TERMS OF REFERENCE SIGINT COMMITTEE AD HOC GROUP FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSMENT METHODS

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• Document Release Date: November 1, 2004
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: January 31, 1973
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Terms of Reference
SIGINT Committee Ad Hoc Group for
Development of Assessment Methods
Mission
The SIGINT Committee Ad Hoc Group for Development of Assessment
Methods will develop and recommend those mechanisms by which the
SIGINT Committee can routinely determine and report to the Director
of Central Intelligence,first, the degree to which SIGINT requirements
are being satisfied and second, the identification and value of the
SIGINT information.
Authority and Responsibility
The group will only develop evaluation methods. The implementation
of the methods will be the responsibility of the SIGINT Committee.
The evaluation methods should provide means to determine the
effectiveness of SIGINT resources, which are employed to satisfy
existing requirements. The methods will be designed to enable the
SIGINT Committee to elicit end-user assessments of the extent to which
their SIGINT requirements have been satisfied.
The group will not attempt to redefine or restructure the SIGINT
requirements systems. If the group finds an existing requirement
statement is unclear or is otherwise unsuitable for the development of
evaluation methods, they will request clarification and guidance from the
SIGINT Committee.
The Ad Hoc Group will report to the SIGINT Committee on the progress
of its investigations and will receive from the SIGINT Committee instructions
on the direction of research and investigation as appropriate.
The Ad Hoc Group will have authority to obtain information and data
from the Intelligence Community members on the same basis as the information
would be made available to the entire SIGINT Committee. The SIGINT
Committee will be responsible for informing the members of the Intelligence
Community.
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The reports and recommendations of the Ad Hoc Group will be
on the basis of consensus rather than unanimity. Dissenting opinions
from the consensus may be noted at the request of the dissenting member
of the Ad Hoc Group.
The members of the Ad Hoc Group will be selected by the SIGINT
Committee. The Chairman will be appointed by the Chairman of the
SIGINT Committee. The duration of the Ad Hoc Group will be at
the pleasure of the SIGINT Committee.
Approach
The following principles will govern the carrying out of the
mission of the Ad Hoc Group:
a. Consider all available and appropriate evaluations procedures,
methods and information sources, keeping to an absolute inii unum
recommending additional effort;
b. Adopt an incremental phased approach addressing the
problem a step at a time, but keeping in mind the overall goal.;
c. Keep the SIGINT Committee informed of all Ad Hoc
Group activities and progress promptly; and
d. Express the output of the Ad Hoc Group in the fc.rnu of
recommendations to the SIGINT Committee which will lake the appropriate
implementing actions.
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