This document downgraded to NU UNCLASSIFIED by authority of emia DCID No. 1/4 Sec 3(B),EO 11652, on wassy7Z (New Series) by 246321. DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 1/4° INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION HANDLING COMMITTEE? (Effective 4 April 1968) Pursuant to provisions of NSCID No. 1, and to facilitate intelligence informa- tion handling within the community, a standing committee of the United States Intelligence Board on information handling is hereby established. The United States Intelligence Board’s Committee on Documentation (CODIB), established 21 April 1958, is hereby terminated. 1. Composition and Organization (a) The committee will be.known as the Intelligence Information Handling Committee. It will consist of a chairman designated by the Director of Central Intelligence in consultation with USIB and of designated representatives of the departments and agencies represented on the USIB. (b) The committee will be supported by subcommittees as approved by USIB. Membership on subcommittees need not be limited to member agencies of the committee but may be extended by association under the provisions of NSCID No. 1, paragraph 2, footnote. 2. Mission The mission of the committee, under the general guidance of the DCI and the USIB, is te promote and coordinate within the intelligence community the accomplishment of USIB objectives for information handling and to assist the DCI in the continuous improvement and integration of the USIB member agency intelligence information handling systems. 3. Functions The functions of the committce are: (a) To formulate and recommend to USIB objectives, policies, plans and programs relating to the establishment of a USIB community information han- dling system. (b) To monitor and coordinate implementation of plans and programs ap- proved by USIB. ‘Supersedes DCID No. 1/4, effective 23 April 1965. *{nformation handling, for the purpose of this Directive, includes the functions of receipt of information from collection sources, dissemination, transfonuation, indexing or categoriza- tion, storage retrieval and presentation. cory N°
— (c) To assist the intelligence community in the introduction of improved methods and facilities for information handling. (d) To develop and promulgate within the intelligence community rules, procedures and formats for the exchange of information between agencics. (e) To monitor effurts in the scientific, academic and industrial communi- ties in information science in order to ensure that optimum use of this research is directed to the intelligence community information processing problem. (£) To promote the establishment of education and training programs in information science. (g) To identify community R&D necds and to promote interagency exchange of information and cooperation in research and development on information processing, particularly in those areas which involve the intelligence community as a whole. (h) To promote and coordinate the development of community information handling capabilities which will provide on a timely basis as required relevant multi-source information in response to authorized queries. (i) To provide assistance and encourage the development of standardized procedures for information handling to include the development of compatibility of files for ADP storage and retrieval systems. (j) To promote arrangements between agencies designed to eliminate un- warranted duplication of files and processing. (k) To ensure that the security aspects of new information handling systems under development are given appropriate consideration. (1) To assist as necessary in the development of an automated information handling system for the National Indications Center. & Sy (m) To monitor for the DCI and USIB the intelligence information handling requirements of Emergency Wer Plans. (n) To formulate and recommend policies and procedures relating to the procurement, indexing, flow, storage, exchange, and release of intelligence docu- ments. 4. The committee and subcommittces will reach decisions by agreement. When a chairman determines that a given position represents the consensus of the committee or subcommittee, the matter will be considered agreed unless a dissenting member requests its reference to a higher level. In such an instance, the chairman will refer the matter, with the dissenting opinion or opinions, to the higher level. 5. The committee shall meet upon the call of the chairman or at the request of any of its members. Items may be placed upon the agenda of the committee by the Board, by the chairman, or by any member of the committee.
™ = 6. The committce will have a full-time support staff to be provided by the Department cf State, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. 7. The committee shall share with other USIB committees responsibility for the coordination of areas of joint or overlapping concern. RICHARD HELMS Director of Central Intelligence cvour t Cacluded (rom automane downgrading ovd decterlrones ~ copy N2 ay