NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TOPICS PROCESS (NITS)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00874R000100080007-7
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 13, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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NOTE FOR: Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence
Chief, Intelligence Producers Council Staff
SUBJECT: National Intelligence Topics Process (NITs)
associated with the National Intelligence Topics process.
1. Annually, SIG(I) members get informed of NITs production and gaps, and get
invited to provide new NITs for the next fiscal year. This note is to apprise you of events
2. The NIT process requires:
Providing the DCI Collection Committees with NIT gap statements and
getting their proposed actions. The gaps and proposed actions are then
provided to SIG(I) members for discussion at -a meeting.
Gathering statistics on the production of intelligence items in response to
N ITs.
members to assist them in developing NITs.
Preparing a DDCI call to SIG(I) members asking their ideas for next year's
NITs. An Intelligence Community 'View of the World" is provided to SIG(I)
3. Currently:
The NIT gaps statements have been reviewed by the DCI Collection
Committees and their comments were due in the IPC on the 10th of May.
(The paper awaits Admiral Burkhalter's signature as of 13 May.)
has completed his survey of intelligence production against FY
1985 N s. This and the collection responses to the NIT gaps are to be
forwarded to the SIG(I) members shortly.
The DDCI call for new NIT and transmittal of the world view has'ebeen
issued (13 May 1985).
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4. The SIG(I) deals with these items in two meetings (spring and summer). At the
first of these, they:
review the NIT gaps and actions,
review the production statistics, and
discuss the DDCI's call for new NITs.
Executive Secretary to the SIG(I), set aside 23 May 1986n the
DDCI's calendar but reportedly has not informed SIG(I) principals of the meeting., The
remaining paperwork to be transmitted to SIG I members for this meeting consists of
collection committee responses to the NIT gaps and a paper on the production
statistics. These should go out by 17 May, if there is to be a 23 May SIG(I) meeting. It
will be close. We will get the production statistics report and the gaps action paper to
you by Wednesday for your review. The second meeting (sometime in July) will be
primarily for discussing and approving the new NITs.
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SUBJECT: NITs Process
Distribution:
Original - Addressee
IPC Staff (Chrono)
IPC Staff (Sub'ect)
DDI/IPCStaff I(13 May 1985) 25X1
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