OC EXECUTIVE BOARD FILES FOR AUGUST 1973 THROUGH DECEMBER 1975 DEPOSITED ARCHIVES SEPTEMBER 1978

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OC EXECUTIVE BOARD FILES FOR AUGUST 1973 THROUGH DECEMBER 1975
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DEPOSITED ARCHIVES SEPTEMBER 1978.
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AGENDA
4 November 1975
A. NOC/Agent Real-Time Data Communications with Headquarters
Case Officers
B. OC Policy on Continuing Communications Operations During
Terrorist Attack
12 January 1976
A. DDO Covert Support/R&D
B. Proposed Policy with regard to Installation of Non-Staff
Communications Emitters in Communications Centers
3 February 1976
A. New Initiatives Submitted by OC-E with the FY-78 Program
Call
6 April 1976
A. Electrical Message Releasing Authority
B. DDA Management Conference Report
C. Report of the Covert Communications Support Study Group
Pertaining to the Need for the MOtJ of OTS and DDO
Technical Requirements Board (TRB) Responsibility
11 May 1976
A. OC's Role in Limited Protection of Voice Communications
B. Sale of Equipment to Other Government Agencies
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. AGENDA
6 July 1976 A. Use cif OC Personnel in Covert Operations
B. OC Organization for Career Management and Training and
Administration
C. Questions Pertaining to the Return of Covert and COMSEC
R&D Responsibility to OC
3 August 1976_
A. Direct Communications from Communications Officers in
Charge to the Director of Communications
B. Communications Handling of Restricted Handling and Privacy
Messages
C. Establish OC Policy on Staffing of Communications Equipment
Rooms (CERrs) and Data Access Centers (DACrs)
12 August 1976
A. Provision of Positions for Communications Activities outside
of the Office of Communications Proper Specifically,
DDS&T, OEL, NPIC, etc.
B. KE Communications to Remote Sites
7 September 1976
A. Suggestion for improving the Competitive Evaluation System
B. Policy Pertaining to Telepouch Activity and the Need for a
Telepouch Equipment Replacement Program
C. Automated Field Terminal Capabilities and Utilization
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Decision
e. Item was endorsed as motherhood.
The need for base stations for agent
communications is one major vulner-
ability which we should try to reduce.
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Agenda
1. DDO Covert Support/RFD
2. Proposed Policy with Regard
to Installation of Non-Staff
Communications Emitters in
Communications Centers
Selection of SKYLINK
Multiplexing (SKYMUX) Option
Implementing Questions raised:
a. Should we buy additional
KW-7's when we have KG-13's on
hand?
b. Should we procure remainder
of items to complete 30 MUX
systems?
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Decision
A MOU to be produced as a joint effort by
a group headed by Operations. Milestones
are es to blished as; (1) review of the
draft MOU by Executive Board and (2) review
of the finished document by the Executive
Board
It was the consensus that it should be OC
policy to discourage placement of non-
staff communications emitters in Comcenters
with the exception of equipment to be used
for EFE.
It was decided by the majority to go BLACK
MUX as the primary configuration. If we
must go RED, will operate RED only. We
will continue to provide best service we
can to and others but we will
not mix RED an CK in the same MUX
channel.
summarized conclusions as follows:
a. Prior to implementation of SKYMUX,
must have reliable SKYLINK service.
b. Continue efforts to gain knowledge
on KG 13 use on high frequency radio
circuits.
c. Should be moratorium on conversion
from KW-26 to KW-7.
d. Should be prepared by July 1976 to
recommend procurement, if necessary, of
additional KW-7's.
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Date
3 Feb. 76
6 Apr. 76
Agenda
New Initiatives Submitted
by OC-E with the FY-78
Program Call; Secure Voice,
2 different version-s; Head-
quarters Area Transmission
System (HATS); Automated
Test E ui t (ATE) for use
1. Electrical Message
Releasing Authority
Decision
1. Secure Voice Packages--The Board deci-
ded to submit the incremental secure
voice package.
2. HATS--Had been discussed at meeting on
2 December 1975--will assume this item not
being funded in FY-76 or FY-77 and will
submit it as a new initiative in FY-78.
3. ATE--Should be included in the program
package as a new initiative for FY-78.
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1. Mr. announced that an OC Notice
being published on releasing authority.
11 May 76
2. DDA Management Conference
Report
3. Covert Communications
Support
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3. Mr. to draft an
outline -:or Boar use as a straw man.
Draft to contain room for considerable
detailing of levels of responsibility.
Outline to be coordinated with Operations
and COMSEC.
1. OC's Role in Limited
Protection of Voice Communications
1. Conclusions--we should move ahead with
officially including responsibility for
limited protection of voice communications
with the Communications Security Charter
and we should proceed with efforts to
obtain the devices necessary to discharge
this responsibility. Actions to be taken:
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b. Providing information and education
to DDA and A/DDA on nature and extent of
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c. Providing same information and
education to appropriate elements of
the DDO, starting with TRB.
d. Preparing necessary changes in
regulations to establish limited protec-
tion of voice communications as a
responsibility of the OC.
2. Sale of Equipment to Other 2. Mr._ summarized as follows: 25X1A
Government Agencies a. When another agency buys obsolete
or obsolescent equipment, the law
requires that funds received must be used
to buy similar equipment or the funds
revert to U.S. Treasury.
b. When an agency buys currently
standard equipment, the reimbursed funds
can be used to buy replacements in the
next procurement (which must occur in
the same fiscal year).
Above applies to all equipment, staff and
covert.
3. Each member of the Board to consider
individually the matters discussed and be
prepared to take a position on OC response
to proposals at a session of Board
on .ay..
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3 Aug 76 3. Staffing of Communications 3. Mr. summed up that technolog X1A
Equipment Rooms (CER's) and rather than manning seemed the best
Data Access Centers (DAC's) approach for solving the problem. Mr.
to investigate Llle 1eaS:LU111 Ly and Co t
of providing a technological solution.
If necessary, two or three months can be
taken to complete the study.
12 Aug 76 1. Provision of Positions for 1. Conclusions sum.ned up as follows:
Communications Activities Outside
of the Office of Communications a. Agreement with philosophy that
Proper--Specifically, DD/S&T, OEL, there should be a single OC career
NPIC, etc. management service encompassing posi-
tions and personnel.
b. Management system which now opera-
tes one way to support DDO and another
to support DD/S&T should operate one
way only. Directorate requiring support
should provide short-range ceiling and
budget support for one to two years to
allow for orderly OC programming.
c. Carefully consider timing of our
presentation to Mr. Blake and later to
EAG. This should take place after
resolution of the future of R&D.
d. Communications support should be
provided at the Directorate level with-
in DD/S$T rather than having an OEL or
other OC staff,
2. KE Communications to Remote 2. Not for the record.
Sites
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7 Sept 76 1. Suggestion for Improving 1. Mr. to spearhead a study
the Competitive Evaluation effort leading to proposed procedures and
System wording of instructions to career panels.
Ite1Rs to be specifically addressed aye:
a. Provision of "comers."
b. Direction for CEL panels.
c. Method of determing list size (%
or #).
d. Clarifying to panel members what we
are trying to accomplish and demon-
strating management concern about the
"sawtooth" problem.
e. Serious consideration to be given
prior to removal of any individual
from the list.
2. Policy on Telepouch Activity 2. Summarized: There is a valid long-term
and the Need for a Telepouch AFT consideration rather than one of who
Equipment Replacement Program pokes telepouches. This is an added capa-
bility of the message network which is
valuable to both DDO and OC. A carefully
worded memorandum to the DDO should be
written recommending adoption of universal
telepouches with proviso that OC workload
is not to appreciably increase and if it
does we will have to reconsider and either
eliminate or limit telepouches. Also to
specify that large volume stations now
poking telepouches will continue to do so
until our terminals progress to such a poin
of automation that reconsideration can be
given.
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Agenda
7 Sept 76 3. Automated Field Terminal
(Continued) Capabilities and Utilization
1. Centralized OC Planning
2. Comcenter Nomenclature and
CATRAN
3. Results of the Study on the
Suggestion for Improving the
Competitive Evaluation System
(see Minutes of 7 Sept Meeting)
Decision
3. Summarized conclusion--OC must think
in terms of not more than two operators
as the norm for staff communications.
Should not increase number of technicians
rather should upgrade the technical
qualifications of on-duty communicators
and increase grade level if necessary.
Mr. asked to consider the new 25X1A
philosophies and make a study of the cost
of modernizing AFT to meet the goal of
unattended operation. Any design change
is not to affect the initial AFT purchase.
1. Conclusion--That there should be cen-
tralized OC planning. Planning component
is to be consolidated and located in P?1B
for administration. Ceiling Board is res-
ponsible for next action--recommending
number and grade levels of appropriate
personnel.
2. Board voted unanimously to refer the
problem to Operations and P1B for a
recommended solution.
3. Conclusions--Should adopt some version
of a "designated for promotion" system and
it should be close to Version B of the
Services proposal. Proposed system should
be written up and sent to Area Chiefs for
evaluation and simultaneously "gamed."
"Gaming" should lead to conclusions as to
what effect adoption would be over next
five years under situations ranging from
headroom limits of ten or fifteen annual
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Date Agenda
2 Nov 76
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Decision
promotions to as much as a 50% upgrade of
positions. The Board will meet later on
the subject and at that time will make
decisions based on Area Chief input and
results of "gaming."
1. Decision to be postponed until:
a. Operations study is completed.
b. SKYLINK situation is reviewed to
determine our ability to concentrate
installations in the Far East.
c. Recommendations are received from
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2. The OC Ombudsman--What is 2. No conclusion was reached and no
he? How does he function? decision was made.
3. Provision of a Position for 3. Board had considered the problem of
providing positions for communications
activities outside OC proper and had
reached conclusion there should be a
single career management service encompass-
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personnel. Mr. - stated the conclusion
that policy earlier established will be
carried out. Ceiling/average grade problem
should be raised and resolved.
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Relationship
Decision
2. Integrated Network
2. It was generally agreed that reorgani-
zation for data was unnecessary but that
arrangements for augmenting operations data
capabilities must be made. Also agreed tha-
effort is satisfactorily being undertaken
on immediate problem (customer to ODP) and
on problem of planning for the long-range
future by Plans Group. Long-range plans
to be based on assumption there will be
one network rather than fragmented systems
serving individual customers. Should
proceed now to identify additional position
needed in Operations for data and/or
redefining existing position for data
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