PROBLEMS IN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO DOD R&D PROGRAMS

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2006
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• Publication Date: October 4, 1977
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4 OCT 197:
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
John N . McMahon
Acting Deputy in the DCI for the
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SUBJECT: Problems in Intelligence Comm-unity Support to
DoD R&D Programs
1. Action Requested: None; for information only.
2. Background: This memorandum summarizes initial significant
results of a recent study of Community problems in providing scientific
and technical intelligence (S&TI) to managers of DoD R&D programs.
Similar problems exist elsewhere in the Community, but the Office of
Performance Evaluation and Improvement of the Intelligence Community
Staff singled out this area for study because the S&TI and DoD R&D
programs are both well-documented and easily analyzed. Because of
the importance of the subject and the potential impact of the study on
the Community, this memo has been prepared in advance of the final
study report.
3. The following summary sentences highlight some of the major
problems documented by the study, following interviews with managers,
producers, and users of S&TI at all levels throughout the R&D and Intelli-
gence Communities:
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Needs of R&D users are not systematically stated.
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The Scientific and Technical Intelligence
not sufficiently responsive to R&D users.
System is
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Users in the R&D community of specific S&TI products
are not known to intelligence managers or producers.
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? Distribution of finished intelligence is faulty. Users
often do not receive needed, expensively-produced
documents. Many receive unneeded documents.
R&D users have no means of commenting on the
adequacy of intelligence products in a manner that
causes change.
4. Selected findings are summarized in the following statements:
? Scientific and Technical Intelligence Su port to R&D
is big business. To support the R&D
program the FY-78 Community u ge evotes over
dollars to S&TI.
? Intelligence collection costs are greatly affected by
demands from the R&D community for precision and
detail.
? Effective S&TI support of DoD R&D programs will
satisfy all users. Therefore, satisfaction of S&TI
needs at the R&D program manager and "bench"
levels is the dominant management issue.
? There are now no effective Community-wide manage-
ment tools for scientific and technical intelligence
support to R&D.
? A system exists within one command of one service
which closes the producer-user gap. This system
could be applied Community-wide with current
resources. Initial improvements would be evident
in the near term, but a long-term commitment and
an oversight function are needed.
5. Recommendations: After additional staffing of study results
in DDR&E and DIA, recommendations to you will be made for a system to
accomplish the following:
? Develop a DoD-wide data base of S&TI/R&D associations.
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? Assess utility of all S&TI products to determine which
should be combined, eliminated, or reformatted.
? Overhaul system for developing distriBu
? Arrange for effective product evaluation.
? Train local intelligence officers in techniques of
intelligence support to R&D.
? Promulgate CIA S&TI task catalog similar to DIA's.
? Review CIA S&TI tasking procedures.
? Monitor Community system for S&TI support to R&D
and assess wider applicability.
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