AR 1-10 CIA CONTINUITY AND THE CRITICAL MISSION ASSURANCE PROGRAM

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• Publication Date: September 3, 2008

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Date: 09/03/2008
Category: 1- ORGANIZATION OPR: DDS
Title: AR 1-10 (U) CIA CONTINUITY AND THE CRITICAL MISSION
ASSURANCE PROGRAM
SUMMARY: 3 September 2008
AR 1-10 is added to the regulatory system. AR 1-10 identifies the Critical Mission
Assurance Program's (CMAP) role and introduces the Associate Deputy Director for
Central Intelligence Agency (ADDCIA) as the Continuity Coordinator for the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), as designated by the Director of the Central Intelligence
Agency (D/CIA), and as required by HSPD-20.
Because this regulation is new, boldfaced text to indicate changes has not been used.
This regulation was prepared by the Critical Mission Assurance Program (CMAP),
(secure).
10. (U) CIA CONTINUITY AND THE CRITICAL MISSION ASSURANCE PROGRAM
a. (Uft-A-14744) AUTHORITY.CIA continuity activities are in accordance with the National Security
Act of 1947, as amended; the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended; the USA
PATRIOT Act of 2001, as amended; Executive Orders (EO) 12472, 13231; Presidential Decision
Directives (PDD) 62, Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD) 5, 7 and 20; and
Agency Regulation AR 1-2i.
b. (U) MISSION. The CIA will develop, maintain, exercise, and periodically update comprehensive
plans, procedures, and capabilities to ensure the continuity of Agency Essential Functions and
Primary Mission Essential Functions and the preservation of the CIA's critical infrastructure.
CIA also will ensure that its continuity programs are integrated with and support the broader US
Government continuity efforts.
c. (Uh*Hi44) DEFINITIONS
(1) CATASTROPHIC EMERGENCY.Any incident, regardless of location, that results in
extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S.
population, infrastructure, and environment, economy, or government functions.
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(2) NATIONAL ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (NEF). That subset of government functions that are
necessary to lead and sustain the Nation during a catastrophic emergency and that, therefore,
must be supported through Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Continuity of Government
(COG) capabilities.
(3) PRIMARY MISSION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (PMEF). Those Government functions that
must be performed to support or implement the performance of NEFs before, during, and in the
aftermath of an emergency.
(4) ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS. Operations that must be sustained to ensure that core missions and
capabilities to include All Source Analysis, Clandestine Collection, Counterintelligence, and
Covert Action, continue during all emergencies.
(5) ENDURING CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT (ECG). A cooperative effort among the
executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Federal Government, coordinated by the
President, as a matter of comity with respect to the legislative and judicial branches and with
proper respect for the constitutional separation of powers among the branches, to preserve the
constitutional framework under which the Nation is governed and the capability of all three
branches of government to execute constitutional responsibilities and provide for orderly
succession, appropriate transition of leadership, and interoperability and support of the National
Essential Functions during a catastrophic emergency.
(6) CONTINUITY of GOVERNMENT (COG). A coordinated effort within the Federal
Government's executive branch to ensure that National Essential Functions continue to be
performed during a Catastrophic Emergency.
(7) CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS (COOP). An effort within individual executive
departments and agencies to ensure that Primary Mission Essential Functions continue to be
performed during a wide range of emergencies, including localized acts of nature, accidents, and
technological or attack-related emergencies.
(8) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (EM). The organization and management of resources and
responsibilities and the development of plans, procedures, and capabilities for dealing with all
emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.
(9) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION (CIP). The safeguarding of Critical
Infrastructure physical or virtual systems and assets, which are considered so vital to the United
States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national
security, national public health and/or the safety of the population.
(10) CRITICAL MISSIONS. CIA and Directorate-level activities, as defined by senior Agency
leadership, crucial to ensuring the national security of the United States and preserving American
life and ideals.
d. (U) RESPONSIBILITIES
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(1) (U) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA)
(U/ifkiu ) The Associate Deputy Director for the Central Intelligence Agency (ADDCIA)
serves as the Continuity Coordinator for the Central Intelligence Agency, as designated by the
DICTA, and as required by HSPD-20.
(2) (U) Critical Mission Assurance Program (CMAP)
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(3) (U4AM/t3) DIRECTORATES
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