"SCREENING" RESPONSIBILITY IN DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00896R000100100063-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 63
• Content Type: MEMORANDUM FOR

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A. The Chief, Control Branch,, after review of the Analysis Branch
tion of * def be assigned to a separate section with a
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. ~..,~.., ... pei neat staff. This section could be included in the organization
of either branch. He stated that this would provide for "closer
supervieion7 which he considered as essential for this type of
operation.
Processing, Section. One of the causes., I believe, for the present
confusion in the screening operation is that over the past three
ms's the difference between "sorting" and "screening" has been
overlooked and the scree nary have been saddled with a lot of
clerical sorting operations properly the job of the Receipt
and 3 t.spatch Unit of the Processing Section.
of the Control Branch. In fact moat of those listed in the lw
Bench inrandum could be handled in the "sort" stop by the
a. There is no question that many of the clerical tasks now being per-
formed by the screeners can be accomplished by the Processing Section
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stion by the Chief, Analysis Branch that (a) the
oceessing Section and (b) the actual screening out of "Nodef
.tea senor coders and disseminators, if adopted completely,
A to give less uAiform screening by dividing the respon-
sibilitY and supervision. Also the additional sorting and
asiblo by "bead of the line" processing now required by
present procedures.
c mendation by the Chief, Control Branch for centralized
,~.. .. supervising control within a separate section is logical but just
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the
sessination functions must be trained and kept knowledgeable of
changing requirements under the direction of the Chief, Analysis
Branch.
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a. The "selection and"disseminatioe functions of the "screening"
the specific responsibility of a section head and under the
direction of Chief, Analysis Branch. These functions should be
carried out at the screening location as provided by present
Document Division procedures.
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In his job
Rion. This includes sett u' v*rk at
forming *seree n ' and the dissemination of t docceser
at the be&4 of the r* the scram a and providing the
stew sion of the 090MU n.
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