OPEN SOURCE INFORMATION EXCHANGE (OSIX)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-01147R000100080002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 28, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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FBIS-0280/86
28 August 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Science and Technology
irec or, roreign oa cast Information Service
SUBJECT: Open Source Information Exchange (OSIX)
REFERENCE: Memo fm Chairman/IHC, dtd 22 Aug 86, Same Subject
1. Referenced memorandum, attached, documents the main conclusions
of an IHC offsite held earlier this year. Fundamentally, implementation
of will be carried out under the auspices of the
I Not addressed in the memorandum, but understood among Eloise Page,
and me is that FBIS will take the lead in the requirements
validation and technical definition of the OSIX.
2. This subject has moved from the talking stage with the transfer
of $190K (FY 86) to FBIS from the ICS. As discussed with ADDS$T on
25 August, FBIS will accept no more responsibility than can be fulfilled,
recognizing FBIS Modernization has a priority call on our resources.
3. I have discussed this with) who understands the
larger FBIS equities in this issue and who supports our approach. We
will keep him and others informed as this develops.
4.I I who will lead the definition study and I will
attend the 3 September meeting.
Attachment
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DDS&T/FBI ~28 Aug 86)
Distribution:
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1 - D/OIR (w/att)
1 - C/ESG (w/att)
1 - C/ADD (w/att)
1 - C/Prod (w/att)
1 - C/AG (w/att)
1 - C/Ops (w/att)
1 - D/FBIS Chrono (w/att)
1 - FEM Corres file
1 - FBIS Registry
1 - OSIX file (w/att)
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irec or, CIA/FBIS
1013 Key Building
(Mail 212 Key)
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence Information Handling Committee
WASHINGTON. DC 20505
ICS 86-6723
22 August 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Distribution
SUBJECT: Developing the Open Source Information Exchange (OSIX)
1. The action proposals of the Executive Steering Group for the
Exploitation of Overt Information, as approved in concept by the Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence, assigns to the DCI's Intelligence
Information Handling Committee (IHC) responsibility for development of a
phased implementation plan for recommended improvements. The plan is to
address both near and long term initiatives, and is to be developed and
implemented with the active participation of providers and users of open
source information. Overall, our objective will be the creation of an Open
Source Information Exchange (OSIX), that will constitute the medium for
achieving the programmatic goals of Na) improving cooperation and
cohesiveness among providers and users of open source materials; and (b)
allowing the individual analyst more direct and convenient access to open
source products as well as the capability to integrate open source with
classified information."
2. To structure this development effort operationally, we propose
establishment of two organizational elements within the IHC framework: an
Open Source Information Council (OSIC) and an OSIX Development Group
(OSIX-DG). The primary mission of the Council will be to serve as the central
forum for user-provider interaction, for developing OSIX service requirements,
and for conducting a continuing dialogue between the Intelligence Community
and academic, commercial, and governmental sources of open source
information. The OSIX-DG will be significantly smaller than the OSIC, and
will focus on system planning and implementation aspects of OSIX development,
as concerns information handling. Core membership of the DG will comprise
FBIS, FTD, CIA, DIA, NSA, and the COINS PMO, with other organizations coopted
as required, for specific.OSIX subelements.
3. The report of the Open Source Action Group (OSAG) conveys the
complexity of our task, in terms of the many sources, services, users and
existing information handling facilities that will play a role in the OSIX.
Given current fiscal trends, it seems clear that the cost of OSIX
implementation, as projected in the report, could be considered prohibitive
and result in erosion of senior management support. As an important early
requirement, therefore, we will need to define realistically the OSIX to be
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SUBJECT: Developing the Open Source Information Exchange (OSIX)
developed, making maximum use of existing capabilities and emphasizing near
term improvements that can spur greater investment in OSIX over the extended
term. Two exploratory initiatives in this area are now under way.
4. You are invited to an initial meeting the be held 1500
hours on 3 September 1986 at L
ease confirm your intended participation to
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Director, CIA/Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)
Director, CIA/Office of Information Resources
Mr. Charles Mangio
Senior Technical Director, FTD/SI
US Air Force, Foreign Technology Division
COL Michael M. Milam, USA, ARMY/DCSI
Executive Officer, Army Intelligence Agency
Maj Scott Donaldson
Program Manager for FTD, USAF/INYST, AIA-ZC
Dr. William Reese
Head, Navy Technology Department
Navy Intelligence Command (NIC), Chesapeake Beach
Chief, Production Control Resources & Tech Data Support Div
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA/DT)
Asst Deputy Director for Information Systems
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA/RSI)
Director, Information Resources Management (T-5)
National Security Agency
Dr. Joseph E. Clark
Deputy Director, National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Department of Commerce
LTC David S. Jernigan
Director of Intelligence Automation
Department of Energy
Mr. Danny Stillman
Chief, International Technology Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mr. George Hicken
Director, COINS/PMO
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Mr. David Cohen
Chairman, Economic Intelligence Committee
Chief, CIA/SOVA/National Issues Group
CIA/DDI/OSWR/STD
Mr. Philip Camero
Office of Information Systems
Drug Enforcement Administration
Department of Justice
Mr. Arthur W. Long
Director, Office of Intelligence Support
Department of Treasury
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