POLICY ON USE OF THE SCIPS DATA BASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01139A000200100021-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: January 28, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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CODIB-D-82/ r ,,1
28 January
(Final -CODIB- approved)
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
COMMITTEE ON DOCUMENTATION
Polio on Use of the SCIPS Data Base
Subsequent to the meeting of 23 January 1964, approval for th
dtached policy statement was received. Included therein in para.
as agreed by the Committee, is Admiral Taylor's suggestion that th
substance of para. 3 of the Chairman's covering letter to the previm
draft be.incorporated in the policy statement.
Secretary
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downgrading and
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CODIB-D-82/22 01
28 January 1964
(Final:?CODIB Approved)
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
COMMITTEE ON DOCUMENTATION
Policy on Use of the SCIPS Data Base
ScIR'Ms,ta Base
1. The information in the SCIPS Data Base was collected under the aegis
and for the use of USIB (CODIB-D-?82/18, 1 Aug 62q. The data base consists
of information obtained from some fifty organizational components of the various
USIB Departments and Agencies on the processing of substantive intelligence
information. The data base is in the form of exhibits, survey forms, punched
cards, magnetic tape files, and machine listings. The machined portion is
statistical information on the kinds and quantities of people, equipment, files,
processes, documents, and document movement in the intelligence community.
Access USIB member agencies fox awn use
2, The data was collected as an essential part of the study effort; it was
converted to machine language to facilitate its analysis. Furnishing member
agencies with useful data about themselves and the Community of which they
are a part is an implicit if not expressed part of the SCIPS survey. The
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downgrading and
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",v-products of such an undertaking were recognized as having considerable
potential significance for the participating agencies.
3. Accordingly, access to the data base by a USIB member agency will
e granted for its own use.
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4. The machined portion of the data base will be handled In acco ?a : 3
with Annex E of DCID 6/3: Special intelligence Regulations and DCID 1/7
:;ontrols for Dissemination and Use of intelligence and Intelligence Information
,;,Kew Series) 21 Feb 62, see especially para. 6.a (2).
5. Parts of the data under machine control are of low classification, and
an be handled accordingly.
t'acoess by contractor personnel
6. Access to the data base by contractor personnel shall be governed
'enerally by Annex E of DCID 6/3: Special Intelligence Regulations and DCID 1/1:
,ontrols for Dissemination and Use of Intelligence and Intelligence Information
,New Series) 21 Feb 62. Specific exceptions to these policies shall be governed by
"SIB-D-39,5/19. 26 Aug 63, Final-USIB-Approved: USIB Policy on Release of
xatelligence to Contractors.
1101 di of master files, computer programs and documentation
7. Master SCIPS files will be held by CIA. which will provide service
.berefrom.
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~croduction of files, computer programs and documentation
8. Duplicates of SCIPS files, programs, and documentation will, on
request, be made available to USLB agencies. The number of duplicate files
or portions thereof will be kept to a minimum commensurate with the needs
of the various agencies to conduct extensive research in the data.
Paul A. Borel
Chairman
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