STAGE I REPORT OF THE STAFF FOR THE COMMUNITY INFORMATION PROCESSING STUDY (SCIPS), USIB-D-39, 7/5, 16 MARCH 1964

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• Publication Date: May 6, 1964
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"a. Noted the Stage I SCIPS Report (USIB-D-39. 7/5)
and the Consultant Panel Evaluation therein.
"b. Approved the recommendations on pages 20, 21, and
22 of USIB-D-39. 7/5 subject to the following changes:
(1) The first sentence of Recommendation 4 is to read:
'4. Direct CODIB to establish ad hoc groups to do such
tasks as:'
(2) Amended Recommendation 5 and directed that it
be incorporated in Recommendation 4 as item j. to read
as follows: 'j. Develop a plan for a data files and systems
library and the exchange of files for all types of intelligence
data, taking into consideration action previously approved
under USIB-S-13. 1/4.'
"c. Directed that CODIB submit to the Board a quarterly
report on progress being made on the USIB-approved recom-
mendations in USIB-D-39. 7/5. "
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT
: Stage I Report of the Staff for the Community
Information Processing Study (SCIPS),
USIB-D-39.7/5, 16 March 1964
REFERENCES
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b.
USIB-M-322, 29 April 1964, Item 5
USIB-M-321, 22 April 1964, Item 6
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1. At its meeting on 6 May the United States Intelligence Board
(USIB) approved the draft minutes (reference a.) of its 29 April meeting
which included the following action on the subject report by the Com-
mittee on Documentation (CODIB):
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2. A copy of the USIB-approved recommendations is attached
for the information and guidance of all concerned.
3. The USIB directive in subparagraph 1. c. above is referred
herewith to the CODIB for preparation of the first of its quarterly
reports by 1 August 1964.
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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
COMMITTEE ON DOCUMENTATION
Stage I Report of the Staff for the Community
Information Processing Study (SCIPS)
USIB-Approved Recommendations
Study;
1. Note the general findings and conclusions of the SCIPS Stage I
2. Request the several member agencies to study the detailed
findings as set forth in the six volumes of the report, plus the SCIPS
data base, with a view to relating these findings to their own processing
problems;
3. Direct CODIB to establish a permanent Executive Secretariat
of five persons;
4. Direct CODIB to establish ad hoc groups to do such tasks as:
Develop the Community coordinated content control code.
b. Develop and publish a standard item list.
c. Develop and implement standardized item description
lists.
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Develop a standard installation description format.
e. Develop a Community coordinated R&D program in
the areas of non-numerical data processing, asso-
ciative memories, and machine translation.
f. Develop a biographic intelligence processing plan.
Develop a coordinated plan. for processing bibliographic
data on foreign publications.
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/h. Develop proposals for improved analyst-to-analyst
communication, including the feasibility of a
centralized Intelligence Community directory service.
Develop a standard photographic chip, exploring the
feasibility of adopting the recently developed DoD
standard.
Develop a plan for a data files and systems library and
the exchange of files for all types of intelligence data,
taking into consideration action previously approved
under USIB-S-134/4.
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5. Pending establishment of the Executive Secretariat, direct
CODIB to continue the Director, SCIPS, and a small staff (CIA-2;
DIA-2) on duty to:
a. Provide referral. service from the SCIPS Data Base.
b. Prepare for CODIB consideration additional guidelines
for the further development and implementation of
procedures for improving information processing in
the Intelligence Community.
c. Review the SCIPS data on hand to evaluate the success
of present storage and retrieval systems by types of
system and agency.
d. Develop for CODIB consideration a workable policy on
responsibility of agency reference facilities as Com-
munity resources.
6. Authorize the release of this CODIB Report to Mr. Bundy for
information and as. indication of actions taken to date relevant to
Intelligence Objective No. 3 of his letter of 17 June. 1963.
7. Authorize the release of this CODIB Report and the SCIPS
Report to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, pursuant
to Mr. Coyne's request therefor of 30 September 1963.
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