COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 1 PROGRAM AND BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 2004
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• Publication Date: April 30, 1976
• Content Type: REGULATION

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CFID No. 1
(Effective 30 April 1976)
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Directive is to establish the procedures by
which the Committee on Foreign Intelligence (CFI) will control budget
preparation and resource allocation for the National Foreign Intelligence
Program (NFIP) pursuant to Executive Order 11905, dated 18 February
1976.
2. Responsibilities
a. The CFI will issue program and resource guidance; review and
approve program and budget proposals; and provide an annual National
Foreign Intelligence Program budget to the President. The process by
which these tasks will be accomplished is described in detail later in
this Directive. Generally, it is designed to interface to the extent
possible with existing program and budget processes. At key points in
the process, CFI decisions will be provided to the individual departments
and agencies.
b. The CFI will not be responsible for the preparation and submission
of individual department and agency programs and budgets; or funding,
direction, and operational management of the individual programs and
activities.
c. The Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Community (D/DCI/IC)
will manage the process. The CFI Staff, under the direction of the
D/DCI/IC, will work jointly with appropriate staffs throughout the year,
including staffs of program managers, to coordinate the process.
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3. The Annual Process''`
The major milestones in the annual process shall be as outlined
below; the Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Community will publish
a detailed program activity and review schedule each year which sets
forth specific milestones and key decision dates:
Early September CFI issues Intelligence Community
Requirements and Priorities
Early January
Early June
CFI issues program and resource
guidance
Program managers submit program
proposals to department /agency
officials and CFI; departmental and
CFI staffs identify major issues for
CFI consideration
Mid- June /Mid- July CFI reviews programs with department/
agency officials and program managers;
overall NFIP presented by D/DCI/IC
Late July
Early October
CFI program decisions transmitted to
departments /agencies concerned
Program managers submit budget
estimates to department /agency
officials, OMB and CFI
October/November Joint CFI, OMB, department /agency
budget hearings; issue papers jointly
drafted and presented to CFI
Early November CFI budget decisions transmitted to
departments /agencies concerned; CFI
submits consolidated NFIP budget to
the President
A chart of the CFI Programming-Budgeting Cycle
is attached.
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Mid-November Identification of budget. issues; joint
issue papers (triparty: CFI, OMB
department) on unresolved issues
forwarded to the President
Late November Tentative Presidential decisions issued
Early December Joint (triparty: CFI, OMB, department)
issue papers on appealed decisions
forwarded to the President
Mid-December Final Presidential decisions
Early January President's budget to Congress
Geoie Bush
Chairman
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