1. the Data
Bureau has the
cycle of attract
data from all
pertinent areas of all possible types,
file it, assemble it, condense it, display it. If you represented it as a
receiver of
different types of reports from many remote observers, which the Data
Bureau then
got into orderly
condition and then condensed them to meaning and displayed them for
use by others you would have the
operation of the Data
Bureau and its
CIC.
Stats provide the clue to meaningful
data. Very down and very up
statistics alike
cause the reports of those
particular areas in that
particular time to be related to those
stats and displayed. This flashes all the very
successful and the very
dangerous areas to display
attention and provides the
extreme conditions packs
vital to understand the why or to permit it to be investigated further.
(CBO 7) 2. it has
collection, condensation,
evaluation and
distribution (of
data) as its four actions.
(FBDL 12) 3. FOLO Data
Bureau collects
standard reports due from
orgs, nudges for
standard reports due from
orgs,
logs data on
standard data checklists, debriefs and gets
area observations, keeps a
copy of
stats, graphs it for
Flag Programs Chief, and forwards all
data and reports via External
Comm to
Flag.
(CBO 192) 4. Data
Bureau contains a
Data Receipt Branch,
Data Assembly Branch,
Data Condensation
Branch, and
Data Library
Branch.
(CBO 16R) 5. the
Admin Unit and
CIC are now the Data
Bureau.
(OODs 15 Aug 70)