text: Chapter 4
  4-14. To correlate reports, the staff tracks the collection task, where it originates, what the requirement is
  and ensures those who need the collected information receive it. For efficiency and timeliness, the staff
  links production tasks to requirements. The staff determines which requirements have been satisfied and
  which require additional collection.
  4-15. The staff addresses the following potential challenges:
  * Large volumes of information that could inundate the intelligence analysis section. The
  intelligence staff may have trouble finding the time to correlate each report to a requirement.
  * Reports that partially satisfy a number of collection tasks. Other reports may have nothing to do
  with the collection task.
  * Reported information that fails to refer to the original task that drove collection.
  * Circular reporting or unnecessary message traffic that wastes valuable time.
  SCREEN REPORTS
  4-16. The staff screens reports to determine whether the collection task has been satisfied. In addition, the
  staff screens each report for the following criteria:
  * Relevance. Does the information actually address the tasked collection task? If not, can the staff
  use this information to satisfy other requirements?
  * Completeness. Is essential information missing? (Refer to the original collection task.)
  * Timeliness. Was the asset reported by the LTIOV established in the original task?
  * Opportunities for cueing. Can this asset or another asset take advantage of new information to
  increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall information collection effort? If the report
  suggests an opportunity to cue other assets, intelligence and operations staffs immediately cue
  them and record any new requirements in the information collection plan.
  4-17. Information collection assets do not submit reports that state nothing significant to report. These
  reports may convey that collection occurred, but no activity satisfying the information collection task was
  observed, which may be an indicator. Indicating nothing significant to report is not a reliable indicator of
  the absence of activity.
  PROVIDE FEEDBACK
  4-18. The staff provides feedback to all collection assets on mission effectiveness and to analytic sections
  on production. The mission command element of that unit usually provides this feedback. Feedback
  reinforces whether collection or production satisfies the original task or request and provides guidance if it
  does not. Feedback is essential to maintain information collection effectiveness and alert leaders of
  deficiencies to correct.
  4-19. As the operation continues, the intelligence and operations staffs track the status of each collection
  task, analyze reporting, and satisfy requirements. They pay particular attention to assets not producing
  required results, which may trigger adjustments to the information collection plan. During execution, the
  staff assesses the value of the information from collection assets and develops and refines requirements to
  satisfy information gaps.
  4-20. When reporting satisfies a requirement, the staff relieves the collection assets of further responsibility
  to collect against information collection tasks related to the satisfied requirement. The operations officer, in
  coordination with the intelligence staff, provides additional tasks to satisfy emerging requirements. The
  operations staff notifies—
  * Collection assets and their leadership of partially satisfied requirements to continue collection
  against collection tasks that remain outstanding and what remains to be done.
  * Collection assets of new tasks designed to exploit cueing and other opportunities.
  4-21. By monitoring operations, correlating reports to requirements, screening reports, and providing
  feedback, the staff ensures the most effective employment of collection assets.