PRESENTATION TO THE DDS&T CAREER DEVELOPMENT COURSE

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2007
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• Publication Date: March 10, 1980
• Content Type: MEMO

SUBJECT Presentation to the DDS&T Career
Development Course
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, National Intelligence Council
1. Thank you for accepting the invitation to speak
to the DDS&T Career Development Course on 9 April from
1445-1615 in Room 6E60 Headquarters Building.
2. During this second week of the course we are
looking largely at various aspects of control and coordi-
nation of the Intelligence Community. In addition to hearing
from key members of various Intelligence Community staffs,
White House and Congressional representatives, we also meet
with the CIA major staffs.
3. The usual format is for the speaker to provide 30
to 45 minutes of remarks and the remainder of the session is
given over to a question and answer discussion. We try to
be informal and, of course, all remarks are nonattributable.
Approvo
The course security level is TOP SECRET.
5. In addition to the Program Summary, I am attaching
a copy of the class roster and Course Objectives.
6, CDC Administrative Assistant,
will phone your office a week or so before your presentation
to see if you need any projection equipment and other briefing
aids. Also, we would appreciate receiving a short biographic
sketch so that we may provide our participants with a summary
of your background
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SUBJECT: Presentation to the DDS&T Career Development Course
7. If you have an questions, please call
or me on extension I
Director
DDS&T Career Development Course
Attachments as stated
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DDS&T
CAREER DEVELOPMENT COURSE
PROGRAM SUMMARY
I, The DDS&T in the Agency
This block deals with DDS&T management, mission and functions,
objectives, and organization. It includes overviews of the
Offices'comprising the Directorate and addresses the major
issues of concern to the Directorate and/or Agency. These CDC
orientation and motivation sessions are conducted atiI
0 Discussion leaders will include the Deputy Director for
Science and Technology, various Staff Chiefs, and S&T Office
Directors.
II. National Intelligence Oversight, Control, and Coordination
This block is designed to place in perspective the governmental
activities, agencies, and processes involved in establishing,
maintaining, controlling, and coordinating U.S. intelligence
activities. Presentations will address these aspects as well
as the organizational structure, functions, and interfaces
of the NSC and its Committees, the Collection Tasking Staff,
Budget and Evaluation Staff, DCI Staff, Congressional Oversight
Committees, NIO's, OMB, and State Department. Discussions will,
where appropriate, address both U.S. and foreign intelligence
relationships.
III. The National Intelligence Process
This block addresses all major aspects of the intelligence
process with emphasis on Agency and particularly DDS&T functions.
The major aspects covered include: Collection, Requirements,
Processing, Production, User Needs and Intelligence Product Use,
Research and Development, and Support activities. Sub-elements
of this block will address each Agency Directorate and appropriate
Office responsibilities, organizational structure, functions,
processes or procedures, products and interfaces. The various
Intelligence Community committees and staffs involved in the
intelligence process from initial R&D requirements through
intelligence report production will be addressed. Collection
system development and operation will also be addressed and
special support activities/bases will be covered and subjects
are designed to familiarize the student with the varied
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applications of intelligence products. Emphasis will be on
the interrelationships involved in the intelligence production
process.
IV. S&T Related Fields
This block addresses areas not part of the intelligence process
but related to DDS&T interests. It is flexible and. may include
brief sub-elements on'the scientific community" (Academy of
Science, etc.), NASA, DOE and S&T related industry. Emphasis
will be placed on the interaction of these areas with and
within government and where appropriate, the specific relation-
ships with the S&T intelligence process.
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DDS &T
CAREER DEVELOPMENT COURSE
OBJECTIVES
THE DDS&T
To present a comprehensive review of the components of the
Directorate for Science and Technology, their missions, functions,
operating procedures, and user relationships.
THE AGENCY AND THE COMMUNITY
To create a greater awareness of the intelligence environment
in which we work through a broader perspective of other governmental
and industrial activities that relate to national intelligence.
THE USER
To provide knowledge and understanding of the intelligence
consumer, his intelligence needs, and his use of intelligence products.
TECHNOLOGY AND CAPABILITIES
To learn at first hand about types of technology, hardware, and
facilities which have application to current and future intelligence
capabilities.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
To enrich the student's professional scope and potential through
observation and discussion of management and analysis principles and
techniques as applied in the Agency, and through enhancement of his
opportunities for communication throughout the Agency and the
Intelligence Community.