PROPOSED NEW COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION HANDLING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B00803R000200080035-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: June 28, 1967
• Content Type: BRIEF

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DDS&T Carl E. Duckett Memo for DDCI/NIPE 2$ June 1967 DDS&T 2674-6"
/s$cret/, sub: Proposed New Committee on Information Handling
He was in agreement with the view that this was a subject
warranting establishing such a committee, and that CODIB had
done quite well in a generally uninformed and often hostile
environment; that the problem in info handling in a Community
context had not been defined; and that the advent of the
cpmputer and its applic ation to problems of limited scope
had tended to leads to over-optimism;within the DOD as to
the feasibility of a Community information network.
He also favored Gen. Taylor chair the new committee.
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By the end of FY 1967, OCS Computer
Center was handling seven different
categories of special compartmented
data.
OCS had to continually evaluate its
practices for controlling and handling
sensitive data and review from time to
time was made by reps of the Office of
Security of those procedures.
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In the OCS contribution to the FY 67 annual report to PFIAB
Mr. Briggs noted that
The installation of third-generation computer systems
has demonstrated the ability of equipment mfrs to design
and construct computer hardware with much improved capa-
bilities: larger and facer memories, improved intermediate
storage devices (disc units, data cells, etc.) and a wide
range of terminal console devices for man-machine communi-
cations over great distances (cathode ray tube displays,
telecommunications terminals, etc.). However, the comple-
mentary software (computer programs and operating systems)
to exploit fully this hardware capability has not been
produced by equipment manufacturers on a schedule which
matches hardware production, nor has the performance of the
software been efficient.
The application of real-time or near real-time computer
systems for the processing and interpretation of raw
intelligence data or for storage and retrieval of indexed
intel info has not kept pace w/the intel analyst's interest
in or need for such systems.
Dissatisfaction with the productivity of 3rd generation
computer systems was expressed directly to IBM and adjust-
ments followed, reducing CIA rental costs, and putting
pressure on IBM to improve software.
Active recruitment of highly skilled computer technicians
enabled OCS to improve its professional cadre so that
time-sharing systems and other advanced techniques could be
developed in-house to meet the increased analyst interest in
such techniques.
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With the FY 1968 OCS staffing authorization, a Training
Officer was added to the staff of the D/CS.
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