DDA/ DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING PROJECTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00156R000200090016-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2003
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: April 5, 1979
• Content Type: MF

S E C R E T
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DD/S&T-1737-79
5 APR 191
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: DDA Development and Engineering Projects
REFERENCE: Programming for Exploratory Research (DD/S&T-
1518-79) dated 29 March 1979
1. The FY-81 program for ORD has been submitted in two
parts: Exploratory Research, and Development and Engineering.
The first of these is a new designation used to program
resources necessary to carry out the Exploratory Research
function which ORD performs for all Agency components,
including DDS&T offices. This approach is explained in some
detail in the reference.
The second part of the ORD budget has been devoted to
directed development projects for delivery by ORD to Agency
components outside of DDS&T. These products are very often
"tools" to be used by DDA in their efforts and are clearly
not Exploratory Research. These efforts have been programmed
in our submittal in the same manner as in recent years;
i.e., each project has been identified as a line item
directed toward a specific DDA problem. Those proposed line
items appear in the appropriate Decision Unit at the Minimum,
Current, and Enhanced levels. This part of ORD's budget has
to compete with all other proposed R&D projects as well as
other Agency requirements.
2. I am requesting your endorsement of the FY-81
projects in the Development and Engineering category that
are contained within the Multipurpose R&D Decision Unit of
the DDS&T Program. (Outlined in Attachment 1 and described
in detail in Attachment 2.) It is critical that you endorse
and defend these efforts in the upcoming Comptroller hearings
and all subsequent hearings or they will not survive the
process.,
RECLASSIFY UNCLASSIFIED-
INTERNAL USE ONLY when
separated from Attachment
LESLIE C. DIRKS
Deputy Director
for
Science and Technology
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Multipurpose R&D Decision Unit
Decision DDA Office Tab
Package ORD Project Title Endorsement Requested No.
MINIMUM Polygraph Enhancements & Alternatives OS 62-66
High Security Document Protection OS 55
Advanced Text Retrieval ODP 222
Computer Security Technology ODP, OS 210, 59
Custom Analyst Data Terminal Design ODP 203
(Information Processing for Analysis)
CURRENT This level does not include any ORD Projects proposed by
the DDA.
ENHANCED This level does not include any ORD Projects proposed by
the DDA.
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Polygraph Enhancements & Alternatives
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High Security Document Protection
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Advanced Text Retrieval
X1
Retrieval systems for Agency collections of computer stored
documents are costly and are characterized by poor response time and
limited retrieval capabilities. New capabilities are needed for
document retrieval systems for multi-billion character files of
textual data to support intelligence analysis.
These capabilities will permit the synthesis and retrieval
of information which would be ignored by conventional approaches.
The new capabilities require development and implementation of infor-
mation processing concepts whose underlying theory is generally
well-understood but which require feasibility analysis and experimentation
and development work. Such development work has been limited by the
ability of conventional computer systems to perform a large number of
comparisons per second. The ORD-developed high speed text search
machine has removed these limitations.
This project envisions a problem definition, feasibility study and
initial experimentation effort in FY79 to be followed by prototype
implementation in FY80 and prototype evaluation and refinement in
FY81. Finally, in FY82 an IOC advanced text search system is expected
to be completed and in use.
FY 81: $150K
This project is proposed in ORD's MINIMUM level.
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Computer Security
X1
The basic objective of computer security activity is to provide
security measures which reduce the threat to an acceptable level. To
the Agency, as an extensive user of computer systems, computer security
is critically important to maintain the viability of intelligence
analysis and production. This concern is due in part to: a) increasing
volume of information processing by computer, motivated by cost benefit and
the increasing availability of machine-readable information, b) growing
demands for distributed systems and data bases, both functional and
geographic, made possible by mini and microcomputers and storage cost
decreases, c) increasing use of remote telecommunications access
to computers and d) the likelihood of greater networking of information
and data bases throughout the intelligence community.
A lack of secure computer systems can not only inhibit the performance
of an organization's functions, but may also jeopardize the organization's
very existence. Solving the computer security problem, particularly in the
computer networking and distributed processing environment, requires an
integrated approach including hardware, software and firmware. Any
approach to computer security must include the many aspects of the
problem, such as physical, personal, technological and environmental
factors.
The requirements for computer security are broad, multi-disciplinary,
often complex and frequently ill-defined. ORD surveyed the computer
security problems which could arise in the 1980-1985 time frame and began
a program, coordinated with OS, to address the major security problems
uncovered in the survey.
FY 81: $200K
This project is proposed in ORD's MINIMUM level.
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Information Processing for Analysis
Various Agency production components have widely differing needs
for information processing support. Currently planned information
systems either support only a very narrow range of analytical activity
(TADS, NDS) or provide a limited range of services to a broad range
of users (SAFE). This project addresses the clear need for development
of advanced hardware/software concepts to support intelligence analysis.
The concepts include a variety of sophisticated support facilities
useful for a broad range of analytical disciplines and problems.
During FY79, a thorough study has been undertaken to characterize
the information processing needs of intelligence analysts, to build
on previous Agency studies of intelligence analysis, and to characterize
the process of intelligence analysis from an information processing
point of view. This study includes force-based, discipline-based and
geographic-based analysis; it will conclude with the design of a testbed
system for one analytical organization. In FY79-80, the testbed system
will be implemented and installed. Estimated expenditures for the
testbed will total $450K over the two years. In FY81, detailed
experimentation will be conducted with system users to gain user
familiarity and assess user acceptability. The FY81 effort also
includes a plan for customizing the workstation capabilities for
use by other analytical components.
FY 81: $150K
This project is proposed in ORD's Minimum level.
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