DISTRIBUTION OF UNCLASSIFIED PUBLICATIONS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2005
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: November 26, 1980
• Content Type: REGULATION

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No. 51-4 (Revised) 26 November 1980
DISTRIBUTION OF UNCLASSIFIED PUBLICATIONS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
1. It is NFAC policy to make available to the general public
those unclassified publications that are likely to be of interest to
academia, the business community, and the general public. The Deputy
Director, NFAC, must approve the release to the public of a new unclassi-
fied NFAC publication or series. It is his responsibility to solicit
the views of the State Department and the National Security Council on
the foreign policy sensitivity of appropriate documents before deciding
whether to release them to the public. If he approves release, a copy
of each such publication must be delivered to the DCI, the DDCI, the
DDO and the Director of Public Affairs 24 hours before it is made
available for public release so that they will be aware of potential
press discussion. It is the responsibility of the production offices,
in the first: instance, to review proposed unclassified publications for
protection of intelligence sources and methods, and for potential foreign
policy sensitivity.
2. Copies of all unclassified reference aids and most unclassified
finished intelligence reports will be made available to the Library of
Congress' Document Expediting (DOCEX) Project, the US Department of
Commerce's National Technical Information Service (NTIS), and the Govern-
ment Printing Office's (GPO) Federal Depository Library Program for
general release to the public in accordance with the attached procedures.
In some cases NFAC will release unclassified reports for publication as
articles in scholarly journals rather than as monographs distributed
through DOCEX, NTIS and GPO.
3. It will be normal practice to refer non-Governmental requesters
to one of these outlets. Individual copies of reports may be provided
by NFAC offices or by the Coordinator for Academic Relations (CAR) to
academia and the business community when, in the judgment of the originating
office or the Coordinator for Academic Relations, there would be a
benefit to the Agency, such as substantive feedback or informed critique
of the publication.
4. The CIA Librarian I Iserves as the Agency liaison
with DOCEX and NTIS on publication matters and should be contacted for
information concerning those programs.
ruce Clarke, Jr.
Director
National Foreign Assessment Center
Attachment:
Procedures for Releasing
Unclassified NFAC-
Publications to the Public
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PROCEDURES FOR RELEASING UNCLASSIFIED NFAC PUBLICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC
Requests for permission to publish a new unclassified NFAC publication
or a new unclassified NFAC series will be forwarded to the Deputy Director,
NFAC, for his approval. A draft of the publication must be forwarded
with the request.
II. ITEMS PUBLISHED BY THE AGENCY
A. Covers
All unclassified NFAC publications, with the exception of OGSR
atlases, will have white covers and will be categorized as either
research papers or reference aids. Each publication will be numbered
in accordance with the standard numbering system specified in NFAC
Notice 51-5 (Revised) dated 7 May 1979. Unclassified publications
will not, however, have copy numbers.
B. STATEMENT ON PURPOSE AND ON OBTAINING ADDITIONAL COPIES
The following statement will be included on the back of the
cover:
This publication is prepared for the use of US Government
officials. The format, coverage and contents of the publication
are designed to meet the specific requirements of those users. US
Government officials may obtain additional copies of this document
directly or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence
Agency.
Requesters outside the US Government may obtain subscriptions
to CIA publications similar to this one by addressing inquiries to:
Document Expediting (DOCEX) Project National Technical
Exchange and Gift Division Information Service
Library of Congress or 5285 Port Royal Road
Washington, DC 20540 Springfield, VA 22161
Requesters outside the US Government not interested in
subscription service may purchase specific publications either in
paper copy or microform from:
National Technical Information Photoduplication
Service Service
5285 Port Royal Road or Library of Congress
Springfield, VA 22161 Washington, DC 20540
(For faster service, call the
NTIS Order Desk [phone])
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As a normal practice, the author of an unclassified publication
issued by the Agency will not be named in the publication. On all
unclassified non-serial reports, the reader will be advised that
queries or comments regarding the publication may be directed to
the Director for Public Affairs (D/PA). This note will appear on
the title page as follows:
Comments and queries on this paper are welcome and may
be directed to the Director for Public Affairs, Central
Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C., 20505; area code
703 351-7676. For information on obtaining additional copies,
see the inside of the front cover.
D. ADVANCE NOTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION
NFAC offices should forward a draft copy of a proposed unclassi-
fied publication to the Intelligence Dissemination and Control
Division of OCO (OCO/IDCD). (Serial publications and OCR reference
aids are exempt from this requirement.) OCO/IDCD will forward a
draft copy of the unclassified paper to the Director of Public
Affairs, who, after review, will notify OCO/IDCD of the number of
printed copies required by his office for distribution to the press
and to the public. The Director of Public Affairs may also advise
NFAC when it is desirable to delay dissemination for 24 hours after
publication to allow the Office of Public Affairs to make advance
distribution for press release and public affairs purposes.
OCO/IDCD will handcarry six advance copies of each publication
except serial publications and OCR reference aids to the Office of
the Director of Central Reference (OD/OCR) for immediate delivery
to the DCI, the DDCI, D/NFAC, DDO, and D/PA with notification that
the item will be released to the public in 24 hours.
OCO/IDCD will also alert the Foreign Liaison and Congressional
Support Staffs, the Coordinator for Academic Relations and the CIA
Librarian on proposed unclassified publications.
[II. AGENCY RESEARCH PUBLISHED AS ARTICLES IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
RATHER THAN AS AGENCY MONOGRAPHS
In selected cases NFAC may decide to publish the results
of Agency research as articles in scholarly journals rather
than as CIA-issued monographs. Articles published in open
journals and described as the results of NFAC analysis will
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