RESOURCES FOR PERSONNEL SECURITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82M00591R000100070008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 21, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Security Committee
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SECOM-D-341
21 June 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH: Deputy to the DCI for Support
FROM: Robert W. Gambino
Chairman, DCI Security Committee
SUBJECT: Resources for Personnel Security
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1. 0 Action Requested: Your signature on a proposed
memorandum to the Secretary o .Defense on personnel security
resources.
2. Background and Discussion: The NFIB, at its
6 June 1978 meeting, considered and concurred in a revision
of DCID 1/16 to provide policy on security of intelligence
in ADP systems. During Board discussion, General Aaron spoke
to problems the Military Services would have in meeting the
personnel security requirements the DCID would impose on
those
data,
by maintaining strict standards
ot investigation for those permitted system access. DIA and
the Services had asked that the DCID allow much lower personnel
security standards. This was to permit them to comply both
with the DCID's other provisions and with Defense's internal
policy of limiting personnel security investigations in the
interests of cutting costs. The Board noted that the esti-
mated $2 million cited by General Aaron as the extra costs to
Defense of reasonably thorough investigations appeared marginal
when weighed against the benefits of ADP system sharing and
the risks involved in permitting superficially cleared people
to access sensitive data in ADP systems. In approving the
? DCID, the Acting Chairman directed that a letter be prepared
to the Secretary of Defense describing the issue and seeking
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his cooperation in making adequate resources available to
conduct the necessary investigations on military personnel.
Those resources are not in the NFIP. The attached proposed
memorandum has been coordinated with the Deputy to the DCI
for Resource Management..
3. II Recommendation:
proposed memorandum.
That you sign the attached
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Memo to SecDef
Robert W. Gambino
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