LOGNOTE....OPERATIONS GROUP....22 OCTOBER 1986

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP94-00798R000200180004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 22, 1986
• Content Type: MISC

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OPERATIONS GROUP FILE
LOGNOTE OPERATIONS GROUP 22 October 1986
FIELD BUREAU AUTOMATION -- Plans for FBIS field STAT
bureau modernization were reviewed at LEC in Plainfield, New
Jersey, during the AFS Program Review on 21 October 1986.
It was reported that -- at FBIS direction -- planning for
FBIS field bureau modernization was currently being held in
abeyance. FBIS has instead directed LEC to develop a "Quick
Reaction Communication Plan" (QRC Plan) for field bureaus.
Attached is LEC's current "time line" plan for the QRC Plan.
During a Bureau Operability Group (BOG) meeting on 10
October, DC/ADD discussed the QRC Plan. I did STAT
not attend but FPO/DRD, attended and I routed blAl
her lognote on the meeting through C/Ops office.
LEC and ADD met on 14 October and reviewed the commo
requirements for Key West bureau's QRC Plan. Key West is
expected to be completed (all equipment in place, system up
and running) by this Thanksgiving! Another meeting is
scheduled for the last week in October. I don't believe
any Ops Group representative attended (or is invited) to
the discussions on bureau commo requirements.
Continuing the discussion of field bureau modernization,
and related to the QRC Plan at Key West, I mentioned my belief
that a requirement existed for LEC to ensure that their designs
include the capability of supporting the CRW designed BACH
header generation software. LEC said they would look at the
BACH program as much as their tight schedule permitted but that
the integratio_n_ol_BAEH_m_as not a requirement on their design.
DC/ADD informed me that LEC's field bureau STAT
design was required to follow "system specification" documents
already formalized which DID NOT include the BACH software
requirement. DC/ADD said CRW's BACH documentation was faulty,
and BACH's configuration control was highly suspect. CRW has
modified (individualized) BACH's software for use in specific
bureaus (Vienna's BACH is different from Hong Kong's which is
different from Okinawa's which is ...). According to DC/ADD,
requiring LEC to integrate BACH into LEC's design would be
like asking them to "hit a moving target."
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FIELD BUREAU - ORC PLAN
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- I have no idea what all is involved
in the QRC Plan. I would recommend that
C/Ops request ESG brief Ops personnel on
current plans.
I was really surprised that LEC (and ADD)
had never planned on using the BACH program
in the final version of field bureau
modernization. This could be as big a
shock to others as it was to me.
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