RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF INFORMATION PROCESSING STAFF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000300040047-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 12, 2005
• Sequence Number: 47
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Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Deputy Director for Support
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MEMORANDUM FOfs Deputy Director for Plans
Information Processing Staff
$ Responsibilities and Functions of
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"Agency Policy on Information
Processing and ADP", 25 July 1966
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. The referent notice provides that an Information Processing
Staff to be established in the Office of Planning, Programming, and
Budgeting will assist the Executive Director-Comptroller in
formulating policy direction for all Agency information processing
activities which Involve the use of automatic data processing equip
2. Pursuant to the policy guidelines set forth in the notice and
the current status of the Agency's information processing and ADP
activities, the attached statement of responsibilities and functions
of the Information Processing Staff has been developed. Inasmuch "as
establishment of the Staff represents an innovation and the Agency's
information processing programs and objectives may undergo
considerable change in the months ahead, the statement of responsi-
bilities and functions is approved on a provisional basis. An
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evaluation of the performance of the Staff and review of the Staff's
esponsibilities and functions shall be completed no later than
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S4 September 1967.
L. K. White
Executive Di rector -Comptroller
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CIA INFORMATION PROCESSING STAFF
RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS
"Agency Policy on Information Processing
and ADP", 25 July 1966, provides that an Information Processing
Staff will be established in the Office of Planning, Programming, and
Budgeting to assist the Executive Director-Comptroller. The
responsibilities and functions of this Staff are as follows:
1, Agency..Wides Responsibilities
a. To assist the Director in fulfilling the responsibilities of
the Heads of Executive Agencies contained in bureau of the
Budget Circular A-71, 6 March 1965.
To serve as the Agency's representative in Government
wide ADP activities, including the Interagency ADP
Committee, and in relationships with the Bureau of the
Budget, General Services Administration, Department of
Commerce, and other executive departments in carrying
out the Government ADP Management Program called for
in Public Law 89-306.
To function as the principal Agency point of contact on
ADP matters when an Agency position, in contrast with a
Directorate or component position, is required in dealings
with non-government ADP organization such as private
Industry, educational institutions, and research organizations.
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.staff Support to the Executive Director-Comptroller
The Information Processing Staff will perform, with the
support of the Information Processing Coordinators in each
Directorate, the following functions:
Operations
-- Review and make recommendations concerning
Ensure inter-Directorate coordination of information
processing and ADP activities.
Prepare recommendations on priorities for
continuing and new requests for ADP services.
?? Promote maximum sharing of ADP equipment,
machine time, and services throughout the Agency.
the development of new ADP applications.
Produce standards for reporting to top management
about ADP and computer center operations.
Plannning, Programming and Budgeting
?- Monitor and evaluate information processing activities
and provide continuous assessment of program
progress and costs in concert with the program
planning and budgetary review processes.
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-- Review and make recommendations on Agency
research and development programs which relate
to the ADP field.
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?~ Provide independent analyses of Agency information
processing programs, including proposals subm.ittted
to the Executive Director-Comptroller for approval
or concurrence.
Equipment and Services
Review and make recommendations to the Executive
Director-Comptroller on proposals and contracts
for the acquisition of ADP equipment, studies, and
software whose costs are $10, 000 or more.
. Personnel and Training
In order to carry out functions outlined above, a. Staff
Participate in the establishing of policies for
recruitment, development, and placement of ADP
personnel.
-- Assist in development- of AD? orientation programs
for Agency management and training programs for
ADP personnel.
Resources
brofeasionals and
be assigned to the Director, O/PPB.
clerical personnel.shall
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