President George W. Bush strengthened the role of the DNI on July 30, 2008 with Executive Order 13470, which among other things, solidified the DNI's authority to set goals for intelligence gathering and analysis, to set policy for the sharing of intelligence with foreign agencies and, the hiring and firing of senior intelligence officials. The DNI was given further responsibility for overall responsibility for Intelligence Community whistleblowing and source protection by President Barack Obama via Presidential Policy Directive 19 on October 10, 2012.