A COMPENDIUM OF INTERAGENCY COORDINATING MECHANISMS: AN UPDATE

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A Compendium of Interagency
Coordinating Mechanisms:
Intelligence Producers Council
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Note to the Reader This reference aid updates the IPC document (IPC 83-10001) entitled A Compen-
dium of Interagency Coordinating Mechanisms: An Update, published in August
1983, and is intended as a replacement for it. The aid incorporates changes and ad-
ditions recommended by Community elements that update the listings of Commu-
nity participants; identify new Community coordinating mechanisms and working
groups; provide a more detailed breakout of some DCI Production Committees;
and supplement the previous list of interagency coordinating mechanisms by
adding the names and functions of consultative groups advising the DCI on
matters relating to intelligence collection, exploitation, and production. A few
mechanisms listed in the previous edition of this document were deleted since they
no longer exist.
The Intelligence Producers Council (IPC) Staff appreciates the contribution made
by Community elements in the preparation of this document and hopes that they
will continue to keep it up to date. For purposes of updating the document, we re-
quest that recipients notify the IPC Staff Das they note needed changes
to the listings of interagency mechanisms.
If recipients of this document would like more information on the mechanisms
listed in this document, they are welcome to call the IPC Staff. For information on
DIA participation in the interagency mechanisms, recipients are encouraged to
call the Defense Intelligence Agency, Vice Director for Foreign Intelligence,
Information on DCI Production and
Collection Committees as well as DCI advisory groups may be obtained from the
respective Executive Secretaries and/or staff whose locations and telephone
numbers are listed below:
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Preface 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.2 High-level DCI advisory groups whose actions may impact on
intelligence analyses and production are also listed in the paper.
' This paper does not include the senior interagency groups (SIGs) nor interagency groups
(IGs) that assist the NSC in fulfilling its responsibilities. While the above groups, 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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A Compendium of Interagency
Coordinating Mechanisms:
An Update~~
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 dialogue with policymaking elements in the
US Government.
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
among intelligence and policymaking elements.
Close coordination among Community elements is not
limited to working-level analysts. There are also
mechanisms at Community policy and management
levels that facilitate coordination in establishing guid-
ance for production and collection planning, in identi-
fying solutions to production and collection resource
problems, and in approving interagency intelligence
products such as National Intelligence Estimates and
Interagency Intelligence Memorandums. These mech-
anisms and those at the working level are discussed in
the sections that follow.)
The Intelligence Community
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Departmental intelligence elements (other than DOD)
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Interagency Mechanisms on Research and Production
Dialogue among analysts on research and production
in the Community is effected through an extensive
network of interagency mechanisms. Some mecha-
nisms enable analysts to exchange substantive infor-
mation and information on production plans, research,
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and analysis; relate intelligence to current policy or
security issues; identify information gaps; and develop
collection requirements to address information gaps.
These mechanisms range from formal, highly struc-
tured bodies that have been established by DCI
Directive to informal working groups 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 concern.
The most formal mechanisms are the DCI Production
Committees and their supporting subcommittee struc-
ture. The present committees are:
? Economic Intelligence Committee (EIC).
? Foreign Denial and Deception Analysis Committee
(DDAC).
? Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
(JAEIC).
? Science and Technology Intelligence Committee
(STIC).
? Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
(TTIC).
? Weapon and Space Systems Intelligence Committee
(WSSIC).
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,
within the Committee's su stan-
tive 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.
While some of these groups have permanent status,
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 policymaking element's perceived
need for a continuing dialogue on topical issues. These
mechanisms 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 perva-
sive, range of topics. The majority of the existing
groups focus on military (for example, arms produc-
tion and deployment, force developments and trends,
military assistance), economic (for example, resources,
foreign trade, economic relations), and global (for
example, illicit drug traffic, international terrorism)
issues. The most active participants in these groups
are CIA, DIA, State/INR, and the military services.
Finally, the interagency analyst contacts established
through the mechanisms discussed above comprise a
totally informal communications network that proba-
bly makes the most significant contribution to an
effective sharing of analytical judgments and intelli-
gence information.
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
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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 scient~c and technical intelligence
to meet the needs of national policymakers.
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). satisfies the for-
eign intelligence and counterintelligence requirements
of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of StctfJ;
the UnEfied 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 perfor-
mance 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 dis-
semination of military-related foreign intelligence as
well as counterintelligence work) to the Army world-
wide and to DOD.
Naval Intelligence works to fulfill the intelligence,
counterintelligence, investigative, and security re-
quirements and responsibilities of the Department of
the Navy.
Air Force Intelligence conducts and manages collec-
tion, processing and analysis, and dissemination ac-
tivities to meet worldwide Air Force and national
intelligence 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.
Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and
Research produces political and some economic intel-
ligence to meet department needs, coordinates State's
relations with foreign intelligence operations, dissem-
inates reports received from US diplomatic and con-
sular posts abroad, and participates in the prepara-
tion of National Intelligence Estimates.
Department of Energy is primarily a consumer of
intelligence but it collects political, economic, and
technical information on foreign energy matters; pro-
duces some foreign intelligence; and provides techni-
cal and analytical research capabilities to other
intelligence 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.
Imagery Requirements and Exploitation, SIGINT
Committee, and the HUMINT Committee) estab-
lished within the Intelligence Community. Therefore,
it is necessary for each analyst to become familiar
with the resource management system of his or her
individual agency as well as their agency representa-
tive on each of the DCI Collection Committees. It is
through such channels that analysts may influence
collection and exploitation activities.
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 groups. These ad hoc groups are also
listed in the appendix.
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Community Coordination at the Policy and
Management Levels
In addition to the DCI's Production and Collection
Committees, there are other DCI advisory bodies that
provide a forum for senior representatives from intelli-
gence organizations involved in collection, processing,
and analysis to exchange views and reach agreements
on substantive aspects of national intelligence (see
appendix C). The most senior, and perhaps the best
known, is the National Foreign Intelligence Board
(NFIB) whose membership includes the DCI, DDCI,
and the heads of CIA, DIA, NSA, and State/INR.
One of the principal functions of NFIB is to advise
the DCI on the production, review, and coordination
of national foreign intelligence. For example, the
NFIB meets regularly to approve the publication and
issuance of National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs)
and Special National Intelligence Estimates (SNIEs)
produced under the auspices of the National Intelli-
gence Council (NIC). Other Community bodies that
have an impact on analytic processes include the
DCID 1/2 Committee, the Intelligence Producers
Council (IPC), the Critical Intelligence Problems
Committee (CIPC), the Intelligence Information Han-
dling Committee, and the Intelligence Research and
Development Council. At a lower level than the
NFIB, these bodies provide a mechanism for Commu-
nity managers to identify key resource and substan-
tive issues and to seek solutions to problems of
common concern. ~~
There are still other mechanisms available to the DCI
that do not involve direct participation by all Commu-
nity elements but whose actions affect Community
production and analyses. These mechanisms-the
Military-Economic Advisory Panel (MEAP), the Sci-
ence and Technology Advisory Panel (STAP), the
Nuclear Intelligence Panel (NIP), and the Senior
Review Panel-were established by the DCI to pro-
vide a soundingboard and source of advice on a wide
range of military-economic and technical matters.
Members of these advisory panels come from organi-
zations and institutions outside the Intelligence Com-
munity. The functions of the panels are described in
appendix C.
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Appendix A
Listing of Interagency Mechanisms
Related to Research and Production
The mechanisms listed in this appendix are organized
by categories, subcategories, and topics as defined in
DCID (Director of Central Intelligence Directive)
1 /2, "US Foreign Intelligence Requirements Catego-
ries and Priorities." The mechanisms are listed under
the category and subcategories of intelligence that
relate to the substantive area of concern. For
reference purposes, the category and subcategories
used in the attached listing are outlined below. Be-
cause the attached listing contains several acronyms
for Community and non-Community participants in
the activities of these mechanisms, a glossary is 25X1
provided on page 31.
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