I  . 
DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  AIR  FORCE  FTD  REGULATION  200-19 
Headquarters  Foreign  Technology  Division  (AFSC) 
Wright-Patterson  Air  Force  Base,  Ohio  45433  26  July  1984 
Intelligence 
SCIENTIFIC  &  TECHNICAL  (SAT)  INTELLIGENCE  QUICK  REACTION  TASKING  ADMINISTRATION 
This  regulation  establishes  policies  and  procedures  and  assigns  respon- 
sibilities for  the  administration  of  Quick  Reaction  Tasking  (QRT)  except  for 
briefings  and  visits.  This  regulation  is  applicable  to  Headquarters,  Foreign 
Technology  Division  (FTD),  Wright-Patterson  Air  Force  Base,  Ohio. 
This  regulation  requires  the  collection  and  maintenance  of  information 
protected  by  the  Privacy  Act  of  1974.  The  authorities  to  collect  and  maintain 
the  data  prescribed  in  the  regulation  are  10  U.S.C.  8012  and  E.O.  9397. 
1.  References: 
a.  AFSCR  80-11,  Intelligence  Requirements. 
b.  APR  10-1/FTD  Sup  1,  Preparing  Correspondence. 
c.  FTDR  200-8,  Quality  Assurance  Procedures  for  Scientific  and  Technical 
Intelligence  Products. 
d.  FTDR  178-2,' Job  Time  Accounting  Sub-System. 
2.  Definition  of  Terms: 
a.  Quick  Reaction  Task  (QRT).  Work  performed  in  response  to  priority  or 
time  sensitive  requirements  for  S&T  intelligence  support.  QRTs  require 
immediate  or  wery  near  term  satisfaction.  They  are  handled  on  a  priority 
basis.  Normally,  the  level  of  efforts  en  a  QRT  is  limited  to  no  less  than  four 
nor  more  than  500  analytical  and  support  work  hours. 
b.  FTD  Tasking  Job  Order,  FTD  Form  14.  Job  order  form  used  to  levy  tasks 
within  FTD  and  to  report  acceptance  and  completion  of  a  task  by  the  office 
being  tasked.  The  Form  is  also  used  for  processing  task  data  into  the 
management  information  data  base. 
Supersedes  7TDK~~Zff0-19,  21  May  1981.  (See  signature  page  for  summary  of 
changes.) 
No.  of  Printed  Pages:  7 
OPR:  XOFP  (Mr.  Wilson) 
Approved  by:  Colonel  Benson 
Distribution:  F,  X: 
HQ  AFSC/INJ.......1
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c.  Job  Control  Number  (JCN).  A  four  character  alphanumeric  identifier 
code  assigned  by  the  Production  Programs  Branch  (XOFP)  to  each  S&T  task  for 
which  an  FTD  Form  14  is  prepared.  These  Form  14 's  cover  both  scheduled 
production  (DIA  Form  424-1,  AF  Studies,  etc.)  and  unscheduled  production 
(QRT's,  annual  tasking,  working  groups  and  committees,  DY  visits,  and  external 
briefings).  Each  Form  14/JCN  represents  a  specific,  separate  production 
effort.  In  addition  to  monitoring  production,  the  JCN  is  used  for  collecting 
and  reporting  all  direct  workhour  charges  expended  on  each  S&TI  task.  Work 
hour  expenditures^_a£e_nej?c£ted  on  FTD  Form  510,  Exception  Time  Accounting  MHR  - 
Job  Charge  Card  v.'fl'^: w*;; •••:->  Note:  For  the  purpose  of  this  .regulation,  the 
association  of  JCN's  with  QRT's  is  the  primary  concern. 
d.  Line  Processing  Code  (LPC)-.  A  4-digit  number  assigned  by  the  Financial 
Management  Branch  (XOFF)  to  S&TI  production  support,  non-SSTI  work  activity  and 
non-available  time.  A  listing  of  LPCs  is  available  in  each  branch;  the 
document  is  identified  as  "IMICS  Line  Processing  Codes,-  FTD-MG3-A-496-YR. 
LPCs  are  used  to  report  and  collect  all  indirect  workhour  charaes  which  are 
"also  reported  on  the  FTD  Form  510»'"r  -.-•.  \'  -/<  ---^ 
e.  Long  Term  Task.  A  task  which  will*  or  is  expected  to,  require  a  number 
of  QRT  responses  on  the  same  subject,  or  in  support  of  the  same  objective  over 
an  indefinite  or  extended  time  period.  Examples  are  "Support  to  ____________ 
Special  Project  Office"  or  "Committee     ^        Support."  A  single  JCN 
and  FTD  Form  14  are  issued  for  such  tasks  in  order  to  reduce  administrative 
burden.  Tasks' are  closed  out  in  the  normal  manner  (atch  T)  or  revalidated 
annually. 
f .  Directorate.  For  the  purpose  of  this  regulation  directorate  includes 
Staff  Office. 
3.  Policy:   -     "         *    ■" 
a.  Communications  from  external  sources  or  from  FTD  Conrcand  Section  which 
levy  QRTs  for  $&T  intelligence  and  related  support  requirements  on  FTD  are 
processed  through  XOFP  {excludes  internally  generated  subtasking). 
b.  FTD  elements  receiving  QRT  communications  from  sources  other  than  XOFP 
will  forward  them  through  the  Directorate  programming  offices  to  XOFP. 
c.  XOFP  and  directorates  will  interface  at  the  directorate  level  to 
maximum  extent  practicable. 
d.  Personnel  below  directorate  level  who  require  information  or  guidance 
on  QRT  administration  should  first  attempt  to  obtain  assistance  within  their 
directorate.  XOFP  will  assist  with  problems  that  cannot  be  solved  within 
individual  directorates.
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e.  Task  rejections  and  extended  deferrals  will  be  coordinated  through  the 
applicable  directorate  to  Directorate  of  Plans  and  Operations  (X0)  for 
determination  of  XO  or  Command  Section  signature.  All  general  officer 
associated  requests  will  automatically  be  forwarded  to  the  Command  Section  for 
signout. 
f.  Task  communications  intended  to  be  referred  to  another  prime  producer 
of  S&T  intelligence  for  action  will  be  coordinated  through  directorate  level  to 
XO  for  signature.    .  >... 
4.  Responsibilities: 
a.  XOFP  will: 
(1)  Develop,  coordinate,  and  implement  guidance  for  administration  of 
QRT  activities  and  assist  directorates  with  problems. 
(2)  Prepare  and  process  task  rejection  and  referral  communications  on 
QRT's  for  which  there  is  no  similar  activity  or  related  function  in  FTD. 
(3)  Promptly  process  QRT  tasking  communications  and  documentation 
(FTD  Form  14)  with  particular  emphasis  on  urgent  and  high  priority  tasks.  XOFP 
will  make  incoming  tasks  available  to  directorates  the  same  day  they  are 
received  in  XOFP  if  practicable. 
(4)  Interface  with  directorates  when  the  OPR  for  a  task  is  not 
clearly  evident  from  the  content  of  the  tasking  communication. 
(5)  Maintain  the  FTD  Central  Records  File  of  QRTs. 
(6)  Inform  XO  or  Command  Section  of  unique  QRTs  based  on  the  level  of 
tasking,  urgency,  or  size  of  workload  involved. 
(7)  Assure  maintenance  and  accuracy  of  the  production  related 
management  information  data  base  for  QRTs. 
(8)  Conduct  management  information  studies  related  to  QRTs. 
(9)  Maintain  management  information  summaries  and  production 
management  indicators  to  provide  ready  reference  information  for  XO  and  the 
Command  Section. 
b.  Operations  Office  (X00)  will  notify  XOFP  of  incoming  tasking  messages 
having  precedence  of  a  "priority"  or  higher  precedence  and  all  requiring 
suspense  response. 
c.  Directorates  will:
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(1)  Evaluate  each  QRT  and  take  appropriate  action  based  on  the 
relative  suspense,  workload,  and  priority  of  each  QRT  versus  other  QRTs  and 
scheduled  production. 
(2)  Interface  with  requestors  and  task  OPR.  Interface  includes 
negotiations  regarding  task  scope,  detail,  and  suspense  dates,  as  well  as, 
preparation  and  processing  of  correspondence  for  task  rejection  or  referral  to 
another  producer. 
(3)  Advise  QRT  requestors  of  expected  response  date -or  changes. 
Formal  communications  reauired  for  responses  to  requestors  are  identified  in 
AFR  10-1/FTD  Sup  1  and  AF:SCR  80-11. 
(4)  Mutually  support  other  directorates  in  accomplishing  QRTs. 
(5)  Resolve  by  intra-  or  inter-directorate  action  any  Issues 
regarding  the  appropriate  assignment  of "OPR  for  a  given  QRT.  Inform  XOFP  of 
action-office  changes. 
(6)  Ensure  quality  review  of  QRT  responses. T~'N>V  . ...  ~r~  ~  ~~ 
Other  QRT  responses  are  reviewed  by  Chief  Scientist  (CtN)~  bn'request'ahd'at  "the 
discretion  of  the  responding  directorate.- 
(7)  Ensure  appropriate  dissemination,  both  internal  and  external  to 
FTD,  of  the  response  to  a  QRT  which  results  in  a  significant  change  to 
currently  published  intelligence  or  the  generation  of  significant  new  finding. 
This  disseminatirr;  may  be  accomplished  by  distributing  the  responses  to 
selected  information  addressees,  inclusion  in  the  FTD  Weekly  .Aerospace  Sy5te?s 
-Rer.nn  (wpajr  iy  Wire};  publication 'as"  a  Technical  Brief  in  the  Air  Force  Foreign 
.Technology  Bulletin  or  in  other  appropriate  intelligence  media. 
(8)  Provide  appropriate  support,  consistent  with  directorate 
functions,  for  the  accomplishment  and  administration  of  QRTs. 
•         * 
5.  Procedures: 
a.  All  FTD  elements  will  process  QRT  (and  all  other  unscheduled  tasking) 
FTD  Form  14  as  shown  in  attachment  1. 
b.  XOFP  will: 
(1)  Prepare  FTD  Form  14  with  a  JCN  for  each  incoming  QRT. 
(2)  Forward  FTD  Form  14  and  reproducible  copy  of  incoming  QRT 
communication  to  appropriate  directorate  for  action.
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(3)  Establish  scheduled  and  unscheduled  production  tasking  in 
coordination  with  the  appropriate  directorate,  when  an  incoming  communication 
indicates  an  estimated  expenditures  in  excess  of  500  work  hours  within  any 
fiscal  year.  Examples  of  such  tasks  are  committee  memberships  or  long  term 
analytical  support  on  a  special  project. 
(4)  Identify,  consistent  with  the  FTD  LPC  listing  and  definitions, 
certain  incoming  communications  with  an  LPC  number  in  lieu  of  issuing  a  JCN  and 
FTD  Form  14.  In  such  cases,  the  action  directorate  will  be  advised  in  _„.r-r 
(5)  Issue  only  one  JCN  for  each  QRT  request  even  though  the  QRT  falls 
within  the  purview  of  more  than  one  division  or  directorate. 
(6)  Process  DD  Form  1497,  Intelligence  Production  Requirements,  as 
QRTs  when  such  requirements  are  received  for  validation. 
"  (7)  Task  the  appropriate  directorate  for  action  when  an  incoming 
communication  designates  FTD  as  an  information  addressee  but  the  communication 
text  specifically  requests  FTD  action;  otherwise,  the  communication  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  appropriate  directorate  for  determination  regarding  production 
feasibility. 
.   __     ..  .  -  — •  _^_  '  • 
(8)  Forward  to  "the  T^-V'jjV*  'v'^--  '.-■':      veproducible  copy  of  FTP 
Form  14' s  prepared  for  QRTs  received (    v  .'..jV.v.!v-  "  •   ••— -.  •  .  :    ~~ ~~~~~ '... 
A  copy  of  the  associated  communicatioTTwi 1 1  also  be  provided. 
c.  Directorates  wil]:__   
(1)  Process  through  XOFP  and  X0  communication  relating  to  a  task 
rejection,  extended  deferral,  or  referral  to  another  producer  for  action.  -If 
X0  determines  that  the  communication  does  not  require  Command  Section  signature 
the  communication  will  be  signed  out  by  XO. 
(2)  Advise  QRT  requestors  of  expected  response  date  or  of  any 
changes.  Formal  communications  required  for  requestors  are  identified  in  AFR 
10-1/FTD  Sup  1  and  AFSCR  80-11.  Provide !'.^p^,;.:  •  ;:.^^^:..^.copy  of 
any  formal  communications  which  are.forwar7fed:;£3fi-      v     
(3)  Provide  a  copy  of  the  validation  recommendation  to  XOFP  when  the 
FTD  response  to  an  Intelligence  Production  Requirement  recommends  validation. 
(4)  Determine  response  requirements  for  tasking  communications  on 
which  FTD  is  an  information  addressee  (see  paragraph  5b[7]). 
(5)  Advise  XOFP  of:
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(a)  Significant  action  requests  received  in  connection  with  a 
long-term  task.  This  is  necessary  to  ensure  that  the  Commander  and  Staff  are 
informed  of  the  request  at  the  Weekly  Staff  Meeting.  An  example  of  a 
long  term  QRT  would  be  the  requirement  for 
brief  ing '.- 
significant  action  request  against_a  lo 
-?-;F'":-iv.-. 
(b)  Requests  received  via  telecom,  which  are  satisfied  with  work 
hour  expenditures  of  less  than  4  hours,  when  the  circumstances  or  subject 
matter  are  noteworthy  or  when  the  request  is  generated  by  a  senior  official. 
(6)  Issue  subtasking  as  necessary  and  provide  an  integrated  FTD  reply 
to  requestor  of  QRT  for  tasks  that  cross  division  or  directorate  lines. 
EARL  A.  PONTIUS,  Colonel,  USAF 
Commander 
CAROLYN  0.  DICKER,  Major,  USAF 
Chief,  Administration  Division 
SUMMARY  OF  CHANGES  • 
1  Atch 
Processing  FTD  Form  14. for  QRTs 
Revision  deletes  obsolete  forms  and  specifics  processing/file  procedures  for 
the  FTD  Form  14.     Changes  definition  of  terms  for  JCN  and  LPC  and  handling 
Drocedures"fp^--rr--'.-v:  ^freauests.
FTDR  200-19    Attachment  1     26  July  1984  *  7 
PROCESSING  FTP  FORM  14  FOR  QRTS 
An  original  and  five  copies  of  FTD  Form  14  are  prepared  for  issuance  of  each  QRT  and  is 
processed  as  follows: 
CgPY  NUMBERS 
FROM 
TO 
PROCESSING  TIME 
PURPOSE 
Retain  in  XOFP  suspense 
files  for  reference 
(AFM  12-50,  T10-2,  R5, 
6,  7). 
Accept,  reject,  or  refer 
to  another  producer. 
Perform  accepted  tasks. 
Used  bv  and  remain 
within  task  offices. 
Keypunch. 
Audit  punch  cards  versus 
copy  5  data.  Send  cards 
to  NI  for  data  base 
input.  Copy  5  to 
transitory  file  (AFM 
12-50,  T10-1,  R4)." 
Furnish  data  on  accept- 
ance, rejection,  re- 
ferral, OPR,  suspense 
data. 
Keypunch. 
Audit  punched  cards 
versus  copy  3  data. 
Send  punched  cards  to 
NI  for  entry  of  data 
into  data  base. 
Temporarily  retain 
copy  3  in  suspense  file. 
Provides  completion  data 
for  task  close  out. 
Keypunch. 
Audit  punched  cards 
versus  copy  2  completion 
data.  Send  cards  to  NI 
for  entry  of  data  into 
data  base.  Destroy 
copy  5.  File  copies 
2  and  3  for  record  and 
reference  (AFM  12-50, 
T200-4,  R15). 
1.  2,  3,  4 
1,  4 
5+ 
PUNCHED  CARDS 
3+ 
PUNCHED  CARDS 
2+ 
PUNCHED  CARDS 
XOFP 
Directorate 
and  Staff 
Office 
XOFP 
NI 
Directorate 
and  Staff 
Office 
XOFP 
NI 
NI 
XOFP 
XOFP 
NI 
XOFP 
Directorate 
and  Staff 
Office. 
XOFP 
NI 
XOFP 
NI 
XOFP 
Date  of-  Issue 
Thursday 
Friday 
24  Hours 
(AFR  10-1/FTD 
Sup  1)  48  hours 
all  others 
Thursday 
Friday 
2  workdays  after 
day  of  completion 
Thursday 
Friday