CHARTER FOR REVIEW PANEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP98S00099R000400750001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 9, 1978
• Content Type: MEMO

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NFAC 5015-78
9 November 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR DR. BOWIE
Subject: Charter for Review Panel
Attached for your consideration is a revised, proposed
charter for the Review Panel which has been modified in
accordance with our discussion with you on 7 November 1978.
We recommend you approve, publish and disseminate it. t.
William Leonhart
Attachment:
As stated
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9 November 1978
CHARTER FOR REVIEW PANEL
I. Mission Statement: The role of the Review Panel is to provide an
independent, collegial and objective review of major intelligence
products, with a view to improving the usefulness of those documents
to US Government policymakers. Normally, such reviews by the Panel
will be undertaken at the request of the Director, National Foreign
Assessment Center (D/NFAC) and may include the concept stage and
successive drafts of selected'National Intelligence Estimates, Special
National Intelligence Estimates, Interagency Intelligence Memoranda,
and Intelligence Assessments.
The Review Panel, as may be directed by the
Director, National Foreign Assessment Center, shall interact with
other evaluation efforts, internal and external to the Central
Intelligence Agency, designed to evaluate the intelligence process,
the quality of its production, and the extent to which the intelli-
gence needs of the Government are being met. For this purpose, it
may also survey senior policymaker reactions to intelligence products
on an informal basis.
From time to time, the Review Panel shall
provide the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and the D/NFAC
with such recommendations as are deemed appropriate by the Panel
for the enhancement of the overall intelligence process. It shall
undertake such special studies, reviews, or post-audits as the DCI
or D/NFAC may direct.
II. Organization: The Review Panel shall consist of such members
as the DCI may appoint. Organizationally, the Panel, as an independent
entity, will be attached to the Office of the Director, National
Foreign Assessment Center and will be provided its own Executive
Secretary and necessary administrative support.
FOR THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
Robert R. Bowie
Distribution:
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