CIA PRESENTATIONAL MEANS STEERING PANEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00498A000200050016-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2001
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: May 28, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Logistics
ADD/A Registr,.
iet, Printing Photography Division, OL STATINTL
SUBJECT CIA Presentational Means Steering Panel
1. The original concept of the CIA Presentational
Means Steering Panel grew out of an agreement between OCI
and ORD to design a research program directed to improve-
ments in the receptivity and presentation of the Agency's
intelligence product. The composition of the panel is as
follows: Mr. Parmenter (Chairman OCI: M ing, STATINTL
[1T A TI N ITI OGCR; Mr. Eisenbeiss. CRS: STATINTL
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and
ompt. The first meeting was held on
11 March 1976. At this meeting Mr. Parmenter appointed
chairmen to establish and operate subpanels: Mr. Kin
STATINTL Content Design; Mr. Eisenbeiss, Distribution; STATINTL
Media; and Customer Relations. On 8 March, the
Management Committee directed Mr. Parmenter to take on the
task of reviewing the recommendations of the National Endow-
ment for the Arts (NEA). The endowment had established a
Review Panel to critique the Agency's "graphic portfolio"
and recommend areas of improvement. A special panel under
Mr. King was appointed for this purpose.
2. Progress in all areas has been steady. A great
deal of discussion was necessarily devoted to objectives and
organization of activities. The subpanels are moving ahead,
initially along educational channels, i.e., finding out what
various components are doing and soliciting their views on
possible improvements in presentational means. Considerable
time has been devoted by the panel to a full discussion of
the ORD concept of a Communicative Arts Center where project
teams can work on pilot projects in communications and pre-
sentation. No final conclusions have been reached, though
ORD is going ahead with small contracts in the areas of
video disk and new forms of publication production.
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3. The Graphics Improvement Subpanel, established
to deal with the NEA recommendations, has met several times.
The Chairman is aiming for a paper for Mr. Parmenter and
Mr. B a e is wi recommen c actions
11 t at the Agency mlg o the NhA observations.
4. The Chief, PEPD, in addition to being a
member
of
the Parmenter Steering Panel, is acting as Chairman
of the
Media Subpanel and is a member of the subpanels on
Content
Design and Graphics Improvement.
STATINTL
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