ESTABLISHMENT OF AGENCY-WIDE ADP PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00933R000200150006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 28, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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DDA 78-2966/2
28 August 1978
!$EMMSVIDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intel Ii;lence1
Deputy Director for N t i onal Foreign Assessment{
Deputy Director for Science and Technology .
Acting Deputy Director for 'Operations
1
Acting Director of Com;runi cati on.? ?r
Chief, Information Systems Analysis Staffj
FROM: John F. Blake
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: Establishment of Agency-Wide ADP Professiional
Standards
REFERENCE: tieir dtrd 26 Jul 73 to EAG 14emJbers fr DDCX, subj:
Management of Automatic Data Processing Resources
I. Reference n norandum, in its attachment, assigns a responsibility,
ar~angsfi others, to the Deputy Director for Ad inistration.to formally study
the following issue:
"es tabl i sip an. . conanon, Agency-wide P,DP professional
standards (feasibility studies, requirements definition,
specification standards, and prograi; ;i ng standards to
naina a few)."
A report on the findings of this study is to be submitted to DOCI by
15 Dece~-1ber 1978.
'1 aim asking the Director of Data Processing to assure overall
responsibility for this study and he will appoint both a chG i reran for 'the
study group as well as representation fron JDil to be r ^r,lb:rs of the group.
I now ask, that addressees (DDCI for the O JCI) no , i rate to the Di rector of
tuber to the study group to r+ pre:zent. th':,`ir in crest.
data Processing a pc
It is suggested that the D1)S&T may wish to nominate two rtetrber's, one
specifically to represent EPIC and the other to represent, the balance of ,
that Directorate.
3. Because of the sominOiat general nature of tr~^ y ;i n the Est
endeavors of the study group-0-11 be de2voted to problem de in,,,?,_, 3 and
e establishment of the scope of the study.
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4. The same reference mworand,,Ln also rDcnueo?ted this N.,
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to undertake a study on the matter of creating an A
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Career
service. That responsibility has been assigned to the Office of Personnel.
I have asked the Directors of-Perand 0ata_2"ssin to assure the
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5. Addressees are asked to submit their nominations directly to
Fir. Danny May, Director of Data Processing, by 4 September. The. group
Vii l l be convened upon .the call of the cha I rman
John F. Blake
Att.:
Ref nnen
cc:. D/ODP
Acting D/Pers
TATINTL
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