INFORMATION SCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00058R000100160026-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 2006
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: January 1, 1974
• Content Type: BULL

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ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
SPECIAL BULLETIN
To: All Training Officers of the Agency
INFORMATION SCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAM
The Office of Training announces another offering of the
"Functions" course. This four-week, full-time course, conducted
by the Information Science Training Staff, will be offered
9 September through 4 October 1974. The course is designed to
introduce career intelligence professionals to the inter-
disciplinary field of Information Science. Each student will
be taught to use and "converse" with a computer terminal as a
basic tool in his work. He will be given a fundamental knowledge
of computer systems, operations research, systems analysis and
design, probability theory, information storage and retrieval
systems, modeling, gaming and simulation, etc. Time will be
devoted to exercises and case studies in which the student will
gain experience in applying such techniques as linear programming,
queuing, network analysis, correlation and regression to.intelli-
gence problems.
1. To familiarize the student with the terminology and basic
techniques of information science.
2. To develop the student's capability to identify and define
problems in his professional intelligence field by using information
science techniques and to solve such problems at the elementary level.
3. To improve the student's communications capabilities in
conferring with information science professionals on more difficult
problems and requirements.
4. To encourage the student to pursue the development of his
own, and his agency's information science resources and capabilities.
5. To provide a wider range of rational choices to the
professional in the analysis, problem solving, and decision making
tasks of his functional area of responsibility through an intro-
duction to the basic tools and language of information science
(Over, please)
MORI/CDF
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PREREQUISITES:
Professional (GS-09-15) assignment in intelligence. No previous
technical or scientific education or training is necessary.
9 September through 4 October 1974, 0830-1630 hours, 4 weeks,
full-time.
4600 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia (Chamber of Commerce
Building, Room 912). No transportation will be provided. Detailed
instructions on directions to the building and on parking will be
mailed to the students prior to the start of the course.
Form 73, "Request for Internal Training," must be submitted to
OTR/FTD/ISTS, Room 616 Chamber of Commerce Building by 16 August 1974.
These requests will be submitted through the Training Officer and through
the Central Cover Staff, For information on re istration and course
content call OTR/FTD/ISTS,
extension
ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
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