REPRESENTATIVES TO THE MEDUSA PROJECT OFFICE (MPO)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R000801090049-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: September 20, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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REFER TM 700
DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY
WASHINGTON, O. C. 20305
2 0 SEP 1983
SUBJECT: Representatives to the MEDUSA Project Office (MPO) (S)
Reference:. (a) National Security Decision Directive 95 (S), Crisis
Information and Management System (CIMS): Project
MEDUSA (S), 18 May 83
(b) DepSecDef Memo (S), NSDD-95: Crisis Information and
Management System (CIMS): Project MEDUSA (S), 22 Aug 83
1. (S) Reference (a) directed, inter alia, that the Secretary of Defense
act as executive agent for Project MEDUSA and indicated the Defense -
Secretary's agreement to establish the project within the Defense
Communications Agency.- Reference (a) further directed that each
participating Federal department or agency assign representatives to the
MEDUSA Project Office (MPO). Reference (b) provided a further delineation
of the Project MEDUSA responsibilities within the Department of Defense.
2. (S) The purpose of this memorandum is to request that each
participating federal: department or agency assign a representative to the
MEDUSA Project Office, consistent with their responsiblity in Tier I of
Project MEDUSA.
3. (C) In the course of our system development effort, we have identified
a wide range of activities which must be accomplished for each Tier I node.
Project representatives are responsible for assisting the MPO in the
planning and coordination of the Crisis Information and Management System
(CIMS) implementation pertaining to their own department or agency. The*
activities under the general scope of tasks to be addressed by the
department/agency representatives are listed in enclosure 1. -
4. (C) The MPG and agency representatives will work together to develop a
coordinated schedule for CIMS implementation. A secure work area is being
made available in a special facility in the Defense Communications Agency
(DCA) Headquarters building, Eighth and South Courthouse Road, Arlington,'
VA, for use by CIMS personnel as required. As directed, the MPO is
responsible for overall project management and coordination as well as
technical assistance to the agency representatives.
CLASSIFIED BY: NSDD-95
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DCA Memo, 700, Representatives to the MEDUSA Project Office (MPO) (S)
5. (U) Implementation of NSDD-95 objectives cannot be achieved without the
active and sustained involvement of each participating federal department/
agency. Please provide the name of your representative directly to
Mr. R. 0. DiNucci, Deputy Director, DCA, for Command and Control Engineering
.(692-0897).
I Enclosure a/s
WINSTON D. POWERS
Lieutenant General, USAF
Director
Distribution:
Soecial Assistant to the Secretary of-the Treasury
Director, Office-of Management and Budget
Under Secretary of State- for -Administration
Deputy Under-SSecretary of Defense (Communications, Command, Control, and-
Intelligence
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Deputy Director for Central Intelligence ?^?~
Director, Federal Bureau of-Investigation
Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Director, National Security Agency
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Director, Defense Mobilization Systems Planning Activity
Director,. White House Military Office
Manager, National Communications System
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Federal Department/Agency Representative Responsibilities
The following list of activities indicates the general scope of tasks
addressed by the department/agency representatives:
a. Security accreditation for agency facility.
b. Tailoring of standard capabilities package to specific agency
requirements.
c. Procurement processing.
d. Site preparation.-
e. System installation monitoring.
f. Acceptance testing.
g. Staff training.
h. Planning, programming, and budgeting.
i. Intra-agency briefing and coordination.
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