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(U//FOUO) Inviting Analysts at CIA and DIA to Collaborate With Their
NSA Peers
FROM:
A&P Information Sharing Policy & Plans (S203B2)
Run Date: 08/03/2006
(U//FOUO) Have you ever wondered what all-source analysts do with our SIGINT? Have you
often wished that you had access to non-SIGINT insights on a particular target? Well, now you
don't have to wonder anymore. While NSA analysts across the extended enterprise have been
sharing their expertise and knowledge for years, now we are encouraging our Intelligence
Community analytic counterparts to do the same. In fact Analysis & Production (S2) has made
"Achieve a Collaborative Analytic Community" a strategic goal for 2007-2010 .
(U//FOUO) One of the most important aspects of achieving this goal is to know with whom to
collaborate on what. In order to do that, A&P is regularly briefing CIA and DIA analysts on
the A&P missions and on our initiatives to perform collaborative analysis. Relatively new CIA and
DIA analysts are introduced to A&P missions and challenged to:
build analytic relationships with A&P analysts,
identify good/bad business practices that help/hinder those relationships; and
share their host agency's data and knowledge prior to the publication of all-source
reports.
(C) On June 27th, a small group of CIA/ Directorate of Intelligence analysts visited SID as part of
a new CIA course focusing on NSA. After being introduced to SID, they were briefed on A&P and
then met individually with analytic counterparts in specific mission areas. On June 28th, the CIA
Customer Account Manager hosted another similar visit for Open Source Center (previously
know as FBIS) analysts. And most recently, on July 13th, a class of approximately 25 DIA new
hires, including analysts and linguists visited Ft. Meade for an orientation to NSA, including
SID/A&P. All three groups responded enthusiastically to the idea that they perform
some level of collaborative analysis with NSA. Some analysts have already scheduled a
return visit to A&P for further analytic discussions.
(U) The exchanges described above were part of ongoing outreach and collaboration initiatives.
They provide key opportunities to build and/or extend networks that lead to a stronger analytic
community, not to mention more actionable SIGINT! For more information see " go infoshare "
or contact
), and look for your opportunity to engage!
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108