DEVELOPMENT OF CIA STRATEGIC PLAN 1983-1993

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R000901240007-7
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 16, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Communications
Director of Data Processing
Director of Finance
Director of Information Services
Director of Logisitics
Director of Medical Services
Director of Personnel
Director of Security
Director of Training and Education
FROM: Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director for Administration
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SUBJECT: Development of CIA Strategic Plan, 1983-1993
REFERENCE: Multiple Addressee Memo to DA Directors
from DDA, dtd 17 Nov 83, Same Subject
1. Our phase for the development of the Agency Strategic Plan has
arrived. The Executive Director's staff plans to assemble the
contributions from each of the Directorates and to prepare a brief,
issue-filled document with near-term action items. The document will
refer to last year's Strategic Plan but will not repeat
each of the topics.
2. There are a number of issues which will be addressed. These
include:
Personnel
Information Handling
Space
Emergency Planning and Crisis Management
Terrorism
Artificial Intelligence
Covert Communications
Clandestine Technical Collection
Small Systems Research and Development
Arms Control Monitoring
Protecting Intelligence
3. Please have your office representative review the
contributions, which are attached, from the DO, DI, and DS&T, and
prepare a brief response which describes your strategy for supporting
their proposed capabilities. If you identify near-term initiatives
which are appropriate, please include a write-up.
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4. While this is a busy time of year to complete this strategic
planning process, it is important for us to participate. We must
complete this activity by 6 January 1984. If you have any questions
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17 NOV 1983
Planning Staff, 0/ExDir/CIA.
Co-Chairmen, Analysis and Processing
Capabilities Team
SUBJECT.. : DI Contribution to CIA Strategic Plan 1984-1994
? I. Two years ago, the Directorate of-Intelligence embarked on a
three-part five-year strategy designed to meet the challenges of the
eighties and to posture itself to confront the as yet unforeseen
policy problems of the nineties. As we move into the third year, this
strategy continues to comprise the basis of our long range planning
efforts. -- The first part of the plan was to structure our
organization appropriately, to acquire enough analysts
and support. personnel with the requisite skills to
pursue the broadening policy-relevant research program
demanded by our consumers, and to develop the
capabilities needed to ensure that the Directorate
remains the premier voice on foreign intelligence
matters.
-- The second part comprised the acquisition of ADP
capabilities tailored to-our daily needs, flexible
enough to encompass future applications, and powerful
enough to undertake such formidable quantitative
analytic tasks as econometrics research and weapon
system simulation.
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The third major part of our strategy was to ensure that
we will have the necessary floorspace to accommodate the
above expansionary programs.
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2. ' The most valuable asset of the Directorate clearly is and
will continue to be its people. We are continuing our program of
measured growth begun two years ago and anticipate reaching our goal
of personnel by FY-89 (see attachment A . We have made 25X1
significant progress, particularly in the area. We are 25X1
now directing our efforts toward both our traditional allies and our
foes alike, and focusing our attention on the technological and
economic factors that are shaping the intelligence issues of
tomorrow. More military and economic analysts are critically needed,
along with ADP specialists, engineers, and imagery specialists. To
satisfy these diverse needs over the next decade will require us to
maintain our recruitment and in-house training programs together with
an external research r ram that is well-focused on the key.national
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3. ? Over the next decade the Directorate will place an
increasingly heavy emphasis on the use of ADP as a strategy for
improving the quality and timeliness of its product and enabling us to
cope-with increasing amounts of data. Our analysts must have the
computer hardware and software that will permit them to manage data
more'efficiently and accurately. Project SAFE (and Enhanced SAFE) is
part of the answer, but we also have specialized ADP applications for
analyzing new Soviet weapons, natural resources, economic growth,-
energy demand, technology transfer, and international. terrorism. To
improve our planning in the ADP area, we propose to enga e the
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services of an external co--:tractor (see attachment B) .
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4. The Directorate will continue to be concerned with acquiring
sufficient--floorspace to house.its activities. Current -expansion
plans require an additional 60,000 square feet of space by FY-85.
With the completion of the new Headquarters Building by 1987, OIA will-
be accommodated at. Headquarters but additional space may still be
Attachments:
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ATTACHMENT B
PROPOSED NEAR TERM ACTION
The. Intelligence Directorate, with the assistance of OD&E. OC, and ODP proposes to enlist the
services of an outside contractor to devise a comprehensive strategic plan which would encompass
not only ADP planning, but would include plans for upgrading the Operations Center and for
handling the anticipated; improvements in our technical collection capabilities. The study would
cover both the. next few years and into the 1990s.
Managers: DI, DS&T
Coordination: DA, DO
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