INFORMATION HANDLING STUDY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R000600280014-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 14
• Content Type: MEMORANDUM FOR

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4 FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
Deputy Director, rational Foreign Assess _r:t Center
Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Science & Technoloav
3ministrative officer, D Area. -
S`3 Jaen u. Taylor
Cctroller
infots ation a andl i Study
At the Director's June conference on goals the DJ% ^ub-
mitteda propel for developing a better structure fo; coordi zatu.a &i
carrying out the Agency's information handling activities. At the
Director's Se :tewber conference the goal was rerub itted jointly by the
DOA and the Comptroller, revised as L.ollo'ws.
coal 1: Develop a comprehensive i.nfori..ation haling
strategy for the Agency and a struucttze for :sere ioral,
cortiriu ng coordination of the Agency 'S ALP, CO UflIt:c'^
Lions, records management, and word processing actiM.7ities.
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.,,.e reasons for developing a "comprehensive iiiZOr v?C-0 n handling strategy:,
Yriormlati,on 4a?a_L e"q nt in CT I%
are numerous. The attached parer entitled
was an integral part of the goal package discussed ET-Se. teaber and aCdresses
she of them. in addition, we :sieve that some coicnents are hav
difficulties trying to plan future infor ation handling programs in the
absence of a cohesive, Agencywide plan. For all of these reasons, senior
managers have agreed on the need for a comprehensive review of agency
inforauation handling activities.
STAT
The aproach rem cried in Secterber was to bb--re I'the
hest possible outside manage ert or consulting firm- to formulate re