EXTERNAL CONTRACTING IN THE DI

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88G01116R001001830004-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 8, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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DDI 01777-86
8 APR 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: John L. Helgerson
Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT: External Contracting in the DI
1. I have received your comments on the study of external contracting in
the DI and have passed them along to the chief of our Product
Evaluation Staff. That staff will be revising the study to take your comments
into account. In particular, we shall make clear the distinction between ADP
contracts and those that result in substantive assessments. We shall also
make sure that the significance of OSWR contracting is properly highlighted.
2. In response to your specific questions:
-- We have had some notable successes in contracting with academic
experts to produce papers, but you are right that it is a risky
business. Most of our offices have found that conferences or
interviews with academics are better ways to go.
-- The point about personal services contracts (the ones that are
administered by the Office of Personnel) is that there is no
existing requirement for systematic evaluation. We intend to
implement a system whereby the substantive worth of these
contracts will be evaluated systematically by the offices that
commissioned them.
-- "ASG" refers to the Analytic Support Group, the main ADP shop in
the DI. "COTR" means Contracting Officer's Technical
Representative, the term for the Agency staffer who actually
manages the contract. In the DI, the COTR is usually an
experienced analyst or branch chief.
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SUBJECT: External Contracting in the DI
3. After we revise the external contracting study, we intend to reissue
it for the use of DI office and staff chiefs as we work to improve our
contracting efforts. I agree that dissemination outside the Directorate or
Agency would serve no useful purpose at,this point
hn L. Helgerson
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