AGENCY REGULATIONS: OSP MISSION AND FUNCTIONS AND ORGANIZATION CHART (HR 1-11)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP71B00529R000100140022-5
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: August 16, 1968
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Intelligence Liaison Support Staff, DD/S&T
THROUGH : Executive Officer, DDIS&T
SUBJECT : Agency Regulations: OSP Mission and Functions
and Organization Chart (HR _ 25X1A
REFERENCE : DD/SECT-3133-68, dated 8 August 1968,
Similar Subject
In compliance with the request contained in reference, submitted
herewith is a statement of the Mission and Functions of the Office of
Special Projects together with an approved organization chart.
Executive Officer of Special Projects
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
IV[ission
To plan, program, develop, and. operate highly classified
technical collection systems in direct response to USIB requirements
and. as assigned to the CIA by EXCOM; and,, in addition, perform such
system development tasks as may be assigned, directly by the DCI.
To perform in-depth analytical studies of existing and/or planned
systems to help provide the DCI with the support necessary for him to
make informed. judgments on the relative merits of such systems.
Functions
1. Develop and maintain on behalf of CIA a technical and.
managerial staff capable of discharging assigned responsibilitie's in
performing the mission stated above.
2. Perform detailed planning, programming, and budgeting
relative to assigned. tasks.
3. Solicit, select, negotiate, and. contract with appropriate
corporations for the research, analysis, design, development, fabri-
cation, assembly and test of subject systems. .
4. Exercise close management control over contractors to
ensure specifications are met on time and at lowest cost.
5. Provide operational support to existing systems.
6. Conduct a continuing program of advanced systems studies
and related research and. development with the objective of helping to
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establish the basic parameters for, and defining the detailed technical
and operational characteristics of new and./or unproved. highly
classified technical collection systems.
7. Perform specific mission analyses in devising the optimum
utilization of operational and developmental technical collection systems.
8. Coordinate and cooperate with other government offices in
matters and/or projects of joint concern.
9. Perform analyses of systems, both proposed, under
development and. operational, to determine their relative capabilities
to satisfy intelligence requirements, and conversely to analyze
intelligence requirements to determine necessary system performance
and characteristics.
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