From: Lt Col M A Cubbin MA AAC

SO1 Policy
Policy and Capability
Targeting and Information Operations
Room 056
Old War Office Building
Whitehall
London SW1A 2 EU

Telephone: 020 7218 0169

Fax: 020 7218 2403

14 May 2010

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION – DIRECTORATE OF TARGETING AND

INFORMATION OPERATIONS 23-04-2010-112800-003

Your correspondence on 9 Feb 2010 has been considered to be a request for information
in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This request was passed to me
on 23 April 2010 and I understand that you have already received a response from
Caroline Thompson on 22 April 2010 apologising for the delay to addressing your request
due to staffing problems within the department that receives Freedom of Information
requests.

You requested the following information:

“Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please provide me with the following
information about the Directorate of Targetting and Information Operations (or
simply "Targetting and Information Operations"):

- A diagram or description of the organisational structure and it's place in the

wider MOD command structure

- Information on the number, and job descriptions of, people who work in the
DTIO

- Any annual reports (or other publications since 2005) detailing the work of the
DTIO

If this request exceeds the cost limit please work through the requests in the order
presented above untill the limit is reached.”

The Directorate of Targeting and Information Operations is now known as Targeting and
Information Operations.

The branch is a sub-division of the Security Policy and Operations (Sec Pol and Ops) part
of the MoD. The following 3 diagrams explain TIO’s organisation, where it sits within Sec
Pol and Ops and where Sec Pol and Ops sits within the wider MoD command structure:

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TIO is commanded by an Air Commodore and has a total of 24 military and 10 civil servant
staff, of whom three are administrative staff who provide clerical and administrative
support to TIO.

Targeting Branch. The Targeting branch is responsible for policy advice on conventional
and strategic targeting, Rules of Engagement (ROE) and Collateral Damage Estimation
(CDE). The Branch produces Targeting Directives, staffs ROE profiles in support of
operations and is also responsible for co-ordinating the MOD Targeting Board. The
standard job description for the staff in this branch is:

Provide targeting advice and staff support to senior MOD staff and Ministers and to
be responsible for the policy, planning and implementation of the MOD’s joint kinetic
targeting and Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) process.

Info Ops Branch. The Information Operations (IO) branch is the MOD lead for the
development of pan-governmental Information Strategies and provides policy advice and
IO input to the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Directives to the Permanent Joint
Headquarters. It also conducts strategic information operations and provides IO
consultancy support to operational theatres. The staff have specific operational or regional
responsibilities and the standard job description for the staff in this branch is:

Provide strategic direction for Information Operations (defined as all influence

activity, including PsyOps) for Operations and other military activity in or associated
with specific theatre of operations.

Policy and Capability. The Policy and Capability branch coordinates all aspects of
concepts and policy for the Division. As lead user, it is responsible for coordinating
capability development and training for Targeting and Information Operations. The
standard job descriptions for staff in this branch are defined by the role of the member of
staff (ie policy, capability development or training):

Policy - Directorate lead for staffing and implementing Info Ops and Influence Activity
concepts, policy and doctrine.

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 Capability Development - Staff Info Ops “concepts to capabilities”, leading on applied
concepts & doctrine, capability development as ‘Lead User’.

Training - Development and delivery of Info Ops training.

There are no annual reports which detail the work of DTIO/TIO.

If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the
handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal
resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an
independent internal review by contacting the Head of Corporate Information, 6th Floor,
MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail CIO-FOI-IR@mod.uk). Please note that
any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on
which the attempt to reach informal resolution has come to an end.

If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the
Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of
Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your
case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role
and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's
website, http://www.ico.gov.uk.