LETTER TO EDWARD P. BOLAND FROM (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84G00457R000100030015-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: August 31, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

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ICS-82-4018
31 August 1982
The Honorable Edward P. Boland, Chairman
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This letter responds to the HPSCI request in the FY 1983 NFIP markup that
the DCI provide "an appraisal of current Community ADP development problems"
and address the following questions:
a. Why was the Information Resources Office (IRO) of the Intelligence
Community Staff abolished with no effort to provide an alternative means
of performing the Community management function; and
b. What steps will be taken to strengthen the management and oversight
of Community-wide ADP activities prior to the Fiscal Year 1984 budget
submission?
Community ADP Development
With regard to an appraisal of the status of current Community ADP
development problems, it appears that the SAFE and IAIPS projects are causing
Community concerns.
You have recently been furnished a report by the Director, DIA which
incorporated the DODIIS Initial Evaluation Report on IAIPS. That report
'identified major problems which have developed in the project. These
primarily involved a failure to define satisfactorily system level
specifications and management problems, both on the part of the government and
the contractor. The DIA report also details corrective action which has been
taken, particularly the reorganization of the government management structure
and the strengthening of the validation and verification effort in support of
the PMO. We believe that this was an important step forward and should result
in improved performance on the part of the contractor. However, in the final
analysis, the success of the project is dependent upon the ability of the
contractor to meet his contractual obligations. Both DIA and the IC Staff
will continue to monitor the effectiveness of corrective actions taken and
will supply the Committee such additional information as may be required.
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A major review and redirection of the SAFE project is presently
underway. A recent audit team report has identified problems relating to
schedule performance, expected increases in cost, management supervision, and
technical design approaches. As a result of the conclusions of this audit,
senior ADP management of both CIA and DIA have focused their attention to the
solution of these problems. As soon as the problems have been resolved, a
supplemental report will be filed with the Committee providing details of the
evaluation and the corrective actions which have been instituted.
Abolition of IRO:
In January 1978, the Information Resources Office was established as part
of a larger organizational change which encompassed the division of the
Intelligence Community Staff into two essentially separate staffs--the
Resource Management Staff and the Collection Tasking Staff. This
reorganization entailed a substantial increase in the size of the total
Intelligence Community Staff, a substantial portion of which 0 positions)
was allocated to the Information Resources Office as part of the Resource
Management Staff.
With the advent of the present Administration, however, it was determined
that the Intelligence Community Staff should be recombined, that some
functions should be dropped and others added, and that personnel complement
should be reduced. These changes received considerable support from
Congressional oversight committees. Indeed, the number of personnel to be
assigned to the Intelligence Community Staff was further reduced by
Congressional action. As a result, it was necessary to reduce the number of
staff personnel devoted solely to ADP and telecommunications oversight. This
was facilitated by returning the responsibility for review of the ADP and
telecommunications portions of the National Foreign Intelligence Progam budget
to the program monitors in the Office of Program and Budget Coordination of
the IC Staff.
Responsibility for developing and recommending plans and programs
relating to improvements in Community ADP and telecommunications has been
retained by the Intelligence Community Staff and is embodied in the DCI
Intelligence Information Handling Committee. The Chairman of the Committee is
a full-time member of the IC Staff and is assisted by three full-time
professionals, organized as an element of the staff's Office of Community
Coordination. The Chairman is still recognized as the chief ADP official for
the Intelligence Community.
ADP Oversight for FY 84 Budget:
Because of the reduction in total IC Staff personnel levels mentioned
above, the individual program monitors will review Community ADP-T activities
as part of the annual budget process beginning with the FY 1984 submission.
While we believe such a review to be both proper and responsive to your
concerns I would hasten to add, and I'm sure you will agree, that it is no
substitute for adequate management within the sponsoring programs. I believe
that ADP-T management can only be enhanced by disciplined review and
structured oversight, but the basic management task rests with the program
manager. Shortcomings that may appear in management at the project and
program level cannot be offset by adding more detailed review at the IC Staff
level.
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I trust the foregoing information will meet your requirements. Please do
not hesitate to call upon me should you require additional details.
Respectfully,
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SUBJECT: Ltr to Edward P. Boland, Chm/HPSCI
re HPSCI Request on FY 1983 NFIP
Distribution:
Orig - Adse
1 - D/ICS
1 - D/OCC
1 - OCC/LCS
1 - D/OPBC
1 - IC Registry
1 - IHC Subject
1 - IHC Chrono
ICS/OCC/IHq
(29 June 1982)
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