FY-75 KEP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00636A000100010018-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: November 28, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy to the DCI for
National Intelligence Officers.
SUBJECT FY-75 KEP
production and collection data. and enhancing the value of
.improved, thus enabling greater use to be made of IC
ness of each participant in the evaluation program--NIO,
collector and producer. Part II of the attachment points
out some instances in which NIO contributions might be
1. In response to my request, the Intelligence
Community Staff has provided an interim-report on the
status of. the FY-75 KEP (copy attached).
2. The preliminary conclusion, based on.NIO
subjective performance assessments, and performance data
provided by Community producers and collectors, is that .
about two-thirds of the FY-75 KIQs were satisfactorily
answered--on 42 KIQs the IC essentially achieved the
production and collection goals set forth in applicable
strategies--at a cost of about one-third of the IC's O&M
operating budget for FY-75.
3. While there were, as expected in such a 'first'
effort, a number of ambiguities and some inconsistencies,
it seems clear that the process is workable and that
useful findings will emerge. Since the objective of the
KIQ/KEP process is to relate outcome and performance to
priorities and resource allocation, it is necessary to
assess Community performance in two ways--in an absolute
sense; what did the Community and individual
agencies, accomplish with respect to what was known a
year ago; and in a relative sense; what was accom-
plished in terms of the goals, objectives and commitments
set forth in KIQ strategies. Success in achieving this
objective is dependent upon the cooperation and responsive-
the process.
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4. Since the concept of evaluating Community
performance by relating outcome and performance to
priorities and resource. expenditures appears sound, we
must now put the effort and discipline into the process
that success demands.
5. To firmly establish the KEP as a viable and
productive effort requires: .
a. development of collection and production
strategies which take full cognizance of agency
and departmental production plans; are uniform
in the level of detail used to identify KIQ
collection and production objectives; precise in
describing tasks and selective in recommending
collection actions (i.e., making nominations in.
light of past performance and the likelihood of
future success);
b. greater utilization of the USIB
collection committees in formulating collec-
tion strategies;
c. timely and unconstrained responsiveness
in providing data required by performance
reporting instructions;
d. assessments of Community performance
with respect to overall KIQ achievement be
based on explicit consideration of the individual
KIQ collection and production strategies and tasks;
e. assessments not be arbitrarily limited to
interagency products and that judgments of
collection performance explicitly consider
raw data provided by individual collection
techniques/sensors in accordance with collec-
tion tasks and commitments; and
f: specificity, precision and consistency.
.in narrative and numerical assessments of
Community performance.
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6. I repeat that the KEP continues to be an important
endeavor, one that must be established and regularized as
soon as possible. To this end I urge your continuing
personal attention.
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W. E. Cof'by
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SC-03499-75, copy fof 20
Distribution:
Copy 1 - Addee w/att
2 - DCI w/o att
3 - DDCI/w/o att
4 - ER w/o att
5 - IC Reg w/o att
6 - D/DCI/IC w/o att
7 - AD/DCl/IC w/o a.tt
8 - MPRRD/Ri`;A Subject w/o att
9 - MPRRD/R&A Reading w/o att
10 - AGH Chrono w/o att
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