COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B00823R000400140012-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2002
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: June 27, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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27 June 1966
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Chief, Security Policy & Executive Staff
THROUGH Deputy Director of Security for
Personnel Security
SUBJECT COMPUTER REQUIREMKNTS
1. In reply to a memorandum dated. 20 June 1966 from
SR&CD, concerning the above subject, this
Division has given considerable thought to computer needs for
the future.
2. It is the consensus of opinion that the entire security
records system has been geared to "names" and. there is always
a problem in recovering data, when many facts on a situation
are known, but the specific identity is not recalled. The same
problem applies when we are attempting to determine names and.
other statistics on categories of personnel problem cases.
3. Further, this Division often receives the question
as to the individuals cleared for a particular institution,
but there is no reliable, efficient, or expeditious way of
handling the inquiry.
4. As an example, personnel of this Division recently
conducted a survey on problem cases in which drinking was a
significant factor or the employee was known to be an alcoholic.
The only way this data could be obtained. was to cull the old.
problem reports and. talk to individuals who had. been working on
problem cases. The same difficulty is encountered. when we are
asked how many suicides there have been in the Agency; how
many Agency employees have travelled to the USSR; how many em-
ployees have served. in Iron Curtain countries; how many employees
have been recruited at a particular college, possibly from a
personnel lead source.
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5. It is also felt that all 701 cases and. disgruntled
ex-employees should. be computerized in some manner.
6. It is believed. that in the future certain patterns
concerning "unknown subjects" could. be computerized for
retrievable purposes. This category could include obscene
phone calls to Agency female employees and phone calls to senior
Agency officials.
7. In the
the news media.
inquiries there
those employees
tended to close
access, etc.
past there has been a keen interest in leaks to
It would appear that as one phase of such
should. be a quick, efficient means of determining
who have had press contacts. This could be ex-
associates of prime suspect cases, d.egree of
8. In the preparation of "damage assessment" on individuals
who are leaving the Agency, it is felt that with the development
of computer methods, and. codeword system of clearances, some-
thing might be done in the direction of preparing such assessments
or studies on all employees. This information, if it were avail-
able from computerization, would. be immediately available in case
of a serious security problem.
9. The question is often raised, as to who is cleared and.
what is the level of clearances on the topic of corporations,
foundations, and educational institutes. In some cases, one
organization will have individuals who hold. every conceivable
type of clearance, covert and. overt, sensitive and non-sensitive.
If such information was computerized, it would. be immediately
available to this Office.
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Chief, Personnel Security Division
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