WORK PLAN -- OMB PROPOSAL FOR PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT

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• Publication Date: September 4, 1974
• Content Type: MFR

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DCI/IC 74-1138
4 September 1974
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SUBJECT: Work Plan -- OMB Proposal for Product Improvement
1. At a meeting on 30 August,
for drafting an overall proposal.
identified several leads that require investigation as part of the
development of a proposal to put before D/DCI/IC and DCI. This
memorandum presents a work plan for that investigation.
2. We agree that it is first necessary to identify major
projects and initiatives now in the intelligence community bearing
on product improvement and the analyst of the future, and to become
familiar with their purposes and status currently. We note 0MB
concern that there are numerous smaller-scale piecemeal efforts,
and that a major focal point for the community is needed.
3. Attachment 1 lists ongoing activities with which we must
become familiar. This will provide us a good understanding of
where the community is today, and we will have a frame of reference
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1 - Dr. Clarke
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Attachment 1
4 September 1974
SUBJECT: Work Plan -- 0MB Proposal for Product Improvement
The following ongoing activities should be checked in order to provide
a common frame of reference for an appraisal of the current status of the
intelligence community's efforts toward an improved future analyst environ-
ment and the improvement of intelligence products.
A. CIA Comptroller's Office-
We need to ascertain the status of agency component proposals to
the CIA Comptroller. We need to know whether some of these should be
supported by us, as part of a larger scheme, or contrary-wise, why we
would not be in favor of some of them.
Action:
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B. OCI
1. 0 has asked
summary for our review.
MPRRD, to prepare a
Our group should be briefed on the effort in OCI to offer new
methodologies to analysts and to prepare them for evolving roles
in the future.
Action:
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C. ORD
1. 0 has arranged briefing in 0 office
on Thursday, 5 September 1974, at 1530-1630 hours. Briefers
are OCI, who are the editors
of 0~'l Notes on Methodology.
ORD is a focal point in CIA for contracting for support to
analysts, and is involved with ICS and ARPA in establishing a new
analytical support center.
Action:
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1. 0 is arranging time for briefing from
Jim Hirsch, Director ORD, who has agreed. Briefing
will be at Ames Building.
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I. CIA (continued)
D. CRS - Project SAFE
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development project being run by CRS, with participa-
tion by several CIA components at e branch level. It concerns
the future capability of an analyst to receive mail and create
files at a work station that has a computer terminal with keyboard
and cathode ray. tube (CRT) screen.
Action:
E. Office of Communications - CIA Operations Center
CIA/OC is developing a computerized display system to bring
communication traffic from the Signal Center to the Operations
Center. We will need details on this effort.
Action:
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nection with OC briefing to IBM/61WNMCCS people on
5 September 1974, and will report further.
F. Office of Training - Information Science Center
The training program of the OTR/ISC is expanding, and
warrants further future development in order to help address
a principal problem, which is the introduction of the analyst
to automation 0 of OMB noted that improved training was
a legitimate subject for this proposal.
Action:
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PRD can arrange briefing by
head of the 1bu s .
G. Office of Basic & Geographic Intelligence (OBGI)
Computerized graphics capabilities are an important on-coming
technique to improve the presentation of intelligence products.
Capabilities of CIA and DIA, are supporting work at
are interesting and. important.
Action:
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can arrange briefing by OBGI.
OJCS should also attend and explain its capabilities in
this regard.
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A. General
ARPA has an ambitious detailed schedule of projects that are
being proposed for its FY-76 budget. RAND has assisted ARPA in
developing this program. The projects extend over a time frame
of several years.
ARPA may seek DCI advice and support in validation of its
proposals.
Action:
1. (OCI)
are in contact with Licklider (ARPA/Info. Proc. Technology
Office). Follow-up discussions are necessary.
B. ARPA/CIA/ICS Analytical Support Center
Center has been agreed to by sponsors, but not yet operational.
RFP is being responded to by several contractors, and their proposals
will be evaluated this month. For our study, it is necessary to
become familiar with the work proposals being made by contractors.
Action:
1. ICS representative on the RFP evaluation panel
should be tasked to report to us.
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C. ARPA - Dlndications Project
A prototype analyst station is eratin in the NMCC. It is
25X1 supported by a contract effort with
Action:
25X1 D. ARPA - Corporation
ARPA is funding a project entitled Advanced C uter Based
Aids to Intelligence Anal sis. It is focussed on the EW area
but has much broader potential. 25X1 are also involved. is is an
important ongoing development that is highly relevant to our in-
vestigations.
Action:
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II. ARPA (continued)
E. ARPA - Net
The ARPA network connects numerous research centers (government,
educational, private) throughout the U.S. It is an unclassified net.
The net has been the vehicle through which much advanced telecom-
munications technology has been developed and tested. A general
awareness of this activity is useful background for our planning.
Action:
1. An ARPA briefing can be arranged by either
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It should not be done until late
III.
in this schedule, because other briefings will help
lay a technical foundation for this one.
Intelligence Community Staff
A. Conferenced Text Editing (Project CONTEXT)
An initial test of a prototype system for using CRTs in a
network to conduct conferences at which textual materials can
be presented and edited is planned for this fall.
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and
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NSA will
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rticipate. The first test (3-4 months) is to
procedures.
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can provide briefing if desired.
B. R&D Council
The future work program of the R&D Council should be identified
in order to ascertain whether there are any points of tangency be-
tween it and our consideration of the OMB proposal.
Action:
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to brief us.
s ould be consulted when our plans are somewhat further
along. His a vice will be important, and his validation to Mr. Colby
of whatever we propose would be most helpful.
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ASD(I), with the COINS Project Manager at NSA, are planning
hardware and communication system improvements for COINS. The
current status of these developments is pertinent to the OMB
proposal.
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can arrange COINS briefing.
B. Defense' Intelligence Information Systems, Computer Internetting.
A number of DoD intelligence projects have grown up separately:
e.g., COINS, ASSIST, OSIS, etc. ASD(I), supported by l) has been
developing a .plan for internetting these systems. The status of
is aware of the OMB project, and should not be excluded from its
planning.
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A. NSA - National SIGINT Operations Center (NSOC)
The operation of the NSOC and the data flow of SIGINT materials
from world-wide sources to the NSOC is a major I&W system that should
be understood as part of the background needed to formulate the OMB
proposal.
Action:
1. NSOC briefing can be arranged via
IHC Support Staff.
A. Upgrade of National Military Intelligence Center (NMIC)
DIA, advised by PRC, has underway a large scale upgrading of its
center, which is co-located with the NMCC. Their plans call for de-
veloping and installing analyst work stations that have sophisticated
computer display and communication capabilities. We will need a
briefing on the current status of these plans.
Action:
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VI. DIA (continued)
B. PACER System
PACER is an analyst work station that uses CRTs to support Imagery
photo interpreters and to report changes into a master data base. PACER
is operational at SAC. There is talk of it being used by DIA in con-
nection with an oncoming Imagery s stem It was developed with the help
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1. 0 can arrange as requested; Colonel Ulmen is
the Army representative on IHC.
VIII. External Organizations
The following is a list of some of the more important external
sources of assistance. We may not be able to utilize them in the
short available time before 1 October 1974, but they warrant identi-
fication for future reference.
25X1 A. 0- Artificial Intelligence Projects
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Action:
1. A briefing can be arranged by
via IHC.
A. Project ASSIST
ASSIST is an Army effort, assisted by 'Q to develop an analyst
work station to draw data from remote data bases and to display it to
the analyst using CRTs. This is a carefully designed project that is
fairly well along. It is relevant to our problem. Because of its
effective direction by Colonel Pat Ulmen, Army IEHS Program Element
Manager, as well as its function, it should be briefed to this group.
Action:
under contract to ARPA, has much to offer
by way o expertise in the formulation of a project to respond
to the 0MB proposal.
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OMB proposa..
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VIII. External organizations (continued)
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arranging for to be available for consulting services.
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25X1 is directing contractual work for
Norm o a , , re computer internetting in DoD. This work
needs to be extended to the entire community.
E. Others
Note that the above listing is limited and selective. There
are numerous other potential sources of external contractor
expertise.
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IX. Drug Enforcement Agency Department of Justice
ex-CIA, is in charge of the program to automate
DEA's intelligence activities. 0 is extremely knowledgeable
on intelligence matters as well as on computer technology.
has given a briefing to
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OMB proposal, and accordingly, a continuing dialog is anticipated.
Action:
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ana-Lyst station that he is
developing for DEA. It appears to have considerable relevance to
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1. 0 (PRD) can serve as a focal point to
arrange further discussions with
instruction
I and I are