DRAFT OMB CIRCULAR A-76, "PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001803510017-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: May 3, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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Director
Intelligence Community Staff
Washington, D.C. 20505
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DCI/ICS 83-3570
3 May 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Lt Gen Lincoln D. Faurer, USAF
Director, National Security Agency,
Chief, Central Security Service
SUBJECT: Draft OMB Circular A-76, "Performance of Commercial
Activities"
1. I am responding on behalf of the DCI to your 1 April memorandum
concerning OMB Circular A-76. I share the concern about the potential risks
to sensitive intelligence sources and methods which could be posed by
compliance with Circular A-76. However, informal liaison with OMB has brought
to light certain points which I believe to be germane. First, no agency has
been formally exempted from compliance with Circular A-76, nor is any likely
to be. I,-therefore, believe that any attempt by the DCI to secure an
exemption would probably be unsuccessful. Second, while an activity may not
be justified for in-house operation solely because it involves or supports a
classified program, the fact that an inordinate security risk would result
from having a contractor perform the activity would most probably be
considered by OMB to be adequate justification. 25X1
2. I fully appreciate that this ambiguity leaves NSA--and not only the
NFIP portion--in limbo. However, the situation is the same for the rest of
the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense as well, and the DoD
has apparently not shown an interest in approaching OMB for formal relief.
However, let me assure you that if NSA runs into significant difficulty in
complying with A-76, and cannot reach a reasonable agreement with OMB which
would protect its security interests, I will recommend that the DCI intervene
directly. 25X1
25X1
Rear Admiral, USN
CONFIDENTIAL
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