TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WORKING GROUP

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 30, 1998
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• Publication Date: January 1, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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TERMS OF REFERENCE
OF
THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
WORKING GROUP
(effective 1973)
1. 1. Establishment of a National Security Council Intelligence
Committee (NSCIC) was directed by the President in his memorandum
of 5 November 1971, "Organization and Management of the U.S.
Foreign Intelligence Community," which was reflected in the revised
National Security Council Intelligence Directive No. 1, "Basic
Duties and Responsibilities," effective 17 February 1972. NSCID No. 1
provides (paragraph 2) that the NSCIC is to "give direction and guidance
on national substantive intelligence needs and provide for a continuing
evaluation of intelligence products from the viewpoint of the
intelligence consumer."
2. Authority
The NSCIC Working Group was formed pursuant to discussion
at the initial NSCIC meeting of 3 December 1971.
3. Organization and Membership
a. Chairman of the Working Group will be designated
by the Chairman of the NSCIC.
b. Membership of the Working Group will include one
representative of each NSCIC Principal, or, at the election
of the Principal, a maximum of two representatives.
c. Except for the representative of the Director of
Central Intelligence, members of the Working Group should
be consumers of intelligence rather than intelligence officers.
d. The representative of the Director of Central Intelligence
will serve as chairman of an Intelligence Sub-Group, which will
include representatives from the major intelligence production
organizations.
e. Intelligence users from departments or agencies not
represented on the NSCIC, intelligence program managers,
and representatives of particular intelligence production
organizations may be invited to participate in Working Group
meetings when matters within their particular interest or
expertise are on the agenda.
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4. Mission
The mission of the Working Group is to support the NSCIC
and to facilitate NSCIC actions to give direction and guidance on
national substantive needs for intelligence and provide for a
continuing evaluation of intelligence products from the viewpoint
of the intelligence consumer.
5. Functions
a. The Working Group will:
(1) Present action recommendations to the NSCIC in
furtherance of the mission assigned to the NSCIC in
paragraph 2 of NSCID No. 1.
(2) Conduct such studies, surveys, reviews and
inquiries as may be directed by the NSCIC in execution
of its mission.
(3) Initiate such studies, surveys, reviews and
inquiries as the Working Group considers are pertinent
to the furtherance of the program of the NSCIC to:
(a) Improve the expression of consumer needs
for intelligence.
(b) Evaluate the responsiveness and quality of
intelligence products from the viewpoint of the
intelligence consumer.
b. The Intelligence Sub-Group of the Working Group will
provide such inputs from the intelligence community as are
required for the accomplishment of Working Group projects
and studies.
6. Method of Operation
a. Regular meetings of the Working Group will be held on
the first . of each month. The Chairman can call a
special meeting with the approval of the majority of the
members. Any member desiring a special meeting will so
advise the Chairman. Regular meetings may be cancelled if a
poll indicates the majority of the members so desire.
b. Action projects for Working Group sponsorship can be
proposed by any member of the Group.
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c. Responsibility for the conduct of studies and
preparation of reports undertaken under Working Group
sponsorship will be assigned by the Chairman, as agreed
among the members.
d. For the preparation of studies and reports, the
Working Group can establish interagency task groups or
assign responsibility to a single organization as
determined on the basis of the nature of the problem.
e. All studies and reports prepared under auspices of the
Working Group will be submitted to the Working Group for its
consideration prior to being given any dissemination by the task
group or other persons charged with preparation of the
documents.
f. Working Group decisions will be reached by consensus
among the members, but the Chairman, in forwarding the
results of Working Group action to the NSCIC, will advise the
NSCIC of the dissent or differing opinion of any member who so
requests.
g. Studies and reviews accomplished under Working Group
auspices for background and informational use which do not
contain action recommendations and which the Working Group
considers do not require! referral to the NSCIC may be
disseminated by the Working Group chairman directly to such
organizations and agencies as the Working Group considers
would find them useful.
7. Staff Support
The Chairman of the Working Group will designate an
Executive Secretary who will arrange for provision of support as
required by the Working Group.
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