence officer, Andrew Wilkie, resigns in protest
		He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Australian Army, a Duntroon graduate who spent nearly 20 years in the infantry, before moving to the Office of National Assessments as a civilian, and that underscores the broad community base from which war opposition continues to come.
		He says he hopes his public comments will help open debate on the proposed war, which, on the basis of his work at the Office of National Assessments, he says could end in a military or humanitarian disaster, pushing Saddam Hussein, he says, towards the terrorist groups which the world now so fears.
		AM Archive - Senior intelligence officer, Andrew Wilkie, resigns in protest
	abc.net.au /am/content/s804540.htm (746 words)

	Planning - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)
		The Government Offices for the Regions (GOs), and their corporate centre, the Regional Co-ordination Unit (RCU), implement crosscutting initiatives, and advise Departments on successful implementation strategies at regional and local level.
		Deals with the processing of planning and enforcement appeals, holding inquiries into local development plans and other planning related casework.
		Statistics on planning and land use including: commercial and industrial Floorspace and property vacancy, land use change, planning and development control, and previously developed (brownfield) land that may be available for re-use.
	www.odpm.gov.uk /index.asp?id=1143104 (355 words)

	NTI: Global Security Newswire
		The Office of National Assessments, which advised Prime Minister John Howard, however, was more willing to use untested information to determine that it was “highly likely” that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, according to Reuters.
		His decision followed a recommendation in a parliamentary committee report released today that found that Australia’s estimates may have been overstated, but the report largely cleared the government of exaggerating those estimates and said that Australian assessments were more accurate than U.S. and British ones, according to the Associated Press.
		© Copyright by National Journal Group, Inc. The material in this section is produced independently for NTI by National Journal Group, Inc. Any reproduction or retransmission, in whole or in part, is a violation of federal law and is strictly prohibited without the consent of the National Journal Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
	www.nti.org /d_newswire/issues/2004/3/1/6df293c9-fe38-4ab5-9a66-7ce609b7735c.html (322 words)

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