ESTABLISHMENT OF COMIREX OPERATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE (OPS)

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Publication Date: October 20, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman and Members of COMIREX
20 October 1981
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Chairman Designate,' Operations Subcommittee
of COMIREX
SUBJECT: Establishment of COMIREX Operations
Subcommittee (OPS)
1. Terms of Reference: Draft terms of reference (Attachment A) are
submitted for your coordination and approval at the 2 September 1981 meeting
of COMIREX. Dissenting comments are set forth in Attachment B.
2. Authorities: The basic authorities, DCID 1/3 (Attachment C) and
DCID 1/13 (Attachment D), for establishing the COMIREX/OPS are included for
your background.
3. Plan for Implementation: Following COMIREX approval, the OPS and its
Working Groups will become effective as operating elements of the COMIREX,
assuming all related functions previously performed by the ICRS, EXSUBCOM and
JREQWG. The Basic Program Working Group will temporarily continue operations
with the o bjective o f merging as soon as feasible its function with those o f
the Standing Requirements Working Group.
Attachments: As Stated
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CURRENT REQUIREMENTS WORKING GROUP (CRWG)
1. MISSION:
Consonant with COMIREX/OPS guidance, the CRWG will provide the Community
forum to manage special/ad hoc national imagery requirements.
2. FUNCTIONS:
a. To provide coordinated daily management* of special/ad hoc
requirements for timely national imagery;
(1) Collection,
(2) Processing, and
(3) Exploitation.
b. To monitor and report on the status and effectiveness of imagery
intelligence operations against special/ad hoc requirements tasking.
c. To develop procedures and formats for managing special/ad hoc imagery
requirements, and disseminating imagery and imagery intelligence products in
response to these requirements.
3. COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION:
a. The Working Group Chairman will be designated by the Chairman, OPS.
b. The Working Group members will consist of representatives from each
OPS member organization. The NRO will participate as consultant to the CRWG.
4. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF SUPPORT:
The Working Group will be provided full-time staff support by the Office
of Imagery Collection and Exploitation (0/ICE) of the Intelligence Community
Staff.
This management must be consonant with COMIREX/OPS guidance and
procedures, changing international circumstances, and the
capabilities/limitations of available national imagery intelligence
resources.
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STANDING REQUIREMENTS WORKING GROUP (SRWG)
1. MISSION:
Consonant with COMIREX/OPS guidance, the SRWG will provide the Community
forum to manage standing national imagery requirements.
2. FUNCTIONS:
a. To provide coordinated management* of standing requirements for
periodic national imagery;
(1) Collection,
(2) Processing, and
(3) Exploitation.
b. To monitor and report on the status and effectiveness of imagery
intelligence operations against standing requirements tasking.
c. uiremennts, rocedudissemres
imagery requ
products in response to those requirements.
3. COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION:
a. The Working Group Chairman will be designated by the Chairman, OPS.
b. The Working Group members will consist of representatives from each
OPS member organization. The NRO will participate as a consultant to the SRWG.
4. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF SUPPORT:
The Working Group will be provided full-time staff support by the Office
of Imagery Collection and Exploitation (0/ICE) of the Intelligence Community
Staff
This management must be consonant with COMIREX/OPS guidance and
procedures, changing international circumstances, and the
capabilities/limitations of available national imagery
intelligence resources.
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DATA MANAG?i -NT WORKING GROUP (DMWG)
1. MISSION:
Consonant with COMIREX/OPS guidance, the DMWG will provide the Community
forum to coordinate national imagery-related ADP operations in support of
on-going imagery intelligence activities.
2. FUNCTIONS:
a. To ensure national imagery-related ADP systems and associated
communications networks and data links are maintained and operated consonant
with COMIREX/OPS guidance and user requirements.
b. To monitor and report on the responsiveness and synchronization of
national imagery-related ADP systems and associated communications networks
and data links.
c. To develop procedures and formats for maintaining and operating
national imagery-related ADP systems and associated communications networks
and data links.
d. To coordinate and prioritize user requirements for CAMS operations and
services.
3. COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION:
a. The Working Group Chairman will be designated by the Chairman, OPS.
b. The Working Group members will consist of representatives from each
OPS member organization and the NRO.
4. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF SUPPORT:
The Working Group will be provided full-time staff support by the Office
of Imagery Collection and Exploitation (0/ICE) of the Intelligence Community
Staff.
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