the legislation that created the dni made you the stach tori head of the community overseeing the agenciesand that's not easy. each have different missions trade cultures and craft many of you represent those agencies yet you come here together to create a sum that's even greater and stronger than its individual parts. we see the results. have more sharing of intelligence across the community and beyond it with our other partners. federal, state local and private sectors are now working together more effectively than they have in the past. new technologies and new satellites are being shared, working across various platforms means we are able to do a better job both accumulating information but also disseminating it. there's more transparency than in the past. there's more innovation than in the past. all that is making a difference each and every day. i know that integrating efforts and contributions of all 17 organizations, people, expertise, capabilities is never ending work. and then there's the challenge of being as open and transparent as possible, even as we continue to protect inte