HEADQUARTERS  US  AIR  FORCE  INOI  27-1 
Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  Intelligence 
Washington,  DC  20330  29  July  1986 
Programming 
INTELLIGENCE  PRIORITIES  REVIEW  GROUP 
This  INOI  establishes  policy,  responsibilities,  and  procedures  to  be  followed  when 
reviewing  proposed  intelligence  programs  and  formally  charters  the  Priorities 
Review  Group  (PRG).  The  PRG  operates  amidst  the  unique  relationships  which  govern 
intelligence  funding.  Some  programs  are  included  in  the  "fenced"  National  Foreign 
Intelligence  Program  under  the  authority  of  the  Director,  Central  Intelligence. 
Others  are  Included  in  the  Air  Force  Program  Objective  Memorandum  process  under 
the  purview  of  the  Air  Force  Board  Structure.   The  Air  Force  Intelligence  (AF/IN) 
PRG  serves  as  a  corporate  review  body  to  link  these  programming  activities.   This 
INOI  applies  to  all  AF/IN  and  AFIS  activities. 
1.  Reference  Material: 
a.  HOI  27-1,  DOD  Programming  System. 
b.  DOD  7110-M,  Budget  Guidance  Manual. 
c.  DC I  NFIP  Resource  Management  Manual. 
d.  The  Planning,  Programming  and  Budgeting  System  (AF/PRP  Programmers  Primer). 
e.  HP  21-1,  Organizations  and  Functions: 
2.  Policy  of  the  Priorities  Review  Group  (PRG): 
a.   The  PRG  provides  the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  Intelligence  (ACS/I)  the 
best  corporate  recommendations  for  the  optimum  allocation  of  Intelligence 
resources.  The  PRG  validates  and  prioritizes  resource  initiatives  based  upon 
command  inputs,  intelligence  functional  manager  inputs,  program  element  monitor 
(PEM)  recommendations  and  established  program  guidance  to  ensure  development  of  a 
balanced  program  consistent  with  Air  Force  Intelligence  priorities  and  needs.   The 
PRG  serves  as  the  primary  Air  Force  reviewing  body  for  the  General  Defense 
Intelligence  Program  (GDIP),  the  Consolidated  Cryptologic  Program  (CCP),  and  other 
National  Foreign  Intelligence  Program  (NFIP)  proposed  budget  and  program 
submissions.   The  PRG  also  reviews  and  validates  programs  under  Tactical 
Intelligence  and  Related  Activities  (TIARA)  prior  to  review  by  the  Air  Force  Board 
Structure. 
3.  Membership  of  the  PRG.  The  PRG  Includes,  but  Is  not  limited  to  the  following 
positions: 
a.  Chairperson:  Director,  INY. 
Supersedes  INOI  27-1,  18  November  1983 
No.  of  Printed  Pages:   3 
Approved  by:   Col  John  R.  Desiderio  Jr. 
OPR:  AF/INYR  (Lt  Col  John  P.  Little) 
Writer /Editor: 
Distribution:  F
.   b.  Members:  AF/INEG,  AF/INYR,  AF/INYS,  AF/INY-SA,  AF/INYX,  AF/RDPJ, 
AF/XOORZ,  AFIS/IND,  AFIS/INT,  AF/XOXFR,  AF/SCPB. 
c.  Observers:  AF/PRPI,  AF/PRMP,  AF/XOE,  DIA/DG. 
4.  Responsibilities  of  the  PRG  members.   PRG  members  will: 
a.  Attend  all  scheduled  meetings  or  ensure  a  qualified  alternate  is  present 
from  their  organization  or  activity. 
b.  During  ranking  exercises,  ensure  that  so  far  as  possible,  the  same 
representative  from  each  organization  is  present  at  all  meetings  to  provide 
continuity. 
5.  Responsibilities  of  the  PRG.  The  PRG: 
a.  Provides  independent  and  objective  review,  comment,  and  analysis  of  GDIP 
and  CCP  program  build  and  budget  matters. 
b.  Provides  the  AF/IN  functional  and  programmatic  perspectives  on  TIARA 
issues  and  develops  AF/IN  priorities  and  guidance  for  AF/IN  TIARA  PEMs,  and  AF/IN 
representatives  to  the  various  Air  Force  Board  Structure  Panels  and  Committees, 
particularly  to  the  R&I  Panel  and  the  Program  Review  Committee  (PRC). 
c.  Recommends  to  the  ACS/I,  a  priority  ranking  of  intelligence  resource 
requirements  for  inclusion  in  annual  submissions  of  the  GDIP  and  CCP, 
presentations  to  the  Air  Force  Board  Structure,  and  to  the  AF/IN  representative  to 
the  National  Security  Agency  (NSA)  Program  Budget  Review  Group  (PBRG). 
d.  Meets,  as  required,  throughout  the  fiscal  cycle  to  evaluate  and  make 
recommendations  to  the  ACS/I  on  the  impact  of  decisions  by  the  Director,  Central 
Intelligence,  respective  program  managers,  and  appropriate  Air  Force  Board,  Office 
of  Secretary  of  Defense  (OSD),  and  Office  of  Management  and  Budget  (OMB) 
activities. 
6.   Responsibilities  of  the  Intelligence  Resource  Management  Group  (AF/INYR). 
AF/INYR: 
a.  Evaluates  all  programs  submitted  for  review  by  the  PRG  and  program 
managers  for  financial  soundness,  fiscal  Impacts,  and  consistency  with  the  Air 
Force  Intelligence  Plan  and  supporting  functional  architecture  plans.  Also,  acts 
as  the  focal  point  within  AF/IN  for  the  resolution  of  differences  among 
programming  and  budgeting  actions. 
b.  Acquires,  processes,  consolidates,  analyzes  and  presents  to  the  PRG  such 
program  data  and  narrative  justifications  as  may  be  required  to  support  GDIP  and 
CCP  program  and  budget  submissions. 
c.  Coordinates  TIARA  program  prioritization  from  an  AF/IN  viewpoint,  and 
submits  selected  issues  to  the  PRG  for  assessment  regarding  their  impact  on  and 
relation  to  the  NFIP.
d.  Provides  program  and  budget  guidance  from  the  PRG  and  program  managers  to 
PEMs  and  the  cosunands,  including  developing  and  publishing  an  annual  consolidated 
intelligence  data  call  and  publishing  annual  substantive  guidance. 
e.  Functions  as  administrative  and  executive  agent  for  the  PRG,  scheduling 
PRG  meetings,  issuing  notifications  and  minutes,  presenting  position  statements, 
and  chairing  PRG  meetings  in  the  abseuce  of  the  Ghairperson  or  his  designee  or 
when  the  Chairperson  so  directs. 
7.  PRG  Procedures: 
a.  The  PRG  convenes,  as  required,  at  the  direction  of  the  Chairperson. 
Maximum  emphasis  is  given  to  advance  scheduling  of  sessions  and  providing  written 
notification  of  meetings. 
b.  The  PRG  observes  the  non  attribution  policy  of  the  Air  Force  Board 
Structure.  Deliberations  of  the  PRG  are  not  for  attribution  and  will  not  be 
quoted  or  cited  as  a  reference  in  communications  with  either  commands  or  agencies 
outside  USAF.  If  an  AF/IN  staff  element  believes  direction  or  information  must  be 
provided  to  the  field  as  a  result  of  deliberations  of  the  PRG,  that  direction  or 
information  may  be  expressed  by  the  Chairperson  (AF/INY)  or  by  AF/INYR,  acting  as 
executive  agent  for  this  forum. 
c.  Only  full  members  will  vote  on  matters  before  the  PRG.  Observers  and 
others  will  be  excused  when  the  PRG  begins  its  formal  ranking/voting  on  any  issue. 
d.  Minutes  of  PRG  meetings  are  provided  within  3  workdays. 
e.  Requests  for  scheduling  PRG  meetings  may  be  raised  by  any  member. 
Scheduling  is  handled  by  AF/INYR.