CDASA 1: Analytic Communication

CDASA 1: Analytic Communication What is Analytic Communication - ✔✔approved method to explain what we know to customer; standards for information quality control; specific language used to convey key details Deputy DN ...

CDASA 1: Analytic Communication What is Analytic Communication - ✔✔approved method to explain what we know to customer; standards for information quality control; specific language used to convey key details Deputy DNI for Intelligence Integration - ✔✔responsible for analytic communication across the IC Purpose of ICD 203--Analytic Standards - ✔✔Analytic standards govern production and evaluation of products; articulates analyst responsibility to strive for excellence, integrity; delineates the role of ODNI analytic ombuds Policy of ICD 203--Analytic Standards - ✔✔Analytic standards serve as core principles of intelligence analysis; foundational assessment criteria; common foundation for developing education/training; common ethic for achieving analytic rigor; protection of privacy/civil liberties; guides for analysis & production What are the analytic Standards - ✔✔Objective Independent of Political Consideration Timely Based on all available sources of intelligence Implements/exhibits analytic tradecraft standards What are the analytic tradecraft standards - ✔✔Sourcing Uncertainty Distinctions Alternatives Relevance Argumentation Analytic Line Accuracy Visuals Analytic Tradecraft Standard--Sourcing - ✔✔accurately identify/represent reporting & methodologies; describe quality/credibility of underlying sources/data/methodology Analytic Tradecraft Standard--Uncertainty - ✔✔indicates level of uncertainty on major analytic judgments Analytic Tradecraft Standard--Distinctions - ✔✔distinguish between statements that convey information, assumptions, and judgments; Analytic Tradecraft Standard--Alternatives - ✔✔incorporates analysis of alternatives; present alternatives that address uncertainty, complexity, or low probability/high impact situations Analytic Tradecraft Standard--Relevance - ✔✔demonstrate customer relevance and address implications; provide information beyond what is generally known; convey trends or prospects; warn of threats Analytic Tradecraft Standard--Argumentation - ✔✔uses clear and logical argumentation; present prominent and clear analytic message; present clear reasoning with no flaws in logic; use clear language Analytic Tradecraft Standard--Analytic Line - ✔✔explains change to or consistency of analytic judgment; explain how new information or reasoning supports change/maintain the analytic line Analytic Tradecraft Standard--Accuracy - ✔✔makes accurate judgements/assessments; express absolute probabilities in assessment not just relative ones; assess events, actions, policies/behaviors, not mental states or beliefs Analytic Tradecraft Standard--Visuals - ✔✔incorporates effective visual information where appropriate; visuals to clarify, complement argument Deputy DNI for Intelligence Integration (DDNI/II) - ✔✔confirms/directs application of analytic standards; conducts IC-wide program of periodic review of products; oversees analytic product evaluation programs in IC elements Chief, Analytic Standards & Integrity Group - ✔✔ODNI Analytic Ombuds; serve in the office of DNI/II; performs actions confidentially IC Elements - ✔✔ensure all products produced by their analysts apply IC analytic standards; conduct internal program of review; ensure standards are addressed in training/education ICD 206 Sourcing Requirements for Disseminated Analytic Products - ✔✔Establishes the requirements for sourcing information in disseminated products; sourcing requirements included in covered products to enhance credibility; every product will have sourcing information Types of Sourcing Standards - ✔✔Source Characterization Source Summary Statements Source Reference Citations (end notes) Sourcing Standards--Source Characterization Overview - ✔✔provides insight into the quality/credibility of source; who said or did something, what was said or done, how we know, when it was said or done, where it happened Sourcing Standards--Source Characterization Elements - ✔✔Source types Access Reliability Credibility/Quality Context Sourcing Standards--Source Summary Statement Overview - ✔✔provides analysis of strengths/weaknesses of evidence and explains confidence level; holistic consideration of the body of information; identifies gaps and assumptions; provide additional detail on individual sources that are critical to our assessment Sourcing Standards--Source Summary Statement Elements - ✔✔Explain source strength/weakness Discuss assumptions/inferences that are linchpins Discuss gaps in information base Discuss contradictory reporting Sourcing Standards--Source Reference Citations Endnotes - ✔✔capture basic source data to aid discoverability ICD 710 Classification Management and Control Marking System - ✔✔Governs implementation and oversight of the classification management and control system; provides framework for accessing, classifying, disseminating, and declassifying intelligence; primary means to protect source/methods/activities National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) - ✔✔maintain and oversee a process by which IC elements can request modification to marking system; ensure accuracy, currency, and accessibility of CAPCO register and manual ICD 208--Writing for Maximum Utility - ✔✔provides construct to help resolve issues that arise when attempting to share intelligence more broadly while protecting sensitive intelligence sources/methods; provide right information to right people and right time Principles of Writing for Maximum Utility - ✔✔Know your customer Write for tailored reuse Products must be discoverable Tradecraft is essential Timely electronic dissemination is the goal Train to think of customers inclusively