I.C.T.H.I.S.

Intelligence and Communication Technology Handling International Superhumans (I.C.T.H.I.S.) is the secret para-government organization that works with willing parties on an international scale to deal with superhero stuff. I.C.T.H.I.S. coordinates strategy between people and entities that would otherwise not work together and keeps track of anybody that could potentially pose a threat to the world or could potentially help stop those who do.

History
While the idea for this organization first came up about the time of the founding of the FBI in 1908, I.C.T.H.I.S. was not founded until an uncertain date on the eve of World War II, though it predates the CIA. It started out as a team assigned with the task of identifying potential superhuman individuals who pose a threat to world safety. As it grew to actually responding to these threats, they frequently ran into difficulties when superhumans who would otherwise be amicable were resistant to joining a "side" in the political tensions of the Cold War. So, in 1950, the director of I.C.T.H.I.S. decided to make it a separate entity, self-funded and not under the authority of the U.S. government, to allow it to gain the trust of non-political superhumans as well as to work with both American and Soviet entities.

Current Description
Since the United States officially (and somewhat truthfully) reported that I.C.T.H.I.S. had ceased to exist as a government organization, the independent I.C.T.H.I.S. is able to work rather freely and without much supervision, but also without much official authority. As such, I.C.T.H.I.S. has no access to any records, technology, or resources other than what its front businesses obtain legally. As such, I.C.T.H.I.S. maintains its own extensive intelligence network, featuring a constellation of satellites, a team of secret agents (including Benjamin Kee), a small army, a supervillain holding facility, and offices/front businesses in most major cities. They keep tabs on pretty much any superhuman who has ever done something remotely publicly, and will alert friendly supers whenever another one triggers enough alarms. They coordinate with many governments in recommending precautionary evacuations, responding to property damage, and occasionally covering up any events when someone's identity must be protected (though a number of superheroes have publicly identified as such and make no secret of their relationship with I.C.T.H.I.S.).

Relationship with SuperNaturals
At the first conception of the SuperNaturals, its members were unaware of I.C.T.H.I.S. and the formation of the SN stood as competition with I.C.T.H.I.S. Since then, the two have come to trust each other, and they have developed into slightly different roles. SN serves as a team of superheroes with regular members and also interplanetary dealings, while I.C.T.H.I.S. monitors superheroes and informs them of needs and dangers, and also deals exclusively with Earth. Due to these roles, the two organizations maintain a close relationship and very open lines for requests either way.