JOINT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2003
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• Content Type: MEMO

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER
MMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
SUBJECT: JOINT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE
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Rescission: Memorandum for PIC Divisions and Military.Liaison Offices,
dtd 15 July 1958, subject: Establishment of the PIC
(HTAUTOMAT) Joint Project Requirements Committee
CONTENTS
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PURPOSE.. ................,...... 1
MEMBERSHIP......... ....... 1
SUPPORT ........................ 2
MEETINGS. . ... . . ..... ,:.. . .....A 2
PROCEDURES.. ................. 2
JOINT PROJECT. CONTROL.......... 4
PROGRESS REPORTING.. ,......... 5
1. PURPOSE
The-Joint ProjectRequirements Committee is established for the purpose of:
a. Considering intelligence requirements levied on member organizations.
b. Determining those requirements which can be accomplished on a joint
working .and reporting basis to the mutual advantage of two or more
member organizations....
c. Assigning joint project responsibilities and appropriate priority
designations.
Membership will consist of one voting representative designated by each
Of the following individuals:
a. Director,:PIC/CIA
b. Senior Intelligence Officer, USA (with PIC/CIA)
c.. Senior Intelligence Officer, USN (with.PIC/CTA)
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The Committee will be chaired by the Executive Officer of the Photographic
Intelligence Center who is authorized to commit Center production
facilities necessary for the implementation of joint projects established
by the Committee. CIA will provide necessary secretarial support for the
Committee
4. MEETINGS
The Committee will meet regularly on the first working day of each week.
The chairman will convene special sessions of the Committee at the request
of any member. Minutes of each meeting will be distributed to member
organizations.
5. PROCEDURES
a. Coordination
(1) Departmental Requirements: Requirements received by each member
organization which may be of Joint interest will be coordinated
by the Committee through the following means:
(a) A copy of incoming requirements will be forwarded to the
Committee Secretary upon receipt by the member organizations
and a composite requirement listing will be made available
to each member organization. Informal liaison and
discussion of requirements apropos of joint project work is
encouraged.
(b) Requirements will be considered by the Committee and
determination made concerning the consolidation for the
purpose of joint work and reporting.
(c) Projects in progress by member organizations also may be
proposed and adopted as joint projects.
(d) Urgent new requirements may be the subject of special
Committee sessions on the request of any member.
(2) Requirements Received from Joint Groups (USIB Subcommittee
JCS, etc. : When any member organization receives a requirement,
either formal or informal from a joint group, the requirement
will be referred immediately to the Secretary of the Committee.
The Secretary will call a special meeting of the Committee as
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soon as possible, and a determination will be made whether or not
to establish a joint project. Copies of the requirement will be
made for each of the member organizations prior to the meeting
if possible.
Joint Immediate Reporting: ODE or similar types of immediate
reports are considered to be the bases of joint projects. To
expedite, their accomplishment, the PIC/CIA will normally be the
responsible organization and will initiate the necessary
preliminary arrangements,
(4) Joint Mission Coverage Summary Reporting: Prior to the initiation
of a Mission Coverage Summary by any of the member organizations
separately, their plans should be announced to the Committee as
prescribed in Paragraph 5a (1) above, and a decision whether to
establish a joint project will be made.
(5)
Self-Initiated Departmental Projects: When a member organization
initiates work as a result of very general or standing require-
ments, the method outlined in Paragraph (1) above will not serve
adequately as a coordinating procedure. In these cases it will
be the responsibility of the initiating organization to inform
the other members of any work that may be of mutual interest.
Whenever possible, this notification should be made sufficiently
in advance of the actual initiation of the work to permit effective
joint participation if desired.
b. Assignment of Joint Projects
(1)
Requirements of basic interest to two or more member organizations
will be established by the Committee as joint projects upon the
agreement of the interested organizations. One of the partici-
pating organizations will be designated by the Committee to
assume th primary responsibility for the project. This primary
responsibility normally will be based upon major interest and
priority consideration. A priority designation will be given a
joint project by the Committee consistent with the highest
priority of the participating organizations' requirements.
(2) Joint projects will be assigned on the basis of written
requirements submitted to the Committee. A memorandum from
the Committee to the Senior Intelligence Officer of a member
organization will establish th.e primary responsibility for
accomplishing the joint project and will state the priority of
the project. It will also include copies of the participating
organizations' requirements and/or a mutually agreed upon
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consolidated requirement to which a joint report will be addressed.
The memorandum will also contain the names of the representatives
from the other participating organizations who will be assigned
to the joint work group. Information copies of the memorandum
along with all attachments will be forwarded to each of the other
participating organizations.
c.. Initiation of Joint Projects,
The Senior Intelligence Officer of the member organization assigned
primary responsibility for a joint project will:
(1) Appoint a member of his organization as chairman, of the work group.*
(2) Instruct the chairman to contact the designated work group
members from the other participating organizations and begin
preparations for the project.
d. Changes to Requirements
Any recommendation for amendment to the original requirement of a
joint project will be referred to the Committee by the responsible
Senior Intelligence Officer. The Committee will notify the
responsible Senior Intelligence Officer of its recommendations.
e. Withdrawal from Joint Projects
y member organization on its own volition may withdraw from or
modify the extent of its participation in a joint project. However,
the organization?s intentions will be announced to the Committee and
made a matter of record. All materials which that organization has
prepared for the joint project should be turned over to the chairman
of the working group.
f.. Changes of Personnel
Changes in the placement of personnel assigned to a project working
group will be announced promptly to the Committee by the responsible
Senior Intelligence Officer.
6. JOINT PROJECT CONTROL
The Senior Intelligence Officer of the member organization to which a joint
project is assigned will be responsible for the accomplishment of the project
*Normally an individual will not be assigned to chair more than one project
at a time.
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in accordance with joint project reporting and publication procedures.
The Committee will assist the. responsible Senior Intelligence Officer in
all ways practicable. The Committee will keep intimately aware of the
progress of each joint project and may request the responsible Senior
Intelligence Officer to provide briefings on any questions related to
the project that may arise. The Committee will make recommendations to
the Senior Intelligence Officer when changes.seem advisable.
7. PROGRESS REPORTING
Each Committee member will make verbal reports monthly on the status of
joint projects for which his organization is responsible. These reports
will be recorded and distributed by the Committee Secretary.
THUR C. LUNDAHL
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Director, Photographic Intelligence Center, CIA
erg or .Ins >. igence .Officer, USA
Photographic Intelligence Center, CIA
Senior Intelligence Officer, USN
Photographic Intelligence Center, CIA
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