CHARTER FOR REVIEW PANEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000200280004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 11, 1978
• Content Type: REGULATION

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CHARTER FOR REVIEW PANEL
11' December 1978
1. There is hereby established a full-time Review Panel in the Office
of, the Deputy Director for National Foreign Assessment (DD/NFA). The Panel
will consist of such members as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI)
may appoint. It will be provided with a Secretariat and necessary adminis-
trative support by the National Foreign Assessment Center (NFAC).
2. The role of the Panel is to provide an independent, collegial, and
substantive review of major intelligence products of both-the Intelligence
Community and the National Foreign Assessment Center, with a view to im-
proving the usefulness of those products to US Government policymakers.
3. For this purpose the Review Panel shall:
a. Assist the DD/NFA and the DCI in reviewing major upcoming
products at appropriate stages in their preparation..
b. Conduct post-audits of finished intelligence and production
processes on its own initiative or at the request of the DCI
or DD/NFA.
c. Assist the DD/NFA in the overall planning of intelligence
production and the allocation of analytical resources.
d. Provide the DCI and the DD/NFA with such recommendations as
the Panel deems appropriate, from time to time, for the
improvement of the overall intelligence process.
e. Undertake such special studies or reviews as the DCI or
DD/NFA may direct.
4. In performing its functions, the Panel may interact with other
evaluation efforts, internal and external to the CIA, designed to appraise
the intelligence process, the quality of its production, and the extent
to which the intelligence needs of the Government are being met. For this
purpose, the Review Panel may informally survey senior policymaker reactions
to intelligence products.
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Robert R. Bowie
Deputy. Director
National Foreign Assessment
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