NIS SURVEY PROGRESS REPORT #6

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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 20, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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iIIS SURVEY PROGRESS REPORT #6
Category/ Product
1. PRODUCTION PLANNING/SCHEDULING
a. Development of FY 71 GS Schedule
b. Develop the FY 71 NIS Production
Schedule for supporting sections
c. Update the HIS Coverage Plan to
reflect recent changes.
d. Initiate procedures for improving
timely receipt of NIS contribution
for General Surveys
e. Review of parallel and/or
duplicative publications
Starting
Date
22 Oct 69
22 Oct 69
15 Oct 69
17 Sep 69
13 May 70
Target Date
for Completion
MM"
Completed
Completed
Completed
FY 71
Continuing
Action
Responsibility
Executive Secretary
SubComrm/Sched
Executive Secretary
SubComm/Sched
Chief, ED
Chief, ED
Completed
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Status
Completed and approved by Committee and sent
to USIB - 20 July.
Updated Plan approved by NIS Committee on
15 July.
Memo to NIS Committee members dated
17 September 1969, defined problems of
interagency review of manuscripts and
recommended solutions to problems. Director,
OCI, briefed on problem in June.
NIS Committee approved DIA proposal to
publish Port Plans in single sheet format.
Tentative approval was given to publish
Town Plans on single sheet format prototype
being studied by DIA. This action will
eliminate paralleled DIA publications.
Group 1
Excluded from automatic
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Starting
Category/Product Date
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Target Date
for Completion
Action
Responsibility
2. GENERAL SURVEY
a. Refocus the General Surveys - 22 Oct 69
to emphasize the overview
function and reduce the
perishable and transient contents
b. Develop and publish General Survey 1 Oct 69
in a separate section format to
allow for more rapid maintenance
c. Reexamination of the Summary Map 15 Oct 69
format
FY 71
Completed
Executive Secretary
Chief, ED
Deputy Chief, ED
d. Develop an index for General 14 Nov 69
Survey sections
Chief, ED
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Status
Meetings have been held with OCI, OER,
and OSI. Supplementary instructions for
OCI and OER being developed and coordinated.
DIA meeting to be held July - August 1970.
A "Reprint" technique approved by NIS
Committee 22 April. The first Peru will
be published in July 1970.
Completed
Concept of an index is being examined along
with that of a more detailed Table of
Contents.
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Starting
Category/Product Date
Target Date
for Completion
Action
Responsibility
Status
3.
SUPPORTING SECTIONS
a.
Produce Social Characteristics
FY 69
Completed
Chief, ED
Completed
b.
Units - as approved by USIB -
Combine Section 57 (Subversion
29 Oct 69
Completed
Chief, ED
NIS Committee approved production of
c.
and Insurgency) into annex of
General Survey in order to
minimize duplication and achieve
overall reduction in production
workloads
Consolidation of the Oceanographic
25 June 69
Navy-NIS
General Survey insurgency coverage on
21 January 1970. It will be published
as Section 9 of the General Survey.
Nicaragua will be the first to include
a Section 9.
On 10 December 1969, NIS Committee approved
d.
Sections 2 and 3. (Elimination of
Section 3). Restructure to include
subjects of general interest (i.e.
Pollution, Resources, etc.)
Format revision, of Section 22,
29 May 69
Committee Member
Chief, ED
outline guide for new Section 2 and
classified supplement. OCEANO coordinating
with other agencies on new topics in
Section 2.
A survey within CIA found considerable
Coasts and Landing Beaches
support for the continuation of this unit.
Discussions are being held with DIA on
CIA recommended changes.
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3. SUPPORTING SECTIONS (cont'd)
e. Ports and Naval Facilities
(Section 35) - study possibility
of producing individual Port
Studies in a single sneet format
f. Modify the Transportation and
Geography elements of NIS
Program (i.e. Highways, Railroads,
Inland Waterways, and Topography)
and restructure sections to avoid
present overemphasis on military
aspects
4. INFORMATION PROGRAM
Starting
Target Date
Action
irate
for Completion
Responsibility
29 Oct 69
Comp] etea
Chief, ED
Deputy Chief, ED
30 June 69
Chief, ED and DIN
Committee Member
a. Develop a publicity campaign and 29 Oct 69
system for notifying users of
changes and status of NIS coverage
and develop flyers to introduce new
or changing NIS products
b. Revise Standard Instructions 1 July 70
c. Produce new Reference Guide 1 Apr 70
Continuing
July-Aug 71
Chief PS/ED -
Chairman of SubComm
on Information
Deputy Chief, ED
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Status
Completed
Modification should result from revision
of outline guides and actions taken in
connection with refocusing the Geography
and Transportation portions of the
General Survey.
Continued demand for NIS graphics is
evident by the frequent requests from DIA
for presentation slides.
Tentative schedule completea and presented
to NIS Committee 15 July.
First draft completed an- being typeset for
inclusion in the proposed layout. NIS land
and ocean areas - maps being constructed in CD
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Develop methods for periodic reports
on all WIS products and follow-up
reported nonuse of 14IS as indicated
in NVIS User Survey
6. SECURITY (Classification/Control)
a. Initiate a study of security
restrictions involved in NIS
use (domestic and overseas)
b. Consider possible revision of
statutory regulations affecting
dissemination of NIS documents
7. NIS PRODUCTION REPORTING
Review NIS reports and system
for reporting with a view to
reducing duplication and
improving efficiency
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Date
Target Date
for Completion
Action
Responsi bi lity
Open
Continuing
Continuing
Executive Secretary
Chief, ED
Continuing
Executive Secretary
Chief, ED
Chief, ED
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Status
Questionnaires from Upper Air Atlas, Social
Characteristics, Oceanography, and new
Section 9 of General Surveys will provide
a basis for future planning.
Discussions held in February with CIA
Classification Control Officer and General
Counsel regarding controls applied to
unclassified NIS. Also, a new concept of
discussion of "Sources" used in NIS should
result in some lowering in classification
and frequency of controls.
Revision made in ED report. Further
refinements under study.
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a. Continue efforts toward 100%
EPIC system of printing NIS
publications and consider
MultiMedia methods (i.e.
Microfilm, Microfishe, etc.)
b. Further develop the automation
of the FACT3OOK and study
feasibility of an automated
"text editing" system
9. DISSEMINATION/STORAGE
a. Review all aspects of NIS
dissemination procedures in
each user agency
b. Review domestic and overseas
storage difficulties in CIA,
State, and DoD installations
Starting
Date
Target Date
for Completion
Action
Responsibility
17 June 69
Sep 1969
Open
Open
Deputy Chief, ED
Chief, ED
Deputy Chief, ED
Chief, PS/ED
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Status
Approximately 80% of all NIS processed in
June was in the EPIC system. Task force
from OCS, PSD and PD are reviewing EPIC
specs, preparing a new program for weather
tables, and looking into further automation.
Short range goals will be reached by 1 Sept.
DIA will automate contriiiution by FY 71.
OCS report indicates continued neea for
further EPIC development. Text processing
systems are being investigated.
Efforts will be made to explore dissem-
ination probelms in DoD.
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Date for Completion Responsibility
Status
Category/Product
10. GRAPHICS PRODUCTION OF NIS
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Review of problems and technical 12 Nov 69 Continuing Deputy Chief, ED Proceeding on a continuing basis with all
procedures involved in the production NIS contributors.
of graphics
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