information bureau; intelligence department
Refers to an organizational unit responsible for collecting, managing, or analyzing information; in government, military, or security contexts it often means an intelligence department.
He analyzes overseas affairs in the government's intelligence department.
The information bureau shared the collected materials with each department.
He belongs to the military's intelligence department.
She works in the government's intelligence department.
The company newly established an information department.
A transparent Sino-Japanese compound: 情報 means information or intelligence, and 部 means department, section, or division.