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Improving CIA Analytic Performance: Analysts and the Policymaking Process. The Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis Occasional Papers. Volume 1, Number 2.

PB2005109653

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Davis, J.
Page Count	14
Abstract	A host of reports have been written over the 50 years of CIA history evaluating analytic performance and recommending changes in priorities and tradecraft. These 'post-mortem reports' have been issued by Agency leaders and components as well as by Congressional committees and commissions and non-governmental organizations concerned about intelligence performance. Starting with the 1990s, post-mortem reports increased in number, generated both by charges of specific intelligence failures and by general recognition that the post-Cold War period presented new challenges to intelligence. The recent post-mortem reports have helped Directorate of Intelligence leaders to examine current doctrine and practice critically, and to address identified challenges in training programs.
Keywords	Intelligence agencies Recommendations Performance evaluations Decision making Federal government agencies Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis
Source Agency	Central Intelligence Agency
Corporate Authors	Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200526

Improving CIA Analytic Performance: Analysts and the Policymaking Process. The Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis Occasional Papers. Volume 1, Number 2.

Improving CIA Analytic Performance: Analysts and the Policymaking Process. The Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis Occasional Papers. Volume 1, Number 2.
PB2005109653

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Davis, J.
Page Count	14
Abstract	A host of reports have been written over the 50 years of CIA history evaluating analytic performance and recommending changes in priorities and tradecraft. These 'post-mortem reports' have been issued by Agency leaders and components as well as by Congressional committees and commissions and non-governmental organizations concerned about intelligence performance. Starting with the 1990s, post-mortem reports increased in number, generated both by charges of specific intelligence failures and by general recognition that the post-Cold War period presented new challenges to intelligence. The recent post-mortem reports have helped Directorate of Intelligence leaders to examine current doctrine and practice critically, and to address identified challenges in training programs.
Keywords	Intelligence agencies Recommendations Performance evaluations Decision making Federal government agencies Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis
Source Agency	Central Intelligence Agency
Corporate Authors	Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200526