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PROJECT REVIEW BOARD
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17 January
1991
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the Technology Assessment and Support Office,
Directorate
for
Scientific and Technical
Intelligence,
Defense
Intelligence
Agency.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.
PURPOSE
II.
DISCUSSION
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PROJECT REVIEW BOARD
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PURPOSE:
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The purpose of this report
is
to document establishment
of the Project Review Board
(PRB)
and to identify its basic role.
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DISCUSSION:
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A Project Review Board
(PRB)
has been established
in
DIA to review and evaluate the overall
results and procedures
used by DT
in developing and evaluating data obtained via the
DT-S methodology.
The PRB members selected represent
a diversity
of backgrounds,
and were drawn from various DIA elements.
They
are senior-level
people who were judged to be open to new ideas
and who could be relied upon
to function
in an unbiased manner,
neither pro or
con.
PRB members are as follows:
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This board
is chaired by Mr Berbrich,
DIA/DT.
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The first PRB meetin^ja^ie^^i^^January
1991,
and
members
(DT—S)
attended as observers and recorders.
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At this first meeting,
Mr Berbrich provided a
background briefing on this project that covered:
(1)
key
program historical
events;
(2)
the recent operational
test phase
and MIB review;
(3)
and recent Congressional
interest and
resulting funds provided to DIA for pursuing this
area.
This was
essentially the same briefing that was provided to Congressional
committee members on
8 October and on
20 November
1990.
(S/NF)
During this briefing,
particular attention was given
to the recent Congressional
action.
It included an overview of
the external
research objectives and the anticipated role
of DT-S
in support of the basic and applied research activities.
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addition,
Mr Berbrich provided considerable detail
on DIA/DT's
plans and procedures for developing,
evaluating and assessing any
data that might be generated by the DT—S unit.
Figure
is
a
flow diagram that illustrates this process.
The PRB agreed that
this was
a reasonable approach and that they were
in support of
the various steps,
including their own review role
as shown.
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At the conclusion of the briefing,
all
members were
queried regarding their future involvement.
All members agreed
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to accept the PRB responsibility,
none had any
the subject area,
and all
seemed to be willing
PRB duties from a neutral
perspective.
difficulties with
to perform their
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the PRB agreed to meet about every
2 months.
Records
will
be kept of future meetings and entered into the DT-S project
files.
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