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• Publication Date: June 13, 1974
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INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION HANDLING COMMITTEE
(IHC)
The Intelligence Information Handling Committee of USIB
is responsible for facilitating the timely and coordinated
handling of intelligence and intelligence information within
the intelligence community and promoting the continuous improve-
ment, integration and effective use of community information
handling resources. The IHC meets regularly on a monthly basis
and on special occasions as required. The Committee is composed
of representatives of CIA, State, DIA, NSA, Treasury,. AEC, FBI,
Army, Navy and Air Force. The Chairman is a member of the
D/DCI/IC Staff. The IHC is supported by a full time Support
Staff which is headed by a CIA representative with other
personnel detailed from CIA, State, DIA and NSA.
The Committee submits an annual report to USIB on its
activities and for the purpose of reporting on community
information handling activities. In addition to the normal
dissemination a copy is sent to the President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board and to Dr. Kissinger, Presidential
Assistant for National Security Affairs.
An inventory of intelligence information handling systems
is published annually. The IHC has recently initiated studies
of intelligence data exchange in the Washington area and indi-
cations and warning and related telecommunication needs. The
IHC has sponsored the development of a Community On-Line Intel-
ligence System (COINS) experiment (teleprocessing7computer
terminal information exchange network). The IHC has sponsored
the development and implementation of an Information Science
Center for the community with a curriculum on information
science applications to intelligence.
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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOAR D
MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJE CT
USIB Objectives for Intelligence Information Handling;
DCID No. 1/4, Intelligence Information Handling
Committee
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USIB-D-39. 1/2, 9 May 1967
USIB-M-481, Item 9, 13 July 1967
USIB-D-39. 1/3, 22 September 1967
Memorandum for Holders of USIB-D-39. 1/3,
27 March 1968
1. At its 4 April meeting the United States Intelligence Board (USIB)
after considering and amending the draft versions in reference d. , concurred
in the following documents as shown in the attachments hereto:
A - USIB "Objectives for Intelligence Information Handling".
B - Director of Central Intelligence Directive (DCID) No. 1/4,
"Intelligence Information Handling Committee".
2. Accordingly, the attached new DCID No. 1/4 as approved by the
DCI with the concurrence of the USIB, effective this date, is circulated
herewith for the information and guidance of all concerned, pending later
dissemination of a printed version. Also, attached for the information
and guidance of all concerned is a copy of the final Board-approved USIB
Objectives for Intelligence Information Handling.
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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
OBJECTIVES FOR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION HANDLING
A. To ensure under the direction of the DCI the continuous
improvement and integration of the intelligence information handling
systems of the USIB member agencies, looking toward the development
of a community-wide information handling system.
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B. To develop the rules, procedures and formats for the exchange
of intelligence information between agencies and to determine what
cla sses of information of all media should be exchanged.
C. To develop a coordinated research and development program
for the application of information science to intelligence information
handling problems; to exploit to the extent feasible scientific and
technological advances in the information handling field.
D. To develop a community capability to provide on a timely basis
as required relevant multi-source information in response to authorized
queries.
E. To develop a coordinated community capability as feasible and
required for automated document storage and retrieval.
F. To develop, in response to NSAM 368, a proposal for the
phased implementation of a community-wide information handling system.
G. To develop training programs in information science.
H. To develop a special information handling program for the
support of the NIC.
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I. To develop new security standards to assure the protection
of intelligence information incorporated in automatic data processing
systems, particularly multi-programing and on-line systems.
J. To develop information handling and storage capabilities which
will provide for intelligence support under conditions of General War.
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DCID No. 1/4
(New Series)
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 1/41
INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION HANDLING COMMITTEE2
(Effective 4 April 1968)
Pursuant to provisions of NSCID No. 1, and to facilitate
intelligence information handling within the community, a standing
committee of the United States Intelligence Board on information
handling is hereby established.
The United States Intelligence Board's Committee on Docu-
mentation (CODIB), established 21 April 1958, is hereby terminated.
1. Composition and Organization
) The committee will be known as the Intelligence
Information Handling Committee. It will consist of a chairman
designated by the Director of Central Intelligence in consultation
with USIB and of designated representatives of the departments and
agencies represented on the USIB.
1. Supersedes DCID No. 1/4, effective 23 April 1965.
2. Information handling, for the purpose of this Directive, includes
the functions of receipt of information from collection sources,
dissemination, transformation, indexing or categorization,. storage,
retrieval and presentation.
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(b) The committee will be supported by subcommittees
approved by USIB. Membership on subcommittees need not be
limited to member agencies of the committee but may be extended by
association under the provisions of NSCID No. 1, paragraph 2, footnote.
2. Mission
The mission of the committee, under the general guidance of
the~~DCI and the USIB, is to promote and coordinate within the intelli-
gence community the accomplishment of USIB objectives for information
handling and to assist the DCI in the continuous improvement and
integration of the USIB member agency intelligence information handling
systems.
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3. Functions
The functions of the committee are:
(a) To formulate and recommend to USIB objectives,
policies, plans and programs relating to the establishment of a USIB
community information handling system.
(b) To monitor and coordinate implementation of plans
and ,programs approved by USIB.
(c) To assist the intelligence community in the intro-
duction of improved methods and facilities for information handling.
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(d) To develop and promulgate within the intelligence
community rules, procedures and formats for the exchange of
information between agencies.
(~) To monitor efforts in the scientific, academic and
industrial communities in information science in order to ensure that
optimum use of this research is directed to the intelligence community
information processing problem.
(f) To promote the establishment of education and
training programs in information science.
(g) To identify community R&D needs and to promote
interagency exchange of information and cooperation in research and
development on information processing, particularly in those areas
which involve the intelligence community as a whole.
(h) To promote and coordinate the development of
community information handling capabilities which will provide on a
timely basis as required relevant multi-source information in response
to authorized queries.
(i) To provide assistance and encourage the develop-
ment of standardized procedures for information handling to include
the development of compatibility of files for ADP storage and retrieval
systems.
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(j) To promote arrangements between agencies designed
to eliminate unwarranted duplication of files and processing.
(k) To ensure that the security aspects of new informa-
tion handling systems under development are given appropriate
consideration.
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(1) To assist as necessary in the development of an
automated information handling system for the National Indications
(m) To monitor for the DCI and USIB the intelligence
information handling requirements of Emergency-,war Plans.
(n) To formulate and recommend policies and procedures
relating to the procurement, indexing, flow, storage, exchange, and
release of intelligence documents.
4. The committee and subcommittees will reach decisions by agreement.
When a chairman determines that a given position represents the con-
the committee or subcommittee, the matter will be considered
agreed unless a dissenting member requests its reference to a higher
such an instance, the chairman will refer the matter, with the
dissenting
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5. The committee shall meet upon the call of the chairman or at
the request of any of its members. Items may be placed upon the
agenda of the committee by the Board, by the chairman, or by any
member of the committee.
6. The committee will have a full-time support staff to be provided
by the Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense
Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.
7. The committee shall share with other USIB committees responsibility
for the coordination of areas of joint or overlapping concern.
RICHARD HELMS
Director of Central Intelligence
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