DCI PANELS ONE APPROACH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05T00644R000100090012-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: May 9, 1977
• Content Type: MISC

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9 May 1977
DCI Panels
One Approach
1. Purpose and Concept. To generate ideas for the
improvement of the CIA, Small roues (representative
cross-sections of CIA personnel }g meet with a
monitor/facilitator to develop and present to
the DCI a slate of recommendations for actions
which should be taken to improve the CIA or
its product. Ideas must be beneficial not just
for the sake of change.
2. Mechanism.
o Groups
- 10 - 20 persons
- some selected for homogen~Q.usinterests,
others for heterogeneous interests.
- 1-2 facilitators per group. Main job
to keep group on track and direct toward
ideas that are really relevant and beneficial.
o Meetings
- structured with good explanation of purpose
by monitor/facilitator.
- group meets for 2-5 consecutive days full-
time. (first few groups' duration will be
judged by monitor, then a best duration
set for remaining groups).
o Action Board
- responsibilities:
o provides monitor
o monitors preparations .,
o monitors group meetings keeping;
record of ideas, etc.
o assists groups to prepare their ideas
for presentation to DCI (ensures presentation
is succinct; high quality).
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o staffs ideas approved by DCI with
cognizant section of Agency for their
ideas, recommendations, suggestions for
implementation, etc.
o Oversees implementation of ideas
- establishes milestones
- ensures feedback both to the group
which o-ri,gi~ated the idea and to rest
of Agency.
`- Board consists of both young chargers
and more experienced personnel with a
sense of organizational continuity.
0 Schedule
- Group assembles briefly 1-2 days prior to
first meeting to be instructed on objectives
and to have time to think about what they
want to do; to be prepared to be off and
running at first meeting.
- Group meets for 2-5 days.
- On last day, group meets with DCI for up
to one hour to present recommendations and
rationale. Action Board and group monitor
also present.
- Target initially on 4-6 weeks turnaround
time, i.e., approved ideas fully implemented
with results fed back to group/Agency within
4-6 weeks. New group not convened before
majority of 1st group's.ideas implemented
(determined by saturation point of Action
Board).
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