GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1977

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1977
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Goals and Objectives
of the
Director of Central Intelligence
for Fiscal Year 1977
Published by the Intelligence Community Staff
for the Director of Central Intelligence
with the Advice of the
National Foreign Intelligence Board
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1977
The goals of the Director of Central intelligence are developed
with the advice of the National Foreign Intelligence Board. They
are derived from the overall purpose of the National Foreign
Intelligence Program and specific responsibilities which are
assigned to the Director by Executive Order 11905 and the
National Security Council Directives. The specific objectives of the
Director for Fiscal Year 1977 are derived from his continuing goals.
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THE PURPOSE OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
The purpose of the National Foreign Intelligence Program and
related activities is to assure that those elements of the United
States Government engaged in policymaking, negotiations and
operational decisions relating to the national security and the
welfare of the nation are provided with timely, accurate and
responsive intelligence appropriate to their needs.
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
RESPONSIBILITIES
The following are the key responsibilities of the Director of
Central Intelligence in his role as leader of the Intelligence
Community and senior intelligence officer of the United States
Government:
1. Serve as the leader of, and spokesman for, the
Intelligence Community;
11. Supervise the production and dissemination of national
intelligence;
III. Ensure the development and annual submission of a
National Foreign Intelligence Program budget;
IV. Evaluate and improve Intelligence Community perform-
ance and services;
V. Develop national intelligence requirements and priori-
ties;
VI. Ensure the adequacy of planning to meet the future
needs of intelligence;
VII. Protect intelligence sources, methods, and analytical
procedures;
VIII. Ensure that national intelligence activities are conducted
in compliance with the Constitution, statutes and
Executive Branch Orders and Directives.
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
The following presentation links each DCI goal with one of his
specific responsibilities, and relates each objective fbr Fiscal Year
1977 with the goal it supports.
1. SERVE AS THE LEADER OF, AND SPOKESMAN FOR,
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
A. GOAL
Assure the existence of capabilities to enable the DCI to
identify substantive intelligence matters and problem areas which
require consideration at senior levels of the Executive Branch
and/or by the Congress.
1. Objective: Develop a clear definition of the Intelligence
Community Staff's relationship to all elements and activities.
comprising the Intelligence Community.
2. Objective: Produce an annual DCI report for the President,
the Congress, and the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board which examines strengths and weaknesses within the
Intelligence Community, analyzes factors affecting Community
performance, describes the NFIP budget and out-year program and
justification, and provides information on the direction of the
Community for the coming year.
II. SUPERVISE THE PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
A. GOAL
Assure the adequacy of capabilities for data analysis and the
production of timely national intelligence.
1. Objective: Develop a system for routine review of the
resources allocated for analysis of information and the production
and dissemination of national intelligence in terms of adequacy
and distribution of such resources.
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2. Objective: Develop and promulgate guidance and proce-
dures for a vigorous program to decompartment and to downgrade/
declassify foreign intelligence information in order to improve
support to consumers at all levels.
III. ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT AND ANNUAL SUBMISSION
OF A NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM
BUDGET
A. GOAL
Develop and submit to the Committee on Foreign Intelligence
a National Foreign Intelligence Program and budget which holds
costs to a minimum and maximizes the effectiveness of intelligence
activities.
1. Objective: Develop and disseminate resource management
guidance for the Intelligence Community which will minimize any
unwarranted duplication in the collection, processing and produc-
tion of national intelligence.
2. Objective: Define the role and extent of DCI responsibility
for intelligence-related activities of the U.S., considering the
provisions of the E.O. 11905 and the expectations of Congress.
IV. EVALUATE AND IMPROVE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
PERFORMANCE AND SERVICES
A. GOAL
Assure that national intelligence assets and activities are
organized and managed to provide effective support to the
President as well as to appropriate Departments and Agencies of the
U.S. Government according to the priorities and policies established
by the National Security Council, the DCI, and the Committee on
Foreign Intelligence.
1. Objective: Evaluate the need for organizational changes or
management initiatives within the Intelligence Community.
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2. Objective: Develop programs to determine how well the
Intelligence Community has identified and responded to the needs
of national intelligence consumers.
3. Objective: Initiate a comprehensive study of the interdepen-
dence and use of national and tactical collection resources in
response to national and tactical needs.
4. Objective: Promote increased Intelligence Community
compatibility in planning and operation of computer and
telecommunication systems and networks.
5. Objective: Develop a comprehensive program to improve
indications and warning and crisis management support to national
decision-making authorities.
Assure that the full foreign information product from activities
of both intelligence and non-intelligence elements of the Govern-
ment's foreign affairs community is brought to bear on the needs of
national intelligence consumers.
1. Objective: Ensure that the input from non-intelligence
entities is considered along with the availability of all other data in
deliberations leading to the tasking of intelligence collection and
production resources; optimize the use of overt collection means
before resorting to more expensive clandestine or technical
collection.
V. DEVELOP NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS
AND PRIORITIES
Assure the maintenance and strengthening of Intelligence
Community mechanisms to identify and promulgate national
intelligence requirements and priorities which reflect the needs of
national intelligence consumers.
1. Objective: Review and revise, as necessary, the priorities for
U.S. foreign intelligence and disseminate statements of prioritized
national intelligence requirements for planning and programming.
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VI. ENSURE THE ADEQUACY OF PLANNING TO MEET THE
FUTURE NEEDS OF INTELLIGENCE
A. GOAL
Assure the existence of Intelligence Community planning
mechanisms which annually consider current and projected
Community needs in terms of the future world environment,
technological advances, and fiscal parameters.
1. Objective: Establish a coherent national foreign intelligetwr
planning system consisting of planning and programming guidance
documents tied to the budget cycle.
2. Objective: Improve the organizational framework and
processes for study of long-range socio-economic, political and
technological prospects likely to have an impact on the Intelligence
Community.
VII. PROTECT INTELLIGENCE SOURCES, METHODS, AND
ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES
A. GOAL
Assure that U.S. technical/intelligence advantages over foreign
adversaries are not threatened by the unauthorized disclosure of
intelligence sources, methods, and analytic procedures.
1. Objective: Assess the adequacy of existing rules and
regulations regarding the protection of intelligence sources,
methods, and analytic procedures, and classified intelligence
materials to ensure that security measures accurately reflect the
current sensitivity of information to be protected and provide for a
proper balance between protection and utility. The needs of
consumers for decompartmented intelligence will be considered.
2. Objective: In conjunction with the Departments of Justice
and Defense, assess how national foreign counterintelligence policy-
setting and coordinating can best be accomplished.
3. Objective: Develop guidance to ensure that U.S. technical
intelligence advantages over foreign adversaries are not endangered
by transfers of intelligence-dependent technology.
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VIII. ENSURE THAT NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
ARE CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
CONSTITUTION, STATUTES, AND EXECUTIVE
BRANCH ORDERS AND DIRECTIVES
Assure that all procedures within elements and activities of the
Intelligence Community are in compliance with the Constitution
and applicable statutes, Executive Orders, regulations, directives
and guidelines in the conduct of intelligence activities.
1. Objective: Review regulations and directives governing the
activities of the various elements of the intelligence Community to
assure they are adequate and that all intelligence personnel are
appropriately advised of all legal limitations and restrictions on the
conduct of intelligence activities.
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