INVESTIGATIVE STANDARDS WORKING GROUP (1978)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82M00591R000100030079-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2005
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: January 22, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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2 2 JAN 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary.
DCI Security Committee
Staff, DCI Security Committee
SUBJECT: Investigative Standards Working Group (1978)
tives
from all of the Intelligence Community members at
that
time.
The initial tasking included a study of the scope
and.
time
span of U.S. government background investigations,
since
there
was no minimum standard other than for DCID 1/14.
In
STAT
1. The Investigative Standards Working Group (ISWG) was
established in May 1976 and was Chaired by the State Department
representative. Membership on theISWG included representa-
September 1976, the CIA representative was made Chairman of the
ISWG and was tasked with making recommendations for minimum
standards for investigative coverage for the protection of
intelligence sources and methods.
2. During 1977, the ISWG undertook a survey of the effective-
ness of background investigations and began the task of establish-
ing adjudicative guidelines. The ISWG was again chaired by the
State Department representative during 1977 and. he continued
through 1978 as Chairman. Membership expanded during this time
to include representation from all current Intelligence Com- STAT
munity Departments and Agencies.
4. In April 1978, a sub-group of the ISWG was established
to draft a paper on standard adjudication. guidelines for IC
member organizations as applied to DCID 1/14 cases. This draft
took form over the year and by November, 1978 as presented to
the SECOM. The SECOM approved the draft of the adjudication
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guidelines in substance and recommended editorial changes to
delete the redundancies therein. The editorial changes were
made and the draft was submitted to the Executive Secretary
of the Intelligence Community for adoption in December 1978
as Annex A of DCID 1/14.
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