OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS LONG RANGE PLAN

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• Publication Date: November 20, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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FROM: Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: Office of Communications Long Range Plan
REFERENCE: Office of Communications Five-year Plan,
FY-1986 to FY-1991
I have reviewed and approved your long-range plan. It's exceptionally
forward-looking and exceptionally well done. I look forward to meeting with
you and your people quarterly to review the progress of your important
programs and to discuss any problem areas.
%--'- Hr E. Fier
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Distribution:
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
Acting Director of Communications
SUBJECT: Transmittal of OC Five Year Plan
REFERENCE: DDA 85-1829/1, dtd 19 Jul 85, Subj: Directorate
of Administration Planning, FY1986 - FY1991
As requested in the referenced memorandum the OC Plan for
FY1986-FY1991 is forwarded herewith.
cc: D/OIT
DOWNGRADE TO CONFIDENTIAL
UPON REMOVAL OF ATTACHMENT
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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
FIVE-YEAR PLAN
FY-1986 - FY-1991
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I. INTRODUCTION
This Office of Communications Five-Year Plan for
FY1986-FY1991 is based on the OC Strategic Plan for the same
period.
The Office of Communications has identified seven key
business areas which it engages in to meet its mission
responsibilities to the Directorate and the Agency. They
are:
? Conventional Communications
? Non-Conventional Communications
? Communications Security Services
? Staff Support for Non-OC Components
? Technical Support for Non-OC Components
? Engineering Support for Non-OC Components
? Conference Support for Non-OC Components
Using the Directorate of Administration Goals and
Assumptions for FY86 and the office-level assumptions set out in
Section II of this plan, OC has established, in Section III, 17
goals in support of its seven business areas. Specific
activities to be undertaken to realize Office goals, and a
schedule for their completion are displayed in spread sheet form
which shows completion dates for activities to be concluded in
FY86 by quarters. The plan concludes with a discussion of
significant resource issues in Section V.
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II. OFFICE-LEVEL ASSUMPTIONS
Office planning for the next five years must take account of
a variety of factors, some well defined, others vague. Some of
the factors that are most likely to influence Office activities
are discussed below.
In the United States and other developed countries,
commercial carriers will begin to migrate away from operating
separate systems for analog and digital service toward networks
in which all analog signals, e.g., unencoded speech or
television, will be converted to digital form (by customer
terminal equipment) for transmission within the carrier network.
This service, which has been named, "Integrated Services Digital
Network" (ISDN) will supply all conventional telecommunications
services to the user through a standard interface. ISDN, when
implemented will provide customers with routine access to 64,000
bits-per-second communications channels, without the need for the
modulating/demodulating equipment which must now be used. It
will offer an alternative to the installation of costly local
area networks, and is also expected to have some restorability
and survivability features not now found in commercial service.
ISDN standards are evolving and will be subject to changes for
the next two years at least, but the service promises operating
speeds and features which today are available only on expensive
dedicated leased circuits.
In contrast to the expanded bandwidth and services which
commercial carriers will be offering, the absolute capacity of
government-owned transmission media available to satisfy staff
communications requirements may remain static (unless we are
prepared to invest substantial resources and/or seek national
funding to acquire Agency-dedicated satellite transponders for
wideband communications needs). New baseband equipment which is
just now being installed will make more efficient use of our
allocation of satellite power and bandwidth but the allocation
itself will remain a finite resource. Although further
definition of this problem is necessary, it is quite possible
that OC will use some elements of commercial systems to meet
Agency and intelligence community requirements for
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On the national scene, National Security Decision Directive
97 has mandated that Federal telecommunications networks be
survivable and interoperable. Executive Order 12472 charges the
Manager, National Communications System with coordinating the
development and maintenance of an effective and responsive
capability for meeting the national security and emergency
preparedness telecommunications needs of the Government. As
Federal departments and agencies plan for the implementation of
these policies, the Office will be forced to factor national
planning considerations into its network planning and
implementation, and may find itself involved in interagency
politics to a much greater degree than ever before.
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The trends in technology, user requirements, and in national
policy indicate that the networks may have to support and
maintain the infrastructure to provide electronic cryptographic
key generation, distribution and accounting to supplement and/or
replace current methods. To meet these requirements will require
new programs to be initiated soon if this infrastructure is to be
in place by the 1990's.
While the developments in the areas discussed above unfold,
OC will be completing its Capitalization and base station
modernization programs. The MERCURY effort will be approaching
full operating capability,
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III. OFFICE-LEVEL GOALS
The Office of Communications has established these goals in
its FY86-FY91 Strategic Plan:
a. Conventional Communications
Complete the current phase of the Capitalization Program.
Continue network modernization and improve customer
service.
Recruit the highest caliber officers to operate and
maintain the network, give them the best possible training
and support, and provide opportunities for career
advancement commensurate with their skills and contributions.
Improve the Office management structure and
methodologies.
Ensure that network facilities are designed and
installed in conformance with good human and technical
engineering practices.
b. Non-Conventional Communications
Improve the availability and the quality of crisis
communications services available to CIA users.
Acquire the satellite power and bandwidth needed to meet
all present and future non-conventional communications
requirements which are currently being satisfied by UHF
satellite systems.
Acquire the funding and staff positions which are
necessary to support non-conventional communications
requirements.
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c. Communications Security Services
Sustain the security of CIA conventional and
non-conventional communications at the highest possible
level.
Develop a file encryption system and embedded
cryptographic systems in support of Agency information
processing programs.
d. Staff Support for Non-OC Components
Reach a level of personnel strength sufficient to fully
staff each of the non-OC activities which the Office
supports.
e. Technical Support for Non-OC Components
Conduct a review of technical support activities with
the object of ensuring that customer funding of these
activities is set at levels which are consistent with the
support which is rendered.
Encourage the selection of equipment sized and
configured to minimize the quantity and size of hardware
which must be handled as Plain Text Processing Equipment.
f. Engineering Support for Non-OC Components
Maintain the personnel and expertise needed to meet all
OIT communication engineering requirements.
Acquire the additional resources needed to aggressively
market OC engineering services to Agency and non-Agency
clients in need of such services.
g. Conference Support for Non-OC Components
Modernize and improve conference facility
through a DDA funding initiative.
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IV OBJECTIVES $ SCHEDULES
DA FY86-FY91 Five Year Plan
Office of Communications Annex
October 1985
Objective: Complete the Capitalization Program and continue network
modernization.
Activity
Supports FY86 Quarters
DA Goals 1 2 3 4 FY87 FY88 FY89 FY90 FY91
Install modern terminal and HF radio
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jploy packet switching nodes at Head-
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Complete 20% of the base station
modernization program in each year of the
five-year plan.
4 $ 8
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Eliminate all obsolete terminal
equipment, OTT equipment, and HF radio
equipment from the foreign network. 4 8, 8
Define and design a terminal device to
replace the TERP IIA terminal. 4 & 8 X
Provide secure facsimile service to OC
Area Headquarters and base stations,
~d several selected field stations. 4 & 8
Define a program to develop an off-line
cryptosystem to replace the present one-
time tape system. 4 $ 8 X
4 & 8 X
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Business Area: Conventional Communications
Objective: Complete the Capitalization Program and continue network
modernization.
Activity
Define and document the architecture of
the communications network. 8 X
.;fine architectural alternatives for
providing wideband commo services. 4 $ 8
DA FY-86-FY91 Five Year Plan
Office of Communications Annex
October 1985
Supports FY86 Quarters
DA Goals 1 2 3 4 FY87 FY88 FY89 FY90 FY91
Program and procure technical and
network control systems 8 X
Conduct tests of alternate routing
capabilities of overseas facilities under
simulated stress conditions. 9 X
Install uninterruptable power systems at
eighteen locations served by unreliable
mmercial power. 3,4,6,9 X
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Business Area: Conventional Communications
Objective: Complete the Capitalization Program and continue network
modernization.
DA FY-86-FY91 Five Year Plan
Office of Communications Annex
October 1985
Supports FY86 Quarters
Activity DA Goals 1 2 3 4 FY87 FY88 FY89 FY90 FY91
Develop and implement a field/Hqs.
secure voice capability which is
-pliable, user friendly and of good
dice quality 2$4 X X X
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Business Area: Conventional Communications
Objective: Recruit the highest caliber officers to operate and maintain
the network, train them well, support them, and give them
opportunities for career advancement commensurate with their
skills.
DA FY86-FY91 Five Year Plan
Office of Communications Annex
October 1985
Supports FY86 Quarters
Activity DA Goals 1 2 3 4 FY87 FY88 FY89 FY90 FY91
jach full personnel strength in all
OC disciplines. 1 X
Review OC training activities with
particular attention to computer-based
training and managerial training. 1 $ 8
Ensure that OC Station/Base members
receive equal consideration in the
allocation of personal and quasi-
personal items provided by the
Station/Base. 1 X
Develop a program for banding OC
technicians and examine the feasibility
of banding other OC career disciplines. 1 X
4 $ 6 X
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Business Area: Conventional Communications
Objective: Improve the OC Management structure and methodologies.
Activity
DA FY8S-FY91 Five Year Plan
Office of Communications Annex
October 1985
Supports FY86 Quarters
DA Goals 1 2 3 4 FY87 FY88 FY89 FY90 FY91
Establish an automated office-wide
correspondence suspense system. 3, 4, 7 X
Study the feasibility of establishing
an office-wide requirements tracking
--stem. 3, 4, 7 X
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Business Area: Communications Security Services
Objective: Sustain the security of CIA telecommunications at the
highest possible level.
DA FY86-FY91 Five Year Plan
Office of Communications Annex
October 1985
Supports FY86 Quarters
Activity DA Goals 1 2 3 4 FY87 FY88 FY89 FY90 FY91
Conduct a comprehensive review of CIA
communications security policies and
--actices; identify critical areas in
;ed of priority attention and implement
changes. 2 X
Project TENSE, network security testbed:
Test, certify and develop standards for
secure network gateways 2 X
CRAFT File Encryption. Provide full
database encryption capability for
DO CRAFT installations
2, 3, 4
Identify requirements and develop a
program for electronic cryptographic
key generation, distribution, and
accounting for Agency networks 2 X
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SPECIAL TOP IC REQUESTER
NSDDs
?NSDD 145 NATIONAL POLICY ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SECURITY.
?CURRENT ISSUE IS UNFUNDED REQUIREMENT FOR STU IIIs TO REPLACE
STU IIs:
87 88 89 90
$2.OM .55 .50 .50
?MAJ OR ISSUE IS POSSIBILITY OF SHARED FUNDING FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS,
WHICH CIA IS ON RECORD AS CPPOSING.
?NSDD 201 NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (NSEP)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUNDING:
?BEGINNING IN 1988 CALLS FOR SHARED FUNDING OF IMPLEMENTATION AND
RECURRING COSTS FOR NSEP TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
?AT THIS POINT CIA 88 SHARE OF FUNDING IS $20K: OC CAN ABSORB.
?LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF SHARED FUNDING ARE TROUBLESOME: OC HAS
ALERTED COMPTROLLER TO THIS AS A POTENTIAL AGENCY PROBLEM.
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