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. Cthers 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. DCI 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/INYK, 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. ¢. 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,.
- 4d. Provides program and budget guidance from the PRG and program managers to PEMs and the commands, 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 absence 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.