T3 B14 Key Questions- Interview Policy Sub-group Fdr- 6-19-03 Outline 923
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REVISED 6/19(SHA)
Key Questions and Points for Interview Policy Sub-Group Uniform Policy on What We Will Tell Each of the Interviewees • • • •
• • • •
Need for common introductory script Talking Points for Prefatory Comments Checklist Introductions o Discuss clearances of all Commission Staffers present, including special compartments o Scope of the interview Recording What can and cannot be disclosed to the press by the interviewee (e.g. "I met with the Commission." Vs. "I discussed x, y, and z with the Commission.") Description of the Commission's mandate: In words of Tom Keane and Lee Hamilton Compiling a 3-ring binder with these policies for all interviewers.
Letters Requesting Interviews • • •
Description of scope of interview/topics of interest; Statement of possible follow-on interviews Specify which Team will be conducting?
Policy: Tips on Courtesies of an Interview • • • •
How long? Sticking to the time allotted Can the Commission schedule two people at once to testify on a certain issue? Advising of follow-on interviews
Questions that Interviewees may ask; Problems that Could Arise • • • • •
What will be "on the record"? What if the interviewee requests "going off the record? What should we answer? Need for policy statement How do we handle a refusal to answer a question? Can they bring a lawyer or assistant to take notes?
•
Can they review the transcript for accuracy at a later date?
Administrative • • • •
Where will the interviews take place? At Agencies? What about interviewees not currently in government? Secure sites available? Does this depend on their clearance level?
Staff Preparations for Interviews •
Cover areas of interest to other teams/coordinate questions with them
Record-Keeping • • • • •
Memorandum for each interview List of questions asked Recording and who will transcribe testimony Forms for memoranda What else?
Participation of Commission Members • • • •
For interviews of which officials will Commission Members wish to participate? Will Commissioners take the lead in questioning? What needs to be done to prepare the Commissioners? In setting up appointments, whose schedule has primacy?
Participation of PZ/CK/DM/SD •
For interviews of which officials will PZ, CK, DM, SD wish to participate?
Other •
Do we send a thank you letter from the Commission?
Key Questions and Points for Interview Policy Sub-Group Uniform Policy on What We Will Tell Each of the Interviewees • • • •
• • • •
Need for common introductory script Talking Points for Prefatory Comments Checklist Introductions o Discuss clearances of all Commission Staffers present, including special compartments o Scope of the interview Recording What can and cannot be disclosed to the press by the interviewee (e.g. "I met with the Commission." Vs. "I discussed x, y, and z with the Commission.") Description of the Commission's mandate: In words of Tom Keane and Lee Hamilton Compiling a 3-ring binder with these policies for all interviewers.
Letters Requesting Interviews • • •
Description of scope of interview/topics of interest; Statement of possible follow-on interviews Specify which Team will be conducting?
Policy: Tips on Courtesies of an Interview • • • •
How long? Sticking to the time allotted Can the Commission schedule two people at once to testify on a certain issue? Advising of follow-on interviews
Questions that Interviewees may ask; Problems that Could Arise • • • • •
What will be "on the record"? What if the interviewee requests "going off the record? What should we answer? Need for policy statement How do we handle a refusal to answer a question? Can they bring a lawyer or assistant to take notes?
•
Can they review the transcript for accuracy at a later date?
Administrative • • • •
Where will the interviews take place? At Agencies? What about interviewees not currently in government? Secure sites available? Does this depend on their clearance level?
Staff Preparations for Interviews •
Cover areas of interest to other teams/coordinate questions with them
Record-Keeping • • • • •
Memorandum for each interview List of questions asked Recording and who will transcribe testimony Forms for memoranda What else?
Participation of Commission Members • • • •
For interviews of which officials will Commission Members wish to participate? Will Commissioners take the lead in questioning? What needs to be done to prepare the Commissioners? In setting up appointments, whose schedule has primacy?
Participation of PZ/CK/DM/SD •
For interviews of which officials will PZ, CK, DM, SD wish to participate?
Other •
Do we send a thank you letter from the Commission?
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