LETTER TO COLONEL JOHN GIOIA, USAF FROM(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00933R000400020004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 11, 1979
• Content Type: LETTER

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CIA LETTERHEAD
ODP-9-1336
i N 1979
Colonel John Gioia, USAF
Chairman
Interagency Committee on
Automatic Data Processing
General Services Administration
Washington, D. C. 20405
Dear Colonel Gioia,
Thank you for your letter of August 21st- informing
IAC/ADP members of the themes of the forthcoming year,
viz., advancing positive communications and forcing
problem solutions.
I agree with your thoughts on the first theme and
in particular that the ADP work in the federal government
is not directly comparable to coxunercial activities;. In
responding to your questionnaire, I (lave cnpLI.a5lzotd the
intelligence process as a whole, linked P to the in-
telligence process, and placed ADP in a supporting role,
which is where it really should be.
If I can be of further assistance, please give me
a call,
Sincerely,
Chief, ztanagement Staff
Office of Data Processing
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QUEST IO1414AI
SI 1IFICANT ACfIEVEiiL NTS
1. Cr GANXZRTION; Central Intelligence Agency
II. Position Title: Chief, 1anagement Staff,
Office of Data Processing
Description of Duties ; Principal duties are in
the P functional areas of plans, policies,
programs, budgets, and security. Also serves
as point-of-contact for other agencies and
departments on matters related to ADP.
The Office of Data Processing provides centra-
lized computing services, including applications
development, for the Agency.
III. Essential objectives that could not be accomplished
without ADP
The processing of intelligence information
concerned with the conversion of the vast amount
of intelligence information coming into the
system to forms more suitable for U e production
of finished intelligence. Information of per-
manent value is sorted and made available for
rapid computer retrieval.
Processing of intelligence information includes
the interpretation of information stored on
film and tape through the use of highly rE
fined photographic and electronic processes.
Preceeding the processing of intelligence
information is the planning and direction of
the entire intelligence effort, from the
identification of the need for data to the
allocation of resources to the final delivery
of an intelligence product to a customer.
The whole process is initiated by requests
or requirements for intelligence on certain
subjects.3ese are based on the ultimate
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needs of the policyrnaker-the President, the
National Security Council, and ot%er major
departments and agencies of government.
Next comes the collection of intelligence
information. This involves the gathering
of raw data from which finished intelligence
will be produced. The many sources for
collection of information, include foreign
rediobroadcast; news? a:$ers periodicals,
There are also secret sources, such as agents
and defectors who provide information obtainable:
in no other way.
Finally, technical collection-photography and
electronics-has come to play an indispensable
part in modern intelligence by extending the
Nation's sensory system-its eyes and cars.
IV. ADP methods used to satisfy above requirements:
ADP methods are employed in the production
and analysis of intelligence information.
This refers to the conversion of 1 asic infor-
mation into finished intelligence. it includes
the integration, evaluation, and analysis of
all available data and the preparation of a
variety of intelligence products. Such pro-
ducts or estimates may be presented as briefings,
brief reports or lengthy studies,
The "raw intelligence" collected is frequently
fragmentary and at times contradictory. rnalysts
who are subject-matter specialists for parti-
cular countries use ADP to search for relevant
information and produce finished intelligence
by evaluating and integrating the various
pieces of data and interpreting their meaning
and significance.
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The subjects involved may concern di f ferennt
regions, problems, or personalities in various
contexts-political, geographic, economic, mili.-
tart, scientific, or biograp sic, current
events, capabilities, or probable developments
in the future may also be examined. without
sophisticated ADP support these tasks would
be virtually impossible to accomplish., given
the vast amount of data to be handled.
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