A SURVEY OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PERIODICALS

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• Publication Date: December 30, 1974
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT A Survey of Intelligence Community
Periodicals
REFERENCE "Objectives for the Intelligence
Community for FY 1975"
(Memorandum for Holders of
USIB /IRAC-D-22.1 / 17,
19 June 1974)
1. The enclosed memorandum and its attachment from the Deputy
to the DCI for the Intelligence Community responds to the DCI's resource
management objective milestone to:
"Complete a comprehensive inventory of serial
publications issued by the Community and identify
what duplications or gaps exist. "
2. Mr. Colby intends to place this item on a USIB agenda at an
early date for discussion and specifically to consider:
a. Asking each agency to review the rationale
for its own production programs and to examine
its requirement for publications produced else-
where, and
b. Asking each agency to consider the possi-
bility of eliminating or merging some publications,
reducing the frequency of issuance of others, and
the paring down of dissemination lists for all.
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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT: A Survey of Intelligence Community Periodicals
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The Director of Central Intelligence in presenting his
fiscal year 1975 resource management objectives to the Presi-
dent, established this milestone:
"Complete a comprehensive inventory of serial
publications issued by the Community and identify
what duplications or gaps exist."
The DCI's Intelligence Community Staff was asked to make
a survey, compile an inventory, and analyze the results.
PRINCIPAL FINDINGS
1. The Intelligence Community in Washington issues a surprising
number of intelligence journals: it publishes some 130 hard-copy intelligence
periodicals at least twice a year which are disseminated outside the agencies
of origin. In addition, it publishes on the order of 73 periodicals which
are disseminated only electronically and some 241 which are published reg-
ularly but not more than once annually.
2. A review of the titles and dissemination of these journals does
not reveal any obvious significant duplication or gaps in coverage. But
this 1hould be viewed as a highly tentative finding since we have not been
able to examine the contents of all these publications and have not sought
to elicit comments from recipients.
3. In any event, given the magnitude of the inventory, and given
growing resource constraints, it seems safe to say that the community
produces too many periodicals.
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4. We thus urge each agency -- especially, of course, those produc-
ing the most titles -- to review the rationale for its own production
program and -- equally important -- to examine its requirements for pub-
lications produced elsewhere. We also suggest that consideration be given
to the elimination or merger of some publications; the reduction of the
frequency of issuance of others; and the paring down of dissemination
lists for all.
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