ADP ORIENTATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B00803R000200080047-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: May 1, 1968
• Content Type: BRIEF

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CED to D/TR 1 May 68, sub: ADP Orientation, DDS&T 1765-68, S.
The DD/S&T (Mr. Duckett) did concur in OTR. request that OCS
run the ADP Orientation Course beginning in the fall of 1968.
He said that future runnings of the course and continuation
of an external contract for the 2-week coursek would STAT
be reconsidered in light of over-all Agen y ADIJ trg rqmts
and that the subject was currently being discussed by the
fmir Directorates' Information Processing Coordinators with
Chief, IPC Staff of PPB--in anticipation of a
recommendation to the ExDir-Comptr(Col White) that OCS provide
ADP trg as a service of common concern. Such a plan would
call for staffing and space beyond OCS present capability.
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TRAINING In addition to training of computer staff for OCS,
another/general gap concerned`user/mgmt orientation or
education in ADP. TDe tendency continued to''`yxist_ to 1968
because of unfamiliarity, to fit problems to the computer,
to use the brute force power fo of the systems in lieu of
good problem definition and analysis; as a corollary, ADP
rqmts validation procedures needed mgmt tightening. In
order to relieve this situation ADP Orientation Courses
and considerable other ADP training was undertaken during
FY 1.96& and plans were developed (approved in July 1968)
for OCS to begin ADP trg as a service of common concern
for the Agency as a whole. Finally, considerable progress
was noted in cross-directorate ADP efforts, including
requirements validation, through the mechanism of the
IPC's (one fr ea Directorate) under the aegis of the ExDir-
Comptroller through the Chief, IPS/OPPB
Security problem noted last year remains unresolved
as it concerns compartmented files on a time-sharing of
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STAT:
In April 1968, OTR, instituted a three-day and a two-week
orientation course Ioxx xaea?a??ax in ADP and the assistance
of OCS was sought in setting up and administering these courses.
Mr. Briggs, while not anxious to take on new problems, felt it
was logical for OCS to play a major role.
Briggs: I have underway a 12-week, in-house programmer trainee
course for OCS professionals involving two professional teacher
slots, implemented because of the extreme difficulty in recruitin3
e*VOfW*ddiP1 F s i&85/Oin Ct QM86 3 Q?16 80047}4 have expanded
it to include non-OCS students; also have plans for intermediate
and advanced courses for which detailed curricula must be develpd.