REORGANIZATION OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 15, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, D C. 20SOS
NFIC 1.1/3
15 May 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR: National Foreign Intelligence Council
SUBJECT: Reorganization of the Intelligence Community Staff ~~~~
1. In response to growing concerns that we needed to do a better ]ob of
orchestrating Community efforts in a number of areas, including more
systematic evaluation of our performance against intelligence requirements,
the DCI and I asked Lt Gen Heinz, upon accepting the Sob as Director of the
Intelligence Community Staff (ICS), last September, to look at ways that he
might reorganize the Staff to better address these areas. We have discussed
some.gf the alternative structures at the last two off-site planning
conferences. Although we have experienced a number of delays in making this
reorganization a reality, I believe that we now have the details in place for
a restructured staff which will improve support to the DCI in executing his
Community responsibilities.
2. The focus of the restructured IC Staff is primarily on improving our
capabilities to provide:
? Systematic, comprehensive evaluation of Intelligence Community
performance, to include:
-- Setter assessments of consumers' intelligence needs (as
articulated in the National Intelligence Topics [NITS] and the
Future Intelligence Requirements Forecast [FIRE]), and how these
needs translate into both near- and long-term production and
collection requirements.
-- A better linkage between known intelligence production and
collection requirements/shortfalls and future investment
strategies.
? A more integrated assessment of collection requirements and
collection system performance across disciplines.
? Stronger involvement of Community production elements in our
assessments of requirements satisfaction, including movement of the
Intelligence Producers Council Staff to the ICS and a closer ICS
association with the National Intelligence Council and the DCI
Production Committees.
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SUBJECT: Reorganization of the Intelligence Community Staff
? More emphasis on identifying and nurturing investments in resea_r__ch
and development critical to future intelligence capabilities.
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responsibilities assoc~a e w th running the Staff, as well as the general
oversight of all Staff activities in the absence of Lt Gen Heinz. (U)
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Requirements and Evaluation, will be occupied or
recentl the Director of the DCI's Arms Contro most
has already begun the transition to his new 3obCeandahe willlbe
u X n p ace by 1 June. He will be responsible for organizing the
requirements and evaluations side of the Staff, with emphasis on providing a
structured mechanism for translating policymakers' intelligence needs into
requirements, assigning priorities to these requirements, evaluating
collection and production performance against these requirements, and, through
these evaluations, providing f ar-term improvements and
future investment strategies
5. Clearly this whole area of evaluation is a challenging one that we
have never addressed adequately across the Community. However, I believe that
we must tackle this problem head-on if we are going to improve the performance
of our Intelligence Community and our ability to justify before the Congress
our needs for continued budgetary growth to support increasing U.S. national
security needs
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ave a number of ideas on how to at least begin the
process. For example, we are certain that a greater emphasis on the
evaluation of requirements and performance across intelligence collection
disciplines is required, as well as a more systematic assessment of the
shortfalls that are routinely identified by the producers in the Community.
Thus, as shown in the chart, we envision a much closer tie to the DCI
Collection and Production Committees and the National Intelligence Council
than we have had in th ailed plans implementing these changes are
now being developed as transitions to his new responsibilities.
6. Another organizational change that we are maki
of a new Research and Develo ment (R D11~r~i~a ng involves the creation
P tion Office on the S?aff.
This group will be responsible for fostering dialogue and nurturing
investments across the US Government in research and development activities
that have the greatest potential for improving future intelligence
capabilities. We have had general discussions with the senior RaD managers in
the Community as to how we might best implement this new concept, and their
responses have been very encouraging. The details of the new office are
taking shape, and I expect that we will be able to announce the new office
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7. As discussed at the off-site conference on 11 May, I encourage you to
provide me or Lt Gen Heinz your thoughts on approaches we should emphasize, as
well as those we should avoid in setting the agenda for the new activities of
the Staff. For the effort to be successful, we need to learn from past
mistakes and fully incorporate l3-a*~n~~M~planning your views as senior managers
of the Intelligence Community.
8. Finally, I want to solicit your support in advance in helping us fill
key supporting positions on the IC Staff. I believe that we have an excellent
management team in place, but they cannot do the job alone. Successful
execution of their new responsibilities will require the strong support of all
Community elements, including a willingness to assign our best people to our
tasks--for short periods and, on occasion, for longer ones. We will be asking
many Df you for assistance in this regard as we evolve into our new
organ;zation.
Attachment:
As stated
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SUBJECT: Reorganization of the Intelligence Community Staff
Distribution: (NFIC 1.7/3)
1 - AUCI
2 - Executive Director, CIN
3 - Chairman, Intelligence Producers Council
4 - DIRNSA
5 - D/DIA
6 - D/INR/State
7-DoE
8-FBI
9 - Treasury
10 - SAFSS
11
-Amy ACSI
12
- DNI
13
- Air Force ACSI
14
- USMC
15
- ASD/C3I
16
- Counsel for Intelligence Policy, Justice
17
- General Counsel, Commerce
18
- NSC
19
- D/ICS
20
- DD/ICS
21
- DD/R&E
22
- C/AS/ICS
23
- C/SS/ICS
24
- D/P60
25
- D/PPO
26
- D/CCISCMO
27
- D/REO
28
- Legislative Liaison
29
- Chairman, COMIREX
30
- Chairman,
EIC
31
- Chairman,
DDAC
32
- Chairman,
FLC
33
- Chairman,
HUMINT
34
- Chairman,
IHC
35
- Chairman,
IDC
36
- Chairman,
JAEIC
31
- Chairman,
MASINT
38
- Chairman,
STIC
39
- Chairman,
SIGINT
40
- Chairman,
TTIC
41
- Chairman,
WSSIC
42
- Executive Registry
43
- NFIC Chrono
44
- NFIC Micro
45
- ICS Registry
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