REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON CIRS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R000700920015-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: February 4, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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Community Information Retrieval Systeri:.
CIA Member
Information Handling Committee
SUBJECT: Request for Comments on CIRS
REFERENCES: Two Memoranda from Same
Subject, ODP-83-10 and ODP-83-104, Dated
January 17, 1983
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1. We have received the references and several other documents.
concerning the Community Information Retrieval System (CIRS). With
respect to your request for our input to the consolidated Agency
response to this request, the following paragraphs apply.
2. At this point, it appears that requirements must be more
specifically defined. There are two aspects to the substantive
requirements:
-What requirement does the CIA have for information
from CIRS?
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-What requirement does the Community (a definition
of the CIRS "community" is. needed) have for
information from the CIA?
The documentation and briefings concerning CIRS indicate that the
information to be handled by CIRS is that which exists as "paper
product" today. Therefore, it seems that on the "need" side, the DI
and DO as potential users of information should ascertain what
information is required from CIRS. With respect to the Agency's
supplying information to CIRS, again, the DI and DO (possibly with
the addition of FBIS from S&T"and the OS from DA) should determine
which information, if required, they would supply to CIRS. Until
these determinations are made, it is difficult to assess other CIRS
implications.
3. Technically, the CIRS could be configured as proposed.
However, we believe that configuration choice is premature at this
time. Depending on system requirements, it may be desirable to have
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require. This approach would simplify (although not eliminate) some
of the concerns discussed at the 11 January briefing. The
distributed configuration presented has merit (no substantial
hardware costs), but presumes that the hosts and/or systems
concerned can and will provide for automated search, query, holding,
dissemination packages, etc. These capabilities can be expensive in
both development and operating (loading) costs and are long
lead-time items in the system development process.
4. Fundamentally, we believe that the information requirements
definition is needed first--mainly a DI and DO responsibility.
Following this, technical analysis can proceed.
5. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance at this
time.
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