AGENCY ACTIVITIES APPROVAL SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A002600410143-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 143
• Publication Date: November 26, 1954
• Content Type: REGULATION

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1. PURPOSE
The purwpo to of ,:his regulation is to cutllne the general policies
and practices which are to be followed in ti s ubn&ission,, c .tderat.ion.,
and approval of Agency pro 'a , projects,, and related s port (operati r'
administrative, and technical) activities. More specific instructions
for the implementation of the general policies w A practices outline4
herein are contained in other Agency regulatory issuances.
2. DEFINTTIO
A program is a major classification of work or effort of an Agency
compo :tnt for a fiscal year which involves a conprehenssive plan of
stated strategy to accomplish stated objectives. Prams presented
for approval will include all new projects and su? rt activities as
well as projects and support activities that were approved in the
prior fiscal year or years and are being reccwmended for continuance
during the current fiscal year. As used in this regulation, the term
"program" applies only to the activities of the Deputy Director (Plans)
until such tire as other components of the Agency may adopt the planning
of their activities on a program buoise
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b. Project
A project Is an operational entity or unit of operations, to which
funds and other resources are allotted for use in jerfonaan_ce and
against uhica accountability will be M innnaiired during aad, after
performance. A project may be an integral part c f an overall program.
A project uu?t.t.ine descr_bes a specific objective or objectives, iieans
to be ewj.,p1oyJed,, and o:,unpon, rcclu re icnit in sufficient detail necessary
to obtain consideration and. approval :af the project.
c. S41 ort Activiti c s
The term "support activities" as used in. this regulation means all
internal and external operations of an Ager:cy component other than
direct project operations, including the operating and administrative
activities of headquarters and field installations.
d. jLd~et
Fcr the purpose of this regulation. the budget is the mechanism and
device by which Agency prolranis and other activities are translated
into terms of waripower, material, and money requirements, ftn. is the
vehicle by which this Agency informs the Congress of the funds required.
to carry out the missions assi.gmad to this Agency. After appropriation
of funds by Congress, the budget becomes the authorized ceiling within
which all Agency programs,' projects and support, activities shall be
conducted.
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e. Project Uevie ii Committee
This is a comaittee appointed by the Director of Central Intelligence
to review all Agency programe, projects, and support activities,
subject to the exceptio s listed in paregraph I+.b. of regulation No.
and sake recommendations thereon to the Director.
3.
AGENCY I& IOVE AVU) SOURCE OF WNW
a. The missions of this; Agency are cstablistAed by statute and national
Security Council Di ec ti res. These &-Me.eal missions are the objectives
ward the attainment of which the Agency is functionally organized and
its programe era planned and directed.
b. The funds required to carry out the missions assigned to the Agency
are secured through a process of budget submissions and reviews
beginning at the office level and culminating in an appropriation of
funds by the Congress. The budget cycle from the formulation stage
through the execution stage covers a period of about 24 months. The
steps and timing in the preparation and adoption of the Agency's
budget are outlined in other Agency regulatory issuances.
c. The amount of funds appropriated by the Congress represents the
.authorized ceiling within which all Agency activities shall be conducted.
Upon appropriation of funds by the Congress, representatives of the
Comptroller (CIA),will discuss the approved budget with the chief of
each of the major components of the Agency (the Deputy Directors,
the Assistant Director for Communications, the Assistant Director for
Personnel, and the Director of Training) for the purpose of preparing
a recommendation to be submitted to the Director of Central Intelligence
for his determination of the amount of the final allowance of funds to
be made available to each major component. In preparing this recommenda-
tion, distinction will be ma n funds necessary to:
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(1) Melt ate n1 costs of administers and miutaining the
'uxxctic l ;pni ti a rahich will r., direct, and perform
the r a tbilitie & of zed to each c u is do l component
(2) Conrlt c :ti;au; ag t cca to c late s bst& ti.4 projects developed
for the sir cc is1^ t Of ;~ Overall C mission*
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