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The OIB is accountable to the Oan government through the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Director reports to the Oan Foreign Minister, Arana Marama, on the operations of the institution. The Director and senior agency officials are also answerable to the Intelligence Committee of the [[Politics of the Oan Isles|Council of the People of the National Assembly]]. Disclosures made in that body are usually secret. The Inspector-General of Intelligence is responsible for ensuring that the agency operates in line with the law. TheIt Foreignforms Intelligence Divisionpart of the Supremelarger CourtOan ofIntelligence Community, a forum for inter-agency cooperation administered by the OanMinisterial IslesWorking Group for Security which is responsiblechaired forby grantingthe aMinisters warrantof whereForeign warrantsAffairs, Home Affairs, Justice and Finance on a arerotational requiredbasis.

The agency employs approximately 102,000 and an undisclosed number of independent contractors. It maintains the Foreign Intelligence Training Program to equip its staff with a variety of skills to undertake intelligence operations. Overall, the organization has grown in the number of permanent staff.

Annual expenditure hovers around 52 billion KRB. The budget is only disclosed to the Intelligence Committee with a rough approximation given to the Council of the People. It is seated in the Taruhiruhi Building in Tokapa. It maintains undisclosed facilities throughout the country and in some foreign nations.

The Oan Intelligence Bureau publishes a Geopolitical Threat Assessment report on threats to the Oan Isles and its allies. There are reports from insiders that the OIB has provided intelligence reports to the [[United Nations of the Auroran Continent|UNAC]] Commission and Council. It forms part of the broader Auroran intelligence agencycommunity under the [[Auroran Security Agency]], providing that organization with information and sharing information with other Auroran nations’ institutions under the ASA umbrella. It also participates in initiatives with the [[IRSA|Intercontinental Regional Security Accords]]. It has been reported to assassinate political enemies of the Oan Isles, deposit spies to monitor foreign governments and corporations, send spies to seek out terrorist and organized criminal organizations in foreign nations, and supply foreign actors with intelligence and tools against enemy targets. As its domestic jurisdiction is limited, it works with themember Oanorganisations Internal Security Agency where matters are domestic. It also works withof the Oan Signals Directorate for cybersecurity related matters and it works with the Oan Military Intelligence Bureau for matters that overlap with military intelligence issuesCommunity.