OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND OFFICE OF DATA PROCESSING JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN 1981-1987

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JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN
1981-1987
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OFFICE OF
COMMUNICATIONS
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DATA PROCESSING
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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
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OFFICE OF DATA PROCESSING
JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN
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This document is the first Office of Communications and Office
of Data Processing Joint Strategic Plan. It focuses on the
objectives and efforts of both Offices to address areas of common
concern. Based on the broad assumptions that information handling
(IH) requirements will continue to grow and resources will be
difficult to acquire in the coming years, the Plan provides
guidance to assist personnel in planning, programming and imple-
mentation of common objectives. Broadly stated, the joint goals
are to:
* Provide an adequate, reliable and readily-available
telecommunications and data' processing service to
meet Agency requirements.
* Develop and maintain a cadre of highly qualified
technical personnel motivated through training and
on-the-job opportunities.
* Ensure that telecommunications and data processing
systems have the capability to provide uninterrupted
service.
* Develop a comprehensive security program for the
physical and technical protection of
telecommunications and data processing systems.
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose and Scope of the Plan
1.2 Major Planning Assumptions
1.3 Effective Date and Review
2.0 THE PLANNING PROCESS
2.1 EXCOM Role
2.2 DDA Role
2.3 Office Directors' Role
3.0 STATE OF THE OFFICES
4.0 OC/ODP JOINT STRATEGIC GOALS
4.1 Technical Services
4.2 Personnel
4.3 Survivability
4.4 Security
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1.0 INTRODUCTION (U)
This document is the joint Strategic Plan for the Office of
Communications (OC)' and the Office of Data Processing (ODP),
published in recognition.of mutual objectives. This Plan provides
guidance from the Director of Communications (D/CO) and the
Director of Data Processing (D/ODP).F--]
1.1 Purpose and Scope of the Plan
This Strategic Plan focuses the efforts of both Offices on
areas of common concern. It will assist personnel in planning,
programming and implementation of common objectives. Issues which
must be mutually resolved are identified; actions which are to be
taken are noted; and guidance for inter-Office progress and
projects is provided.
1.2 Major Planning Assumptions
The OC/ODP Strategic Plan is based on the following assumptions:
Customer requirements for integrated telecommunications and ADP
services will continue to grow.
The information handling resources available to OC and ODP over
the next decade will be limited to approximately the amount
available in 1981.
The personnel ceiling will remain relatively stable. It will,
however, become more challenging for OC and ODP to attract,
recruit and retain professional personnel.
Deregulation of the telecommunications industry, permitting
commercial carriers to compete in the computer industry, will
accelerate the availability of lower-cost, service-oriented
information handling systems.
The establishment of an information systems architectural
function will provide new opportunities to link the information .
systems-related activities of other Agency components to the
systems provided by OC and ODP. F__1
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1.3 Effective Date and Review
The OC/ODP Plan is effective upon publication. The basic
document will be reviewed annually and published biennially. This
function will b the joint responsibility of the respective
planning staffs.
2.0 THE PLANNING PROCESS
The accelerated growth of information handling utilization in
the Agency and the Community over the past few years demands
careful attention to and accurate analysis of current requirements
and future trends. It is vital to correlate requirements trends
and programmatic direction to ensure effective utilization of
resources.FI
The blending of telecommunications and data processing
technologies dictates that comprehensive and effective planning
takes place to properly support IH requirements. The process must
be flexible; recognize the unique technologies involved; and focus
on the realization that unilateral efforts to resolve common
peripheral issues (such as reproduction, dissemination and
distribution) are not viable. The OC/ODP planning process must be
responsive to senior management guidance, information handling
requirements and trends, and sensitive to technological factors.
2.1 EXCOM Role
The CIA's Executive Committee (EXCOM) identifies inter-
Directorate issues requiring coordinated efforts. Decisions
resulting from the EXCOM's analysis of the future needs for
communications and its review of ADP requirements trends could have
a significant impact on the future of these two functions within
CIA.
2.2 DDA Role
The DDA provides direction on the issues identified by the
EXCOM and the goals and objectives articulated by the respective
DDA Offices. Management by Objectives (MBO) procedures will be
used for reporting progress on near- and mid-term plans, programs
and projects.
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2.3 Office Directors' Role
The D/CO and D/ODP ensure that common areas of concern in the
telecommunications and data processing environment are mutually
addressed. The Directors will provide leadership and guidance in
the development of joint initiatives and the resolution of boundary
tensions.
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3.0 STATE OF THE OFFICES
The centripetal planning process for these two Offices has
been nascent for several years, but the perceived need has
culminated this year in a joint teleprocessing Plan. The areas of
mutual concern are extremely important to the overall Agency
mission.
The growth in number and.importance of remote visual display
and printer stations presages a process which will find almost
every employee using a terminal as an essential tool by the end of
the decade. If this concept is to be realized, planning and
budgeting must take place now. Managerial concepts are fluid as
resource limitations drive institutions toward the identification
of more mutual, cost-effective solutions~~
A major project on the part of ODP will be to bring a wide
range of hardware and software solutions to aid analysts and
managers in their everyday office tasks. An electronic mail
system, ODP's Automated Information Management (AIM) program, will
be the forerunner of many such packages to automate routine office
functions. With the Office of Personnel, Policy, Planning and
Management, ODP will develop a personnel data system to make
relevant personnel data conveniently accessible to the manager.
Automation of registry functions will be expanded. The success of
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the GIMINI project (a minicomputer mainframe compatibility.-project)
has made an increase in distributed processing possible; thus
enabling minicomputers to interconnect with central services to
provide a combination of services on compatible operating and data
base management systems. Representatives from the Offices of
Communications, Data Processing and Logistics are discussing new
ways to bring high-quality printing capabilities to our customers.
One attractive solution, if space can be found, would be regional
distribution centers where various output media could be
conveniently available. In NFAC such a center could also provide
remote delivery of SAFE output. The whole SAFE implementation
phase will provide a challenge to OC and ODP, especially in
providing a common control point and access to ODP services for
SAFE users.F_~
The existing capabilities of OC and ODP, combined with the
realities of resource constraints, have produced an atmosphere of
challenge, one that will test the resourcefulness and
innovativeness of both Offices. The Joint Strategic Plan
represents the commitment of both Office Directors to cooperatively
engage in mutually beneficial endeavors.
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4.0 OC/ODP JOINT STRATEGIC GOALS
4.1 Technical Services
Expanded use of information handling systems for intelligence
collection, manipulation and production will generate demands for
increased data processing and telecommunications services over the
next decade. Current and perceived distributed data processing and
telecommunications requirements will foster the integration of OC
and ODP technical resources to provide
IH services at both domestic and foreign
will grow and include electronic mail,
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requirements, like message processing and electronic mail, are
inseparable. As users grow more and more dependent upon computer-
and communications systems, they become acutely aware of the
availability and reliability of service placing a premium on
information handling systems that, in addition to having adequate
capacity, are accurate, reliable, versatile and expandable. The
necessity to provide service under a variety of stress condition
situations will remain a salient requirement driving us toward a
distributed system architecture.
GOAL: Provide an adequate, reliable and readily-'
available telecommunications and data processing
service to meet Agency requirements.
* Implement a telecommunications network with
sufficient capacity, reliability and service features
to meet data processing and message handling
requirements.
Implement an expandable carrier system that is
capable of supporting a packet-switched network at
foreign and domestic sites.
Modernize the network's digital subsystems to
support both packet-switching and store-and-
forward modes of operation on a worldwide basis.
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Provide error-protected, transparent data
communications service to Washington metropolitan
area users.
* Provide, in conjunction with the Office of Logistics,
a responsive mix of remote and centralized printing
services with high-quality output at cost-effective
rates.
* Provide electronic mail services to Agency users.
* Resolve day-to-day operational, terminal installation
and maintenance support problems.
* Continue efforts to create a capability to support
Agency standard terminals installed overseas and
outside the Washington metropolitan area.
* Participate, in conjunction with DO/IMS, in the
planning, implementation and ongoing support to the
CRAFT Project.
* Provide the communications and software necessary to
support the "automated office" concept.
* Emphasize the development and procurement of TEMPEST
secure terminals and equipment.
Investigate special techniques to allow
interconnectivity for COINS and other Community
systems.
* Improve the connectivity among telecommunications
facilities and data processing centers in the
Washington metropolitan area.
* Develop and monitor, on an individual basis,
communications and ADP support for contractors and
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4.2 Personnel
There is a continuing requirement to identify, train and
retain qualified communications and data processing specialists.
These specialists are in great demand in the private sector and
both Offices must improve their ability to challenge and adequately
compensate information handling professionals.
GOAL: Develop and maintain a cadre of highly qualified
technical personnel motivated through training
and on-the-job opportunities.
* Ensure that compensation for information handling
professionals is commensurate with their abilities
and is competitive with the private sector.
* Continue the ro ram of inter-Office rotational
assignments.
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4.3 Survivability
The need for a telecommunications network which is available
to users under varying operational conditions has been recognized
at the national level. Presidential Directives, PD-53 and PD-58,
explicitly initiate efforts to ensure a survivable national
telecommunications capability and a survivable Diplomatic
Telecommunications Service (DTS), respectively. To support these
Presidential Directives and the Agency's role, the future data
communications architecture must contain distributed attributes
which will provide a reliable system for the exchange and
processing of critical diplomatic and intelligence information on a
timely basis. Planning and programming for alternate and emergency
communications and data processing capabilities are also required
if we are to meet these objectives. A joint initiative, such as
the operation and staffing of the is the type of
inter-Office effort required to make maximum use of the resources
and capabilities available. F_7B9g.5
GOAL: Ensure that telecommunications and data
processing systems have the capability to
provide uninterrupted service.
* Ensure that a distributed capacity for
telecommunications and data processing resources is
an integral part of the future network.
* Distribute, to the extent possible, in the Washington
metropolitan area the message origination,
dissemination and distribution functions of the
Headquarters Signal Center and ODP's Ruffing Center.
* Establish a new ADP facility as an alternate for the
Ruffing- and Special Computing Centers.
* Provide alternate circuit termination and switching
capabilities to supplement and
Headquarters.
* Enhance existing capabilities to protect data and
software and provide backup and archival facilities.
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4.4 Security
As data processing capabilities and devices migrate to
overseas locations or to domestic installations remote from
Headquarters, the potential for compromise of classified
information increases. Local, secure distribution to these
interactive devices not only poses additional COMSEC and physical
security problems; but will pose new problems and security concerns
in regard to the storing and handling of ADP equipment, software
and data. The sophistication of foreign intelligence services,
coupled with our increased capability to process larger quantities
of data, places us in an even more vulnerable position than
before. The risks involved in the electronic storage and transfer
of large amounts of data will be a challenge to traditional COMSEC
and physical security techniques, and will require the
establishment of ADP security policies and system security
requirements for overseas information processing systems.
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GOAL: In coordination with the Office of Security,
develop a comprehensive security program for the
physical and technical protection of
telecommunications and data processing resources
at foreign and domestic locations.
* Initiate projects to provide secure, local electronic
distribution of information, data separation (file
encryption) and data access control at overseas and
domestic sites.
* Continue the program to resolve problems associated
with secure storage, i.e., bulk data encryption.
* Continue the program for the development of emergency
destruction and sanitization of data and program
storage media as well as ADP equipment.
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* Develop techniques for protecting data handling
devices from unauthorized access, operation and
tampering.
locations which have data handling devices.
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