PROPOSED NSDD ON NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION AND SITUATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT: Proposed NSDD on NSI&SMS (C)
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A proposed National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) on the
National Security Information and Situation Management System
(NSI&SMS) is attached at Tab B for your final review and
concurrence. (C)
The NSC appreciates the timely comments on an earlier draft. We
have incorporated many of the suggestions into the proposed NSDD
text. The issue of most central concern was budgeting for the
NSI&SMS. We worked to incorporate language reassuring
participants that there would be no budgetary surprises or
imposition of unreasonable burdens, and that system operations
and procurement would flow from user-expressed requirements
following interagency deliberation. We also clarified the
relationship of the Crisis Management Working Group (CMWG) to
Continuity of Government and emergency preparedness and response
programs. Finally, we spelled out the role of the Steering Group
in relation to the NSC process currently outlined in NSDD 276.
(TS)
This proposed directive is, to a great extent, the product of
interagency discussions within the CMWG (current membership at
Tab C). The focus and emphasis of the proposed directive comes
from canvassing their input prior to the draft first circulated.
Some agencies' suggestions were too specific to incorporate into
the NSDD text itself, but point out projects and issues that will
remain of ongoing concern to the CMWG and its subgroups. (S)
we would appreciate your comments and concurrence on the attached
draft by July 22, 1988 in order to expedite the forwarding of a
package for consideration by the President. (C)
Paul Schott Stevens
Executive Secretary
Tab A List of Addressees
Tab B Draft NSI&SMS NSDD
Tab C Current CMWG Membership
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THE NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION AND SITUATION MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (NSI&SMS) (C)
This directive updates policy and guidelines for sustaining and
improving the nation's crisis management capability in support
of the President, the National Security Council (NSC), and the
interagency community. It builds on the technical progress
achieved since signature of NSDD 95 in May 1983, and codifies
the oversight, coordination, and procedural dimensions of a
National Security Information and Situation Management System
(NSI&SMS), consistent with the NSC structure and process
approved in NSDD 266 and NSDD 276. This directive supersedes
NSDD 95. (S)
Background
NSDD 95 established a framework for national-level crisis
management and for making critical technical and procedural
enhancements to associated department and agency operations
centers. This framework was termed the Crisis Information and
Management System (CIMS) and was designed to sustain effective
and uninterrupted crisis management by providing a means of
recording and disseminating adequate and timely intelligence,
information, analyses, and policy options in a form usable by
top-level decision makers. This system was to include rigorous
mechanisms for accessing, preserving and archiving historical
data and associated decisions. It was also intended to ensure
a coordinated flow of information from the White House and
other CIMS operations centers to Continuity of Government (COG)
elements to support, if required, an orderly, constitutional
devolution of responsibilities in conditions of extreme crisis.
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Implementation of NSDD 95, in conjunction with associated
department and agency technical upgrades, significantly
improved the nation's ability to respond to crises. The CHOSUN
project, now referred to as the Secure Video Teleconferencing
System (SVTS), created a secure, multi-media telecommunications
system for exchanging information. The urgent focus of CIMS
was on communications and coordination among principals in
crises up through the prospect of nuclear attack. NSDD 95 has
now established a foundation for further improving and
codifying interagency coordination procedures. In addition,
the opportunity to build on the existing SVTS infrastructure
applies not only at the working levels of crisis operations but
also across a spectrum of daily activities during peacetime.
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A National Security Information and Situation Management System
(NSI&SMS) is required to reap fully the broader benefits of the
new technology and facilities that were introduced initially
for top-level crisis management alone. This directive codifies
a process incorporating improvements made to date and addresses
the requirements for effective interagency coordination in the
future. The principles and longer-term objectives of the
NSI&SMS are outlined below. (U)
Policy Principles
The NSI&SMS is an interagency network of people, facilities,
equipment, information resources, plans, policies and
procedures designed to provide for: (1) support to national-
level decision makers in monitoring national security
situations and in considering, implementing, or reporting on
any U.S. response; and (2) a rapid and continuous flow of
information regarding national security situations across a
spectrum from peacetime activity through reconstitution
following nuclear attack. (S)
The purpose of the NSI&SMS is to continue supporting the
national leadership with the best and most timely information
possible, ensuring that the policy and decision making process
will not be impaired by a lack of information, procedures for
coordination, or secure communications and data transmission
capabilities. To the maximum possible extent, the interagency
process used to support decision-making during crisis
situations shall involve the same trained personnel, reliable
equipment, and familiar procedures approved for use on a daily
basis. This principle applies to periods of international
tension or crisis and, to the extent possible, to domestic
emergencies, such as natural disasters, terrorism, or
technological hazards, that may affect national security
interests. (C)
Those responsible for operating, improving and modernizing the
NSI&SMS shall seek to ensure interoperability among the family
of Continuity of Government (COG) programs, the Nuclear Command
and Control System (NCCS), National Security Emergency
Preparedness (NSEP) plans, the National System for Emergency
Coordination (NSEC) concept (as it may be implemented), and
other key programs. in this sense, interoperability requires
extensive interagency coordination to provide for essential
elements of information, procedures, interactive systems, and
other components necessary to support effectively
national-level decision making. (TS)
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The continuous, effective operation of the NSI&SMS is crucial
and requires each agency's understanding of its individual role
in the interagency process. Enhancing the integration of
existing operations and intelligence centers shall be achieved
through measured improvements that have been identified as user
requirements through the interagency process. Executive
departments and agencies will budget for, procure, install,
operate, and maintain compatible equipment and capabilities,
and share appropriately the cost of system improvements that
may be required to sustain acceptable levels of integration
within the NSI&SMS. (S)
Implementation
Leadership and oversight of the NSI&SMS shall be provided by
the NSC through the Crisis management working Group (CMWG),_
chaired by the NSC's Deputy Executive Secretary for Situation
Support. The CMWG shall further develop the NSI&SMS and
strengthen interagency capabilities and procedures for the
collection, coordination, transmission, and dissemination of
information in support of the President and the NSC interagency
process. (C)
The CMWG will report to the Policy Review Group (PRG). The
PRG, as outlined in NSDD 276, is the senior sub-Cabinet level
interagency group which is chaired by the Deputy Assistant to
the President for, National Security Affairs. The PRG's primary
responsibility is to review and make recommendations concerning
national security policy developed through the day-to-day
functioning of the interagency process. PRG recommendations
are submitted for consideration of the National Security
Planning Group or the National Security Council, as
appropriate. (C)
The CMWG shall meet regularly. The CMWG chair shall establish
a Steering Group to assist in developing and monitoring the
CMWG agenda. The Steering Group shall be primarily comprised
of senior representatives of Executive departments and agencies
who regularly report to members of the PRG. Appropriate CMWG
Steering Group members, in support of their PRG principals,
shall meet at the outset of, or during, a situation when
necessary to ensure effective information management and
coordination among operations and intelligence centers. (S)
The CMWG shall be the principal interagency working group for
coordination and consideration of national security policies
concerning the integration and interoperability of COG
programs. (TS)
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The CMWG shall:
- Oversee formulation of policy relating to the NSI&SMS
to ensure a system responsive to national needs; (S)
Ensure that the national security-related emergency
responsibilities assigned to individual departments
and agencies under existing law, Presidential
directive, executive order, and federal response
plans are mutually compatible, and that appropriate
procedures for interagency coordination are available
and widely understood; (C)
Ensure technical and operational capabilities are
maintained and developed consistent with NSI&SMS
objectives; (C)
Ensure effective use of resources expended in
establishing, operating, and modernizing the NSI&SMS;
promoting interagency equipment compatibility; and
recommending to the PRG priorities for those
improvements that will enhance interagency
information flow; (C)
Ensure integration of the NSI&SMS with COG, NCCS,
NSEP, and other interagency coordination systems
related to national security, without compromising
the integrity of compartmented information; (TS)
Ensure that the NSI&SMS supports the Director of
Central Intelligence in monitoring and transmitting
information on the world situation in the context of
operational requirements for early warning; (TS)
Identify for key departments and agencies the
essential elements of information required by the
President during periods of extreme crisis, and
ensure the capability to coordinate the flow of this
information at the appropriate time among the White
House, Washington-area operations and intelligence
centers, and COG elements; (TS)
Ensure that interoperable equipment and compatible
procedures are established among relevant departments
and agencies to support the COG effort; and (TS)
Provide for regular exercising and testing of the
NSI&SMS. (C)
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CMWG membership shall include representatives from Executive
departments and agencies with responsibility relating to the
national response to international incidents or domestic
emergencies potentially affecting the national security of the
United States. The CMWG may establish other subgroups as
required. To the extent possible, the CMWG shall use already
existing interagency committees to facilitate coordination and
resolution of issues. (S)
Situation management at the national level requires close
coordination and cooperation among Executive departments and
agencies. As the supporting system, the NSI&SMS can only
remain responsive to national situation management needs if the
community actively participates and interacts in the evolution
of this critical situation management system. Accordingly,
each participating Executive department and agency shall:
- Designate a member to serve on the CMWG;
- Participate in exercises to improve and maintain the
proficiency of situation management personnel and
evaluate the responsiveness of the NSI&SMS; and
- Budget for, procure, manage, operate, and maintain
equipment in its facilities in a manner consistent
with NSI&SMS objectives and procedures. (C)
The Department of Defense, because of its close and continuing
involvement with projects that comprise the infrastructure of
the NSI&SMS, shall continue to act as the Executive Agent for:
Architecture and systems engineering support,
technical analyses, and preparation of cost estimates
in response to CMWG-validated NSI&SMS requirements;
Development of an NSI&SMS Master Plan to maintain an
affordable and modern NSI&SMS focused on fully
exploiting the capabilities of current equipment, and
ensuring compatibility and interoperability among all
NSI&SMS nodes and COG systems;
Program management of SVTS, including: engineering,
procurement, installation, configuration management,
software control, and logistical support; assistance
in developing and refining SVTS user procedures for
CMWG review; and recommending cost-effective
modifications to the current SVTS in response t
requirements identified by the CMWG;
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Security procedures and practices associated with the
NSI&SMS and its elements, to ensure consistency with
overall security requirements as may be determined by
the CMWG; and
Provision of resources and technical support to
NSI&SMS elements in the White House complex.
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