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PCIO Best Practice Survey

Thank you so much in participating in PCIO's latest survey. Your answers are extremely valuable to us in informing our future strategy and priorities.

If you would prefer to be interviewed, or feel you have more to contribute than this online survey allows, please contact victoria.smith@ceip.org to arrange an interview, which will be conducted online.

1. What is your name?
(You will have the opportunity at the end of the survey to choose whether to make your answers anonymous) *This question is required.

2. What is the name of your organization? *This question is required.

5. What is your geographic location? *This question is required.

6. What is the geographic focus of your work? (Please select all that apply) *This question is required.

7. Do you have access to written best practice guidance (either internal or external) for investigating influence operations? *This question is required.

8. Is this published and publicly available or for internal use only? *This question is required.

8. Please provide details or links to published guidance *This question is required.

8. Does your organization have plans to publish this best practice in the future? *This question is required.

8. To what degree would published best practice guidance on influence operations investigations help accomplish the following goals? *This question is required.

Space Cell	A great deal	Somewhat	Not much
Lower barriers to entry in underserved regions of the world	Lower barriers to entry in underserved regions of the world : A great deal	Lower barriers to entry in underserved regions of the world : Somewhat	Lower barriers to entry in underserved regions of the world : Not much
Lower barriers to entry in underserved investigative areas	Lower barriers to entry in underserved investigative areas : A great deal	Lower barriers to entry in underserved investigative areas : Somewhat	Lower barriers to entry in underserved investigative areas : Not much
Help early-stage investigators/organizations become more mature	Help early-stage investigators/organizations become more mature: A great deal	Help early-stage investigators/organizations become more mature: Somewhat	Help early-stage investigators/organizations become more mature: Not much
Help well-established investigators/organizations further refine their practices	Help well-established investigators/organizations further refine their practices: A great deal	Help well-established investigators/organizations further refine their practices: Somewhat	Help well-established investigators/organizations further refine their practices: Not much
Help prompt more dialogue within the investigative community about practices	Help prompt more dialogue within the investigative community about practices: A great deal	Help prompt more dialogue within the investigative community about practices: Somewhat	Help prompt more dialogue within the investigative community about practices: Not much
Help outside parties (e.g. journalists, funders, policymakers) assess the quality of investigative reports and efforts	Help outside parties (e.g. journalists, funders, policymakers) assess the quality of investigative reports and efforts: A great deal	Help outside parties (e.g. journalists, funders, policymakers) assess the quality of investigative reports and efforts: Somewhat	Help outside parties (e.g. journalists, funders, policymakers) assess the quality of investigative reports and efforts: Not much
Help donors make decisions where to strategically put funding	Help donors make decisions where to strategically put funding : A great deal	Help donors make decisions where to strategically put funding : Somewhat	Help donors make decisions where to strategically put funding : Not much

9. How would you describe your need for additional best practice guidance in the following areas of influence operations investigations? *This question is required.

Space Cell	Good practice already exists	Moderate need	Acute need
Developing a rigorous investigations methodology	Developing a rigorous investigations methodology: Good practice already exists	Developing a rigorous investigations methodology: Moderate need	Developing a rigorous investigations methodology: Acute need
Investigation Techniques	Investigation Techniques : Good practice already exists	Investigation Techniques : Moderate need	Investigation Techniques : Acute need
Analysis Techniques	Analysis Techniques: Good practice already exists	Analysis Techniques: Moderate need	Analysis Techniques: Acute need
Assessing potential partners for collaboration	Assessing potential partners for collaboration: Good practice already exists	Assessing potential partners for collaboration: Moderate need	Assessing potential partners for collaboration: Acute need
Improving the diversity of subject matter investigated	Improving the diversity of subject matter investigated: Good practice already exists	Improving the diversity of subject matter investigated: Moderate need	Improving the diversity of subject matter investigated: Acute need
Mentoring early-stage investigators	Mentoring early-stage investigators: Good practice already exists	Mentoring early-stage investigators: Moderate need	Mentoring early-stage investigators: Acute need
Approaches to attribution	Approaches to attribution: Good practice already exists	Approaches to attribution: Moderate need	Approaches to attribution: Acute need
Data Collection & Retention	Data Collection & Retention: Good practice already exists	Data Collection & Retention: Moderate need	Data Collection & Retention: Acute need
Privacy & Ethics	Privacy & Ethics: Good practice already exists	Privacy & Ethics: Moderate need	Privacy & Ethics: Acute need

10. What one aspect of influence operations investigations would you most like to see best practice guidance made publicly available on? *This question is required.

11. How do you best ensure quality in your investigations of influence operations?
*This question is required.

Internal peer review
External peer review
Tried and tested methodology
Other, please specify Please enter an 'other' value for this selection. * This question is required.

12. How do you think existing best practices could be better publicised and shared? *This question is required.

13. Are you willing for your answers to be *This question is required.