COMMUNITY ON-LINE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM COINS OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES (FIRST DRAFT)

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 23, 2005
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: April 30, 1969
• Content Type: REGULATION

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COMMUNITY ON-LINE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM
OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES (FIRST DRAFT)
Number ?-1969 3Q April 1969
NEW COINS PARTICIPANTS
Authority ................................ I
Purpose .................................. II
Scope .................................... III
Background ............................... IV
Types of Participants .................... V
Procedure for Submitting a Request
to Participate in the'COINS Network.... VI
Criteria for Acceptance .................. VII
References: (a) DIA Letter, C-15, 117/MS-1, Subject:
Release of COINS Documentation and Files
to Unified and Specified Commands, dated
27 August 1968.
(b) NSA Memorandum, I I Sub-
ject: same as above, dated 16 December 1968.
I - Authority
1. USIB-D-39.1/9, "Community On-line Intelligence
System," 11 April 1968.
2. USIB-D-71.4/1, "Management of the COINS Experiment,"
3 June 1968, paragraph 4k, page 3.
3. COINS Master Plan Part I FY 1969 - 1970, dated
2 December 1968. Part III, Para 3h, page 21.
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II - Purpose
These operational instructions set forth procedures and
criteria for admitting new organizations into the COINS net-
work.
III - Scope
Instructions in this operating procedure apply only to
the admittance of new organizations into the COINS network.
This procedure does not preclude a participating organization
from connecting additional components to its computer system,
providing specified security requirements are satisfied.
IV - Background
1. On 27 August 1968, DIA requested authority to
(a) release COINS documentation to the'Unified and Specified
(U & S) Commands and (b) permit them to have on-line access
to the COINS network through the store-and-forward switch
at DIA. (See reference a). In addition this letter set
forth a tentative schedule for connecting the U & S Commands
to the DIA switch.
2. After consultation with the COINS sub-system
managers DIA was informed to proceed with their plans to
bring the U & S Commands into t:he DIA system on the, dates
indicated. Access to the full COINS network will be decided
on a case-by-case basis, after-a period of successful U & S
Command operation with the DIA system (See reference b).
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V - T pes of Participants
There are two types of participants in the COINS
Experiment, namely:
1. Contributors - A contributor is a participating
organization which has a computer system and who contributes
files which it makes available to the other participating
organizations. In the present COINS Experiment the con-
tributors; are DIA, Hq CIA, CIA/NPIC and NSA.
2? Subscribers - A subscriber is a participating
organization which accesses the network through a remote
terminal connected to a contributor's computer system. A
subscriber may or may not sponsor a file stored in the
contributor's system. In the present COINS Experiment the
subscribers are the Department of State and the National
Indications Center (NIC).
VI - Procedures for Submitting a Request to
Participate in the COINS Network
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a. Type of participant (i.e., subscriber or
contributor)
Each request must contain the following information:
a. Name and location of organization
b. Requirement for participation
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sd. Date requestor can connect into the COINS
network
e. Statement on the willingness to accept the
costs to connect into the network, as well
as agreement to adhere to current operating
procedures.
f. Statement c4rtifying that current security
procedures and constraints will be satisfied.
g. Files to be made available to COINS,by the
requesting organization.
2. Military services (except cryptologic agencies)
and the Unified and Specified Commands, must submit their
requests through DIA. The Cryptologic services must sub-
mit their requests through NSA.
3. Upon receipt of a request the COINS Project
Manager will submit copies of the request to all sub-
system managers for consideration. Sub-system managers
will respond within 30 days, indicating whether or not
their organizations concur or non-concur in the request.
Non-concurrence must be accompanied by a statement of the
reasons for non-concurrence.
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%, VII - Criteria for Acceptance
Acceptance! will depend in part on the following
criteria:
1. The requesting organization must be a
member of the intelligence community.
2. The requesting organization must have a
requirement,;to have access to shared data
bases in the COINS Experiment.
3. The requesting organization must be willing
to pay the costs to connect into the network
and adapt to existing COINS operating pro-
cedures and conventions.
4. The requesting organization must adhere to
COINS security procedures. Currently all
computer systems including remote terminals
and communications lines and facilities
must operate at the TOP SECRET SI level
while participating in the COINS network.
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