WEEKLY REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 23 JANUARY 1987

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90G00993R000400050023-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2012
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: January 29, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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OIT 036-87
29 January 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
FROM: Acting Director of Information Technology
SUBJECT: Weekly Report for Week Ending 23 January 1987
*1. OIT personnel assisted the staff of the Counterterrorist
Center (CTC) in a briefing for Mr. Fred Harrison, chief of the
Intelligence Community's Information Handling Committee (IHC).
The briefing provided an overview of the Decision Support and
Information System for Terrorism (DESIST) describing the kind of
data in DESIST as well as the system's capabilities. Mr. Harrison
indicated that he was impressed by the system, noting that it had
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*3. The MCI fiber optic system between Headquarters and Reston
was completed last week on schedule. The end-to-end performance
far exceeded the contract specifications. The system has been
turned over to Ford Aerospace for the installation and testing of
the termination equipment. MCI is now engaged in the engineering
of the alternate route which includes a connection
MCI is antici atin an activation date of 1 August 1987
for this system.
*Items of special interest
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*4. The Support Analyst File Environment (SAFE) Delivery 2
System experienced a six-hour outage on Friday, 16 January. The
outage was caused by a software problem and resulted in a lar :e
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*5. The 14-year old Automated Communications Terminal (ACT) in
the Message Handling Facility (MHF) was replaced on 18 January.
The new system, known as Automated Communications Terminal
Originating Replacement (ACTOR) processes messages originating in
Headquarters. No significant problems have been encountered with
the new system. The ACT system has been placed in a standby
configuration until the data base in the new system is sufficient
to allow the shutdown and removal of the old system.
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Executive ers ip Program which begins next week. The program
combines formal training with a series of rotational assignments
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has been selected to attend the 1987 Women's
7. OTT personnel attended a briefing describing the worldwide
packet switching network recently leveloped by Wang Corperation.
The system, which has 800 nodes, was developed within three years.
The briefing provided the attendees with an insight into the
operation, administration, and auditing procedures of a
messa e/document network based on a WANG VS computer system.
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