5.2: Analysts and Collectors
Strengthen the role of analysts and promote collaboration with collectors in the development of collection strategies—including
for open source information—and the acquisition of future collection capabilities.
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Analysts and collectors must interact more closely in determining collection shortfalls, identifying future needs, and developing
remedies to better guide collection and respond to intelligence gaps. This area is likely to require major resource investment,
and we therefore need to take a hard look at how best to manage our resources. This involves examining existing efforts that
use analysts to help in collection targeting and new initiatives designed to improve collection effectiveness through crossdiscipline
planning and development of innovative collection methodologies. Implementing Actions: • Develop a comprehensive and focused
opensource strategy to exploit this growing—and increasingly important—source of information and expertise. • Conduct a Community-wide
review of ongoing efforts to improve collaboration between analysts and collectors. Identify best practices and lessons learned.
Review possible new areas for analyst-collector interaction. • Establish aggressive program in which analysts serve rotational
tours in collection agencies and DCI centers specifically to work on collection targeting, strategy, and systems acquisition
issues. Look for innovative approaches—including short-term rotations of one-, two-, or three-months’ duration. The objective
is to complement collection training, enhance analyst-collector interaction, and provide real input on specific collection
problems where most needed. ADCI/AP will work with the ADCI/C and others to identify issues/areas where analytic resources
can be used most effectively. • Benchmark additional analytic resources necessary to support collection-related activity (ADCI/AP
action with input from NIPB agencies). Ensure that these activities are tied to any new national integrated intelligence requirements
process.
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