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CIA-RDP96-00789R002100350009-2
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Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002100350009-2 COMMENTS SUN STREAK STATUS REVIEW 6 AUGUST 1986 A. POSITIVES : · MORALE, INTEREST HIGH - · NEW STAFF MEMBERS · INCREASING AWARENESS OF SIT CONCERNS O BALANCE OF RV , OTHER ACTIVITIES (OPERATIONS QUALIFIER) O MIX OF TRAINING, 'UTILITY ASSESSMENT, OPERATIONAL TASKS MY. 0 EXPANSION OF RV APPROACH TO MATCH PERSONAL STYLE . PROJECT RECORDS IMPROVING ( but Need much more was ! ) 13. CONCERNS: INSUFFICIENT QUANTATIVE RESULTS PRESENTED DEFINITION OF UNIT READINESS SG1J DUAL ROLE STAFF LACKS SIT BACKGROUND UTILITY ASSESSMENT NEEDS MORE ATTENTION CONTROL OF VISITORS (?). - STAFF CONTINUNITY (7. DEC 87) 0 AMOUNT OF BACKGROUND DATA PROVIDED FOR OPERATIONAL TASKS O V- ANALYST POSITION ALSO AS RU'OR. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002100350009-2
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002100350009-2 COMMENTS CTD. 2. . C. NEED ADDITIONAL WORK IN: O DOCUMENTATION: . OPS READINESS ( LIM. READINESS) CRITERIA . 0 (ESTIMATE) RELIABILITY AS AM. OF TYPE OF CPS. PROJECT . - FOR CURRENT STAFF - POTENTIAL O ALL HUMAN USE ISSUES / PROCEDURES 0 ALL RV PROCEDURES (OPS MANUAL, etc ) · ALL OPERATIONAL TASK PROCEDURES (CONSTERN, QRT), STRATEGIES. 0 DETAILED PROJECT RECORDS 0 SAP PROCEDURE UPDATE a SURVEY ALL RID., LINK TO OPS HISTORICAL MISC ( PERSONNEL CONSID; .... , OTHER, ) 0 UPDATE RID ISSUES (FOR RID CONSIDERATION) · RELIABILITY ISSUES (HOMPAST , CURRENT DATA ; HOW TO ENHANCE) - O VARIOUS PERSONNEL ISSUES - Contingency PLANS - FOLLOW-UP. - INITHING RECURSOS . QUANTIFICATION OF RESULTS, 0 CAMAP LETTE EVAL PROCEDURES · EXPAND UTILITY ASSESSMENT/ OPS QUAL TASKS - ADD KNOWN US TARGETS ( BEACON, ABSTRACT) DIN TRAVELERS , - DO LOCAL, LONG DISTANCE (WITH SEI STAFF) - WIDE VARIETY · OPERATIONAL TASKS - WHO CAN INITIATE PROCES FOR REVIEW, APPROVE, PRIORITIZE - ICTASK GROUP / REP'S . 0 CLARIFY : Approved For Release 2000108708 CIA KDP96-00789R002100350009-2 - HOW TO DIVOLOP QUESTIONS 8-8-86
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002100350009-2 RECOMMENDATION 3-4 DAYS/WEEK AT FT. MEADE (AT Least thin Der 86). ACCELERATE ACTIONS FOR TRANSITION TO VO - HELP COMPLETE ALL MAJOR DOCUMENTATION - DOCUMENT ALL HUMAN USE ISSUES/ CONSIDERATIONS. - THOROUGH REVIEW OF OLD DATA BASE (SUMMI RESCU - . APPRAISE WHERE UNIT IS & IS EXPECTED TO BE - DETAILED REVIEW OF SESSION PROCEDURES - - ASSESS OPERATIONAL QUALIFIERS (UNITY COMER. - CLEAR LINK TO N/D NEEDS, SUGGESTED PROJE - THEO / BASIC - APPLIED ERROR - APPRAISAL OF NOISE SOURCES - RECOMMENDATIONS. . COORDINATE REMAINING MAJOR ASPECTS OF OPS QUAL PKG. · BEACON (LOCAL, LONG DIST. ) - WITH SRI STAFF, DIA TRAVELERS, OTHERS - wxxwNG/Unw(3) - VARIETY MAT OVERLAY ABSTRACT ( LOCAL, LONG DeST ) - CLASS A, MOD B. COMPLETE ALL EVALUATION METHODS, PROCEDURES INCLUDE RECORDS FORMAT - WHO KNOWS WHAT & WHEN ABOVE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO. - MOVING INTO PK INVESTIGATIONS INSURE STRONG LINK TO DIA/DT IS INFACT MAINTAIN Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002100350009-2 - DIRECT EXPLORATION OF SRV (29; ProduCTIVE) - 8-1-86
Approved For Release 2000708/08/CIA-RDP96-00789R002100350009-2 < SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM SUBJECT: Criteria or Measures of Effectiveness to Assess the Value of the Program. 1. Historically, from 1978 to 1984 over 50 percent of the missions assigned to the US Army's Operational element were evaluated by the intelligence user as being of value. In the other less than 50 percent of the cases the user either did not provide feed back, the information was already known from other intelligence collection systems or the information could not be evaluated. (55-2) 2. The DIA Operational Group will begin a two year evaluation in January 1986. This evaluation is not to prove that the phenomenon exits but rather to determine in what areas and against what types of intelligence collection targets the technology can best be used. The evaluation will involve over 800 sessions targeted against approximately 36 different types of intelligence targets. The evaluation will provide verified statistical data on the effectiveness of the technology in collecting intelligence across a wide spectrum of intelligence requirements. 3. It is not the mission of DIA to address basic research issues involving the underlying mechanism of the phenomena. The three year DIA program known as GRILL FLAME established that the process was a real phenomena and it is now the mission of to evaluate the intelligence potential of this phenomena. 1 SG1A SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002100350009-2 SECRET
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