CIA PARTICIPATION IN AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM (CIRS) AND RECON GUARD PROJECTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2008
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• Publication Date: May 10, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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Attached for your:---
concurrence- you will'. find -a
memorandum; .to -C H/IHC-,stating the..
Agency_position.regarding the
Community`-Information. Retrieval,.
System `(CIRS) and RECON GUARD
projects.";--These positions
reflect,the- results of
discussions with members of.your.
staffs as follows:
C/ISSG/OS/DDA
D/0CR/DDI
Should you have any
questions regarding this.
memorandum, please do_notr
hesitate to contact me on[
COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
to whom. ?. Draw a line across column after each comment.)
. Please note that the Agency
RECON GUARD position presented in
this memorandum, see.para 4d,
differs slightly from that stated
in my memorandum'to the DDS&T
(ODP 83-535), dated 14 April
1983. The difference is the'
withholding-of DO data from the
RECON GUARD testing process.
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ODP-83-573
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Intelligence Information
Handling Committee
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Executive Director
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Administration
CIA Member,
Intelligence Information Handling Committee
CIA Participation in and Commitment to the
Community Information Retrieval System (CIRS)
and RECON GUARD Projects
REFERENCES: A. Report of The Intelligence Information
Handling Committee on the Community
Information Retrieval System (CIRS), dtd
Sept 82
B. Report of the Bibliographic System Study
Working Group, dtd 5 May 80
1. The purpose of this memorandum is to specify the nature
and extent of Agency participation in and commitment to the
Community Information Retrieval System (CIRS) and RECON GUARD
projects.
Community..I.nformation Retrieval System (CIRS)
2. The IHC CIRS project is the result of a series of
studies directed toward improving information handling in the
Intelligence Community. The CIA supports the overall goals of the
CIRS project, but the CIRS action plan (Reference A) leaves many
management, resource and security questions unanswered. Until
such problems are resolved, CIA cannot commit to connect to
CIRS. We will review the CIRS project, and the nature of CIA
participation, annually and at the completion of each CIRS
implementation phase. But the Agency will not concur in the
placement of Directorate of Operations originated or derived
materials in any CIRS data base until satisfactory security
controls and procedures have been established.
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SUBJECT: CIA Participation in and Commitment to the Community
Information Retrieval System (CIRS) and RECON GUARD
Projects
3. Accordingly, CIA participation in the first CIRS
planning stage will include providing a member to the CIRS
Management Group as well as representatives to the various CIRS
working groups. Although we will make every effort to help solve
the various problems hindering full implementation of a CIRS
system, our active participation in these groups does not imply
an Agency commitment to participate in succeeding stages of the
effort.
4. The Office of Research and Development RECON GUARD
project was initiated in accordance with Recommendation No. 1 of
Reference B. This recommendation proposed the COINS network as
the means to make the Agency RECON data base available to the
Intelligence Community. The Agency is committed to completing
the development and testing of the RECON GUARD system and will
provide the necessary facilities'end personnel but is not
committed, at this time, to a permanent connection of the RECON
data base through RECON GUARD to 'COINS. A decision on that issue
awaits the completion of the RECON GUARD test and a careful
consideration of all relevant factors. Currently, the CIA
commitment to the RECON GUARD project is limited to the
following:
a. The installation and testing of RECON GUARD
equipment, connected to the RECON data base, in the
Ruffing Computer Center.
b. The procurement by ORD of specialized network
testing equipment to be used to increase the
efficacy of the testing process. This equipment
permits rigorous testing of RECON GUARD prior to
connection to the COINS network. This testing phase
represents an unfunded requirement of up to $250K.
c. Following the successful completion of special
network testing, CIA will temporarily install COINS
Host Access System (HAS) equipment, supplied by the
COINS Project Management Office (PMO), in the
Ruffing Center. The HAS equipment will be connected
to the RECON GUARD equipment and the COINS network.
d. On a limited basis, and for testing purposes only,
data from the CIA RECON data base will be transmitted
to the COINS network through the RECON GUARD and
COINS HAS equipment. Data from the RECON data base
transmitted for this test will not include
Directorate of Operations originated or derived
materials.
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Information Retrieval System (CIRS) and RECON GUARD
Projects
5. Following testing, the HAS and RECON GUARD equipment
will be removed from the Buffing Center. The COINS HAS equipment
will be returned to the COINS PMO and the RECON GUARD and network
testing equipment to the Office of Research and Development.
6. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is being drafted
between the COINS PMO and the Agency. This MOU states the
purpose and temporary nature of the COINS HAS equipment
arrangement as well as defining the responsibilities of each
party regarding the installation, operation, maintenance and
removal of the equipment. When mutually agreeable language has
been found, the MOU will be signed and planning for COINS HAS
equipment installation can then be initiated.
7. Should there be any at]PRt? i nnc nn thaca cnhicn4
not hesitate to call me
CONCUR:
Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director for Administration
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Operations Date
Deputy Director for Science and Technology Date
Executive Director Date
11 MAY 1983
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