NIS SURVEY PROGRESS REPORT #7

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01154A000400060001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 1, 1970
• Content Type: LIST

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NIS SURVEY PROGRESS REPORT #7
Category/Product
1. PRODUCTION PLANNING/SCHEDULING
a. Development of FY 72 GS Schedule
b. Develop the FY 71 NIS Production
Schedule
Update the NIS Coverage Plan to
reflect recent changes.
Starting
Date
Target Date
for Completion
Action
Responsibility
June 70
22 Oct 69
15 Oct 69
d. Review of parallel and/or 13 May 70
duplicative publications
2. GENERAL SURVEY
a. Refocus the General Surveys - 22 Oct 69
to emphasize the overview
function and reduce the
perishable and transient contents
b. Reexamination of the Summary Map 15 Oct 69
format
c. Develop an index for General 14 Nov 69
Survey sections
Completed
Completed
Completed
Continuing
FY 71
Completed
Executive Secretary
SubComm/Sched
Executive Secretary
SubComm/Sched
Chief, ED
Executive Secretary
Deputy Chief, ED
Chief, ED
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As of 1 September 1970
Status
Completed and approved by NIS Committee
on 2 September 1970.
Completed and approved by USIA 3 August 1970.
Completed and approved by NIS Conmi ttee on
15 July 1970.
NIS Committee approved DIA proposal to
publish Port Plans in single sheet format.
This action will eliminate a parallel
publi cation.
Revision of the Standard Instructions and
Outline Guides will accomplish this objective.
Completed
Concept of an index is being examined in the
form of a more detailed Table of Contents.
Group 1
Excluded from automatic
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Starting
Date
Target Date
for Completion
Action
Responsibility
3.
SUPPORTING SECTIONS
a.
Produce Social Characteristics
FY 69
Completed
Chief, ED
b.
Units - as approved by USIB -
Combine Section 57 (Subversion
29 Oct 69
Completed
Chief, ED
c.
and Insurgency) into annex of
General Survey in order to
minimize duplication and achieve
overall reduction in production
workloads
Consolidation of the Oceanographic
25 June 69
Completed
Navy-NIS
d.
Sections 2 and 3. (Elimination of
Section 3). Restructure to include
subjects of general interest (i.e.
Pollution, Resources, etc.)
Format revision, of Section 22,
29 May 69
FY 71
Committee Member
Chief, ED
Coasts and Landing Beaches
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Status
Completed
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Completed. NIS Committee approved production
of General Survey insurgency coverage to be
published as Section 9 of the General Survey.
Nicaragua General Survey, estimated for
publication 23 September, will include first
Section 9.
Completed. NIS Committee approved outline
guide for new Section 2 and classified
supplement. Production underway.
A survey within CIA indicates considerable
support for the continuation of this unit.
CIA attempting prototype on Cambodia
reflecting needed changes in collaboration
with DIA.
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3. SUPPORTING SECTIONS (cont'd)
e. Ports and Naval Facilities
(Section 35) - study possibility
of producing individual Port
Studies in a single sheet format
f. Modify the Transportation and
Geography elements of NIS
P
rogram (i.e. Highways, Railroads,
Inland Waterways, and Topography)
and restructure sections to avoid
present overemphasis on military
aspects
4. INFORMATION PROGRAM
Starting
Target Date
Action
Date
for Completion
Responsibility
29 Oct 69
Completed
Chief, ED
Deputy Chief, ED
30 June 69
FY 71
Chief, ED and DIA
Committee Member
a. Develop a publicity campaign and 29 Oct 69
system for notifying users of
changes and status of NIS coverage
and develop flyers to introduce new
or changing NIS products
b. Revise Standard Instructions 1 July 70
c. Produce new Reference Guide 1 Apr 70
Continuing
July-Aug 71
Chief PS/ED -
Chairman of SubComm
on Information
Deputy Chief, ED
Status
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Completed. Production underway.
Rewrites of the general sub-sections on
geography and transportation units, now in
process, are underway with a view toward
developing a more sophisticated character-
ization of geography and transportation
aspects of the country.
Continued demand for NIS graphics is
evident by the frequent requests from DIA
for presentation slides.
Tentative schedule completed and presented
to NIS Committee 15 July.
First draft completed and being typeset for
inclusion in the proposed layout. NIS land
and ocean areas - maps being constructed in C1
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 Category/Product
Develop methods for periodic reports
on all NIS products and follow-up
reported nonuse of NIS as indicated
in NIS User Survey
6. SECURITY (Classification/Control)
a. Initiate a study of security
restrictions involved in NIS
use (domestic and overseas)
b. Consider possible revision of
statutory regulations affecting
dissemination of NIS documents
7. NIS PRODUCTION REPORTING
Review NIS reports and system
for reporting with a view to
reducing duplication and
improving efficiency
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Starting
Date
Target Date
for Completion
Action
Responsibility
Open
Continuing
Continuing
Executive Secretary
Chief, ED
Continuing
Executive Secretary
Chief, ED
Chief, ED
25X1A9a ED
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Status
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Questionnaires from Upper Air Atlas, Social
Characteristics, Oceanography, and new
Section 9 of General Surveys will provide
a basis for future planning.
Discussions held in February with CIA
Classification Control Officer and General
Counsel regarding controls applied to
unclassified NIS. Also, a new concept of
discussion of "Sources" used in NIS should
result in some lowering in classification
and frequency of controls.
Completed. Revision made in ED Monthly
Activity Report.
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Starting Target Date
Date for Completion
8. ADP
a. Continue efforts toward 100% 1966
EPIC system of printing NIS
publications and consider
MultiMedia methods (i.e.
Microfilm, Microfishe, etc.)
b. Further develop the automation
of the FACTBOOK and study
feasibility of an automated
"text editing" system
17 June 69
FY 71
9. DISSEMINATION/STORAGE
a. Review all aspects of NIS Sep 1969
dissemination procedures in
each user agency
b. Review domestic and overseas Open
storage difficulties in CIA,
State, and DoD installations
10. GRAPHICS PRODUCTION OF NIS
Review of problems and technical 12 Nov 69
procedures involved in the production
of graphics
Open
Continuing
Action
Responsibility
Deputy Chief, ED
Chief, ED
Deputy Chief, ED
Chief, PS/ED
Deputy Chief, ED
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Status
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Approximately 80% of all HIS processed in
June was in the EPIC system. Task force
from OCS, PSD and PD are reviewing EPIC
specs, preparing a new program for weather
tables, and looking into further automation.
Short range goals will be reached by 1 Sept.
DIN will automate contribution by FY 71.
OCS report indicates continued need for
further EPIC development. Text processing
systems are being investigated.
Efforts will be made to explore dissem-
ination probelns in DoD.
Proceeding on a continuing basis with all
NIS contributors.
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