REPORTING AND REVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY IN THE INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T01762A000800030002-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 26, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Reporting and Review of Research Activity
in the Intelligence Directorate
1. The DDT is instituting a program to monitor
research in the Directorate on a more systematic basis.
The purposes of this program are:
a.
to permit centralized review of
by appropriate officers in the
Directorate.
research
Intelligence
b.
to provide a consolidated record of
research activity in process.
2. For this purpose, ",research activities" will
be defined broadly to include ~x,ojectsand _
activvities
of more than one month's duration that are desig e d to
obtain a better understanding of
a situation, to develop
or compile information for future use, or to xovide a
thorough exposition of a subject. The research program
will not encompass the daily process of research that
p'analysts conduct as part of their general assigned sibilities, nor include projects of less than onemonth's -
duration which will continue to be monitored by daily
DDI-production office contacts and by weekly Office and
monthly Directorate production reports.
3. One of the primary objectives of the research
program is to identify and encourage exploratory and
background research as well as that focused on producing
for publication. Exploratory and background research
is essential if the Directorate is to fulfill its respon-
sibilities. `Office research act_i,vityreports should
therefore include informal or less structured research
activities designed to accumulate information for future
reference as well as c_xpiox a Cory projects designed to
establish the need for additional research or the desir-
ability of formal publication. Office research activity
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reports should also identify research utilizing or
developing new methodological or technological approaches
to existing problems, as well as analyst-initiated or
proposed projects fitting the above criteria.
4. office research activity reports should also
include research aimed at producing finished intelligence,
including Intelligence Reports, Intelligence Memorandums,
Research Aids, CIWR Special Reports, and NIE_contributions.
Office research activity reports should include NIS coriZ.___._.
tributions, but not-_1 ,nishca_NI.S publications which are
already appropriately monitored. They should also include
externally requested research, including that responding
to Directorate or Agency components, other agencies, and
the NSC system.
5. Office research activity reports should be
submitted to the O/DDI in two copies on a quarterly
basis. The first submission should be made by 15 March
,j12. Subsequent office submissions should be made
quarterly, on the 15th of June, September, December,
and March.
6. Office research activity reports should include
ro qci s tul,ciex r ,y or li telv__ o ~~e In?it_iated within three
months. Detail and description should be held to the
minimum needed for explanation of the project. Indivi-
dual listings should indicate the project's title-of'
subject, rmpes_t.or, nature., and sco e Listings shlo
indicate whether the project is for e lox a o ,,y/.b, ckground
purposes or if it is aimed at publication. If of the
latter type, its planned publication format shot d be
indicated. The principal analyst(s) involved stould be
identified and the status of the project, if appropriate,
. I order to obtain an approximate
should be indicated n
estimate of the resources devoted-to individual. projects,
listings should include one of the following indicators:
Indicator Meaning
A 1-3 man months
B 4-6 man months
C 7-12 man months
D over 12 man months
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Research activity reports should also list projects
completed or terminated since submission of the previous
report, identifying the publication format or explaining
the reason for termination. Research activity reports
should be organized on a geographic basis similar to
that used in the monthly DDI production report. Func-
tional and other studies should be listed under "General.".
In preparing research listings, the attached illustrative
format should be employed.
7. Office research activity reports will be compiled
into a composite, quarterly Directorate research program.
The DDT will chair a meeting of office chiefs to review
research in process, to identify gaps and problems in
Directorate research efforts, and to ensure coordination
of research activity both within and outside the Direc-
torate. The meeting will also enable the I)DI and other
officers to suggest research relevant to particular
intelligence and policy needs.
8. The research program is designed to complement
the Directorate production reporting system. As indi-
vidual research projects come within two months of
publication, they should also be listed on weekly office
production reports. Offices, after consultation with
the ODDI, may make changes in their weekly production
report to eliminate undesirable duplication.
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J. SMITH
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Illustrative DDT Research Program listings.
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Distribution for memorandum, Subject: Reporting and
Review of Research Activity in the Intelligence
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