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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91M00696R000500050009-8
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2004
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 31, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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DRAFT:
12 August 1976
Proposed KIQ System for FY 1977
This proposal would revise the KIQ procedure to limit the
number of KIQs in any single year to give special emphasis to those
intelligence questions that are, indeed, key. The process would
involve a structured,though limited, evaluation process. The
purpose of the KIQ system will be to highlight a few of the many
priority questions facing intelligence for a period of special
attention because of policy needs or because of an opportunity for
better performance. The KIQs will have no direct relationship to
resource allocation within the Intelligence Community, but gaps
discovered during the process may provide clues to long-term planners.
Distinguishing Features
o DCI control.
o Limitation of the number of KIQs to a manageable 12.
o Strategy Reports for KIQs prepared by NIOs.
o Annual performance evaluation prepared by IC Staff.
Management
The responsibility for assembling the proposed list of KIQs
for consideration by the DCI and for managing the preparation of
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Strategy Reports will reside with the NIOs, in consultation with
the IC Staff. The responsibilities of the IC Staff, such as they
are, will be exercised by the Office of Policy and Plans, supported
by the Office of Performance Evaluation and Improvement.
KIQ Formulation and Operating Strategy
KIQs would continue to be formulated in consultation with
intelligence producers and consumers. The initial list would be
issued by the DCI with the advice of the NFIB, as would subsequent
additions to or deletions from the list. Care will be taken in
drafting the list to reflect current intelligence and policy needs
and areas of concern requiring special attention to improve Community
performance. Removal of a KIQ from the list would not necessarily
reflect a change in intelligence priority.
Selection of KIQs would be based on:
o General high policy concern in relation to some phase of
the subject, e.g., MBFR, Yugoslavia succession.
o A need to energize intelligence collection and analytical
assets to focus on a new field of high policy interest,
e.g., international trade policy, terrorism, Africa, etc.
All KIQs would receive particularly close attention, but they
would not disarrange the priorities indicated in DCID 1/2 for
continuing activities. In providing special focus on the KIQs, no
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resources would be taken off other priority issues if such change
affected the maintenance of satisfactory performance on those issues.
Strategy Reports
Following promulgation of the KIQs, Strategy Reports would
be prepared in interagency forums. The NIOs, in consultation with
the IC Staff, would be responsible for constructing Strategy Reports
that included clearly identified milestones to aid performance
evaluation. KIQ Strategy Reports would focus on changes required to
improve performance. They would be expected to initiate new or
revised collection requirements and revised production plans or
schedules and to specify experimental analytic projects where
appropriate. Careful consultation with resource managers would be
required at this stage.
KIQ Evaluation Procedures
The KIQ evaluation process would be part of a regular
comprehensive evaluation of intelligence performance prepared by the
IC Staff. Evaluations would be in two sections, each somewhat
different in approach and purpose. The first section would evaluate
performances against the KIQs. This evaluation would focus on progress
toward the goals outlined in the KIQs, noting achievements and
deficiencies. The second section would focus on the general level
of Community performance as seen by the intelligence producers,
consumers, and the NIOs, and would contain recommendations for
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improving performance. In preparing the performance evaluations:
o Producers would be asked to evaluate progress in terms
of the utility of collected data, general satisfaction
with collection performance, and the comparative value
of collection resources. They would also assess analytical
progress generally, including new research, data base
improvements, significant findings, and the creation of
actionable intelligence.
o Consumer satisfaction would be assessed in terms of the
responsiveness, quality, and timeliness of product and
of ad hoc support.
o The NIOs would be asked to assess overall intelligence
performance in relation to the responsibilities of the
DCI on issues of national import.
KIQ/KEP File
1 - D/DCI/NI
1 - EO/NI
1 - AEO/NI
1 - Chrono (AEO/NI)
1 - RI
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Before he left on leave, Mark had made
some suggested revisions in the draft of your
Proposed KIQ System for FY 1977. I have looked
over his changes and they certainly meet with
my approval. I will be glad to talk with you
further about this.
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