INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INTERFACE: A COMPENDIUM OF INTERAGENCY COORDINATING MECHANISMS

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Intelligence Community Interface:
A Compendium of Interagency
Coordinating Mechanisms (v)
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Note to the Reader This compendium of interagency coordinating mechanisms is a community
product. Its publication would not have been possible without the assist-
ance and cooperation of all intelligence production elements as well as-the
DCI's Production and Collection Committees. The Intelligence Producers
Council (IPC) Staff greatly appreciates their assistance and hopes that
these organizational elements will continue to assist the IPC Staff's efforts
to keep this document, current as of 1 July 1982, up to date. For purposes of
updating the document, we request that recipients notify
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changes into an updated and coordinated version of this compendium as
warranted.
If recipients of this document would like more information (for example,
names of individual participants, schedule of meetings, and so on) on the
mechanisms listed in this document, they are welcome to call the IPC
Staff. For information on DIA participation in the interagency mecha-
nisms, recipients are encouraged to call Defense Intelligence
Agency, Vice Director for Foreign Intelligence, VP Management Office,
Special Actions Division) on 695-1344. Information on DCI Production
and Collection Committees may be obtained from the respective Executive
Secretaries whose locations and telephone numbers are listed below:
Weapons & Space Systems Intelligence Committee
Science & Technology Intelligence Committee
Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
DCI Committee on Imagery Requirements and Exploitation
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The intelligence process-collection, processing, production, and dissemi-
nation-requires continued and effective communication among collection
and production elements in the Intelligence Community. To further such
communication, a number of interagency coordinating mechanisms-both
formal and informal-are available for analysts and managers from
various intelligence components to use for collection problems, research, or
intelligence production. Some mechanisms have representatives from all
agencies in the Community and address broad subject areas, while others
are confined to a relatively small group who focus on much narrower
topics. As an aid to analysts, this paper lists and describes existing
mechanisms within the Community and elsewhere in the Executive Branch
of government that serve as an interface on intelligence research and
production.' It also includes a listing of community groups with which
analysts can work to improve collection and exploitation in their substan-
tive areas.
' This paper does not include the interagency groups (IG's) established by NSDD #2, dated
12 January 1982, to assist the NSC in fulfilling its responsibilities. Although these IGs,
both regional and functional, may discuss intelligence matters, their focus is to establish
policy objectives, develop policy options, make appropriate recommendations, and consider
the implications of agency programs for foreign policy or overall national security policy.
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Intelligence Community Interface:
A Compendium of Intera
Coordinating Mechanism
The Intelligence Community and the
Need for Interface
The Intelligence Community (IC) is charged by Exec-
utive Order with the responsibility for carrying out
intelligence activities necessary for the conduct of
foreign relations and the protection of the national
security of the United States. (See page 3 for responsi-
bilities and activities of the principal components of
the Intelligence Community.) These activities include
the collection of information needed by senior govern-
ment officials, and the production and dissemination
of finished intelligence. The ability of the Community
to successfully carry out these activities depends to a
great extent on continual and effective communica-
tion between personnel of various intelligence compo-
nents, and dialo ue with policymaking elements in the
US Government
The Intelligence Community
^ Department of Defense elements
^ Departmental intelligence elements (other than DOD)
^ Independent agency
As with any large organization, there are formal and
informal channels within the Community for analysts
and collectors to communicate among themselves.
Interagency mechanisms have been established to
promote both types of communication. They include
groups concerned with research, analysis, and produc-
tion and others that focus on collection and exploita-
tion. There are also mechanisms (for example, NSC-
sponsored groups or meetings initiated by State
Department regional bureaus) outside the Intelligence
Community that provide a forum for discussion
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Interagency Mechanisms on Research and Production
Dialogue between analysts on research and produc-
tion in the Community is effected through an exten-
sive network of interagency mechanisms. Some 140
mechanisms enable analysts to exchange substantive
information and information on production plans,
research, and analysis; to relate intelligence to current
policy or security issues; to identify information gaps;
and to develop collection requirements to address
information gaps. These mechanisms range from for-
mal, highly structured bodies that have been estab-
lished by DCI Directive to informal working groups
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Air Force
Intelligence
created at the initiation of analysts. The names,
substantive areas of concern, and the membership of
these mechanisms are listed in appendix A. The
appendix lists the mechanisms under the category of
intelligence (that is, political, economic, military, and
special subjects) that relates to its substantive con-
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The most formal mechanisms are the DCI Production
Committees and their supporting subcommittee struc-
ture. The present committees are:
? Weapons and Space Systems Intelligence Commit-
tee (WSSIC).
? Science and Technology Intelligence Committee
(STIC).
? Economic Intelligence Committee (EIC).
? Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
(JAEIC).
? Technology 'Transfer Intelligence Committee
(TTIC).
Although their main focus is intelligence analysis and
production, they are involved in all aspects-collec-
tion, processing, production, and dissemination of
information-of the intelligence process and have an
important impact on Community activities. Each
agency of the Intelligence Community is represented
on the full committee as well as on one or more of the
associated subcommittees and working groups. Sub-
committees or working groups focus on key topics (for
example, directed energy; computers; ballistic missile,
naval, and spaceborne weapons systems as well as
other space applications; BW/CW; energy resources;
and technology transfer) within the Committee's sub-
stantive area of concern. Some of the working groups
have permanent tenure while others (not listed in
appendix A) are organized to address a specific task
and are dissolved once that task has been completed.
Somewhat less formal than the DCI Committees are
interagency working groups formed at the behest of
the National Intelligence Officers or the National
Security Council. Like the DCI Committees, they
function as a forum for providing a Community
position on intelligence issues of major concern to the
DCI or senior policymakers. Such groups are usually
formed to produce formal national intelligence prod-
ucts (for example, National Intelligence Estimates,
Interagency Intelligence Memorandums) on specific
topics or to provide direct substantive support to
continuing policy issues such as MBFR, strategic
arms reductions, international terrorism, or narcotics.
Although some of these groups have permanent sta-
tus, the tenure of most will depend on the sensitivity
of a particular topic, the duration of a crisis, or the
time required to produce a coordinated piece of
national intelligence. Principal participants in these
working groups are CIA, DIA, State, NSA, and the
service intelligence organizations, although others
such as Treasury or DOE occasionally play active
roles
The third category of interagency coordinating mech-.
anisms includes those that are generated by intelli-
gence analysts or a policymaker's perceived need for a
continuing dialogue on topical issues. These mecha-
nisms are ad hoc groups that meet on a more or less
regular basis. A multitude of such ad hoc groups now
exist, and they cover an impressive, almost pervasive,
range of topics. The majority of the existing groups
focus on military (such as arms production and de-
ployment, force developments and trends, and mili-
tary assistance), economic (such as resources, foreign
trade, and economic relations); and global (such as
illicit drug traffic, and international terrorism) issues.
The most active participants in these groups are "IA,
DIA, State/INR, and the military services
Finally, the interagency analyst's contacts established
through the mechanisms discussed above comprise a
totally informal communications network, which
probably makes the most significant contribution to
an effective sharing of analytical judgments and
intelligence informatiorf~
Interagency Mechanisms for Collection and
Exploitation
Collection planning and operations respond primarily
to the requirements and priorities mechanisms (that
is, DCI Collection Committees; the Committee on
Imagery Requirements and Exploitation, SIGINT
Committee; and Human Resources Committee) estab-
lished within the Intelligence Community. Therefore,
it is necessary for all analysts to become familiar with
the resource management system of their individual
agencies as well as their agency representative on
each of the DCI Collection Committees. It is through
such channels that analysts ma influence collection
and exploitation activitie
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The IC's Principal Components
and Responsibilities
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has primary na-
tional responsibility for the clandestine collection of
foreign intelligence, for conducting counterintelli-
gence abroad, for research and development of techni-
cal collection systems, and for the production of
political, military, economic, biographic, geographic,
sociological, and scientific and technical intelligence
to meet the needs of national policymakers.
Air Force Intelligence conducts and manages collec-
tion, processing and analysis, and dissemination activ-
ities to meet worldwide Air Force and national intelli-
gence needs.
Marine Corps Intelligence provides intelligence sup-
port to Marine Corps' tactical commanders, primarily
in the amphibious warfare mission area, and to
Marine Corps worldwide contingency missions.
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) satisfies the for-
eign intelligence and counterintelligence requirements
of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
the Unified and Specified Commands, and Defense
Department components, and provides the military
intelligence contribution to national intelligence.
National Security Agency (NSA) is responsible for
the centralized coordination, direction, and perform-
ance of highly specialized technical operations in
support of US Government activities to protect US
communications and produce foreign information.
Army Intelligence provides specialized intelligence
support (to include collection, production, and dissem-
ination of military-related foreign intelligence as well
as counterintelligence work) to the Army worldwide
and to DOD.
Naval Intelligence works to fulfill the intelligence,
counterintelligence, investigative, and security re-
quirements and responsibilities of the Department of
the Navy.
Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and
Research produces political and some economic intel-
ligence to meet department needs; coordinates States'
relations with foreign intelligence operations; dissemi-
nates reports received from US diplomatic and con-
sular posts abroad; and participates in the preparation
of National Intelligence Estimates.
Department of Energy is primarily a consumer of
intelligence but it does collect political, economic, and
technical information on foreign energy matters; pro-
duces some foreign intelligence; and provides techni-
cal and analytical research capabilities to other intel-
ligence operations.
Department of the Treasury collects foreign financial,
monetary, and economic data; produces analysis to
support the Secretary of the Treasury and assists in
the production of national intelligence.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has primary
responsibility for counterintelligence within the Unit-
ed States.
Appendix B lists those DCI Committees, subcommit-
tees, and working groups that play a major role in
implementing collection and processing requirements
submitted by analysts. DCI Committees also address
processing and dissemination problems but, in these
areas, their efforts are effectively supplemented by ad
hoc, interagency grou s. xThese ad hoc groups are also
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Glossary
Organizational
Acronyms and Titles
Community Participants
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
DIA
Defense Intelligence Agency
DOE
Department of Energy
NSA
National Security Agency
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
INR
State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research
AF IN
Air Force's Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence
ACSI
Army's Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence
ONI
Office of Naval Intelligence
FTD
Air Force's Foreign Technology Division
FSTC
Army's Foreign Science and Technology Center
MIA
Army's Missile Intelligence Agency
NISC
Naval Intelligence Support Center
INSCOM
Army's Intelligence and Security Command
ITAC
Army's Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center
Non-Community Participants
ACDA
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
NSC
National Security Council
AID
Agency for International Development
ICA
International Communications Agency
ICDA
International Development Cooperation Agency
State Bureau (EUR)
Bureau of European Affairs
State Bureau (EA)
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
State Bureau (PM)
Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs
State Bureau (EB)
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
State Bureau (RP)
Bureau for Refugee Programs
State Bureau (OES)
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
State Bureau (INM)
Bureau for International Narcotic Matters
Defense (OSD)
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Defense (ISA)
Assistant Secretary (International Security Affairs)
Defense (DARPA)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense (OUSDRE)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
DMA
Defense Mapping Agency
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Organizational
Acronyms and Titles (continued)
DNA Defense Nuclear Agency
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
SAC (JSTPS) Strategic Air Command (Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff)
PACOM US Pacific Command
CINCPAC Commander in Chief, Pacific
DEA Drug Enforcement Agency
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
ITC International Trade Commission
STR Special Trade Representative
DOT Department of Transportation
OMB Office of Management and Budget
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