NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (NCS) SUMMARY PLAN

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1972
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (NCS)
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NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
OFFICE OF THE MANAGER
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20305
Director of Communications
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
2 7 JUN 1972
I am distributing the enclosed preliminary NCS System
Description to members of the CGCPP Support Group for
their information. This document represents a compilation
of descriptions of NCS assets as provided some time ago
by the NCS Operating Agencies and has not been formally
coordinated with those agencies as yet. Consequently,
the information contained therein may be subject to some
modification during the staffing process. Resource
information associated with the described assets may be
found in the NCS Annual Plan (FY 72-76) which was forwarded
to OTP by the Executive Agent, NCS, on 26 July 1971.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (PREFACE) 1
1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................... 3
1.1 Purpose of the Plan ..............................3
1.2 Structure of the Plan ............................3
2.0 MISSION ........................... 3
3.0 GOALS .................................................4
3.1 General ...................................... 4
3.2 Emergency Preparedness of the NCS ................4
3.3 Effective Use of Limited Resources ............... 7
3.4 Improvement of Operational Compatibility.........9
3.5 Application of Technological Advances ........... 11
4.0 ORGANIZATION, PROCEDURES AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS...12
4.1 General .........................................12
4.2 NCS Telecommunications Management in
Emergencies .....................................12
4.3 Weather Communications Planning .................13
4.4 The Federal Telecommunications Standards
Program .........................................13
4.5 The NCS Research and Development Program ......... 14
4.6 Focal Point for Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)
Information .................... .................15
4.7 NCS Long Range Planning .........................15
4.8 Overall Review of Management and Organizational
Arrangements .....................................15
A Continuity of Government (COG) Communications
Study............. .............................B Improvement of Gateway Survivability ............ 18
C Improvement of NCS Restoration Priority System..19
D Plan for NCS Operational Management under
OEP Federal Emergency Plan D ....................25
E Plan for Communications Support in Natural
Disasters ...... .27
F Study on AUTOVON/FTS Interconnect ...............30
G Policy on Mutuality of Service ..................32
H NCS Annual Planning Review ......................34
I Coordination of Secure Voice Planning...........36
J Study on Multiplex Leased Lines .................38
K Study on Shared AUTOVON/FTS Use of ESS Switches.40
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ANNEX I (CONT)
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L Participation in Non-Government Standards
Bodies and the Federal Information Processing
Standards (FIPS) Program.... ................. ... 41
M Development and Coordination of Federal
Telecommunications Standards ....................43
N Development of Standards for Data Elements
and Codes ...................................'....44
ANNEX II
Authority for NCS Operational Management Role
in Emergencies ..... ............................45
Review of Current NEAG/NCS OC Arrangements ....... 47
Coordination of Weather Communications Planning
and Implementation... ...........................49
Area Assignment for Federal Telecommunications
Standards Program ...............................51
Development of Organizational Arrangements and
Procedures for the Management of the Federal
Telecommunications Standards Program ............ 52
F NCS Research and Development Program ........ .... 54
G Development of Concept and Procedures for Long
Range Planning in the NCS .......................56
H Federal Government Focal Point for Electro-
magnetic Pulse Information........ ....... 000*09*.58
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