RECORDS MANAGEMENT BOARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00099A000200140016-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: November 30, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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DD/S&T 3415-71
30 November 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, CIA Records Management Board
SUBJECT Records Management Board
1. In response to your request to comment whether or not
the CIA Records Management Board should continue or be abolished,
the following remarks are submitted for the record.
2. First of all, I feel that the Records Board should
continue to function. In the absence of another alternative,
I feel that the Board has proven to be of value to the Records
Programs of this Agency.
3. As you know, I have been the DD/S&T Representative to the
Board since its inception in 1968, and therefore, am in a more
qualified position to reflect and relate its accomplishments and
shortcomings. If one was to single out the primary accomplish-
ment of the Board it would have to be the rapport attained
between the Directorate representatives that has never been
equalled before. From this platform we were ab~.~ to attack our
first problem assigned to us b reducing our volume of inactive
records by thousands of cubic eet. The Board serves as a
"sounding" mechanism for the Directorates and an excellent
vehicle for transmitting and receiving ideas and valuable
information.
4. On tYie other side of the coin, the Board does not have
the authority to make policy decisions or force its will upon
the Agency. It does lack a certain amount of autonomy which
would allow it to be more effective. The Board should be allowed
to be more independent in its operation and reporting activities.
The Board should be able to go directly to the DD/S or the Exec.
Dir./Comptroller whenever it thought it necessary without going
through several layers of echelon. This process has a tendency
to weaken recommendations, proposals, decisions and overall
effectiveness.
5. As I previously stated in paragraph 2, it is my opinion
that the Records Management Board should continue to exist and
contribute what it can until some better alternative comes along.
25X1A
DS&T Representative to the CIA
Records Management Board
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