External Assessments Bureau
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1949, as the Joint Intelligence Office |
| Jurisdiction | Government of New Zealand |
| Headquarters | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Employees | 30 |
| Annual budget | $3.1 m NZD (2006/07) |
| Minister responsible | |
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| Parent agency | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| Website | National Assessments Bureau |
The National Assessments Bureau (NAB), previously known as the External Assessments Bureau (EAB), is a New Zealand intelligence analysis agency within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). The NAB along with the Government Communications Security Bureau and the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service is one of the three core members of New Zealand's intelligence community. It provides assessments to the Prime Minister, other Ministers, senior officials and New Zealand's diplomatic missions abroad, on events and developments that bear on New Zealand's interests, especially in regard to matters of national security.
The NAB is responsible for collecting and analysing information on external matters which may affect New Zealand, including foreign states, individuals, and events. It draws its information from a range of public and confidential sources including the Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS), Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), New Zealand diplomatic posts, academic discourse, the media, and other publicly available sources. The NAB itself does not undertake intelligence-gathering operations. Its role is to interpret and process information from other sources, producing reports which may be used as a basis for decision-making in other branches of government.
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