ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DCI SECURITY COMMITTEE COMPARTMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE

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• Publication Date: April 29, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
SECURITY COMMITTEE
COMPARTMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE
29 APR 1963
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, DCI Security Committee
Annual Report of the DCI Security Committee
Compartmentation Subcommittee
Attached is the annual report of the DCI Security Committee Com-
partmer}tatior/ Subcommittee for 1982.
EORGE J ME URO 1 Atch
Colonel US 1982 Report of the DCI SECOM
Chairm ompartmentation Compartmentation Subcommittee
Subcommittee (C)
DCI Security Committee
THIS MEMO IS UNCLASSIFIED
WHEN STANDING ALONE
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (DCI)
SECURITY COMMITTEE (SECOM)
COMPARTMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY THROUGH 31 DECEMBER 1982
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The basic mission of the Compartmentation 25X1
Subcommittee is to provide technical guidance and recommendations
on Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) physical and admin-
istrative security matters. Subcommittee efforts during this
period were largely concerned with the updating of DCID 1/7,
DCID 1/19, and DCID 1/20 and other miscellaneous tasks assigned
by the Chairman, DCI SECOM.
1. Authority and Mission of the Compartmentation Subcommit- 25X1
tee. The DCI SECOM Compartmentation Subcommittee was established
pursuant to DCID, Security Committee, effective 15 July 1982.
Its basic mission is, through the DCI SECOM, to:
a. Develop and recommend technical guidance for the estab-
lishment, maintenance and improvement of coordinated Sensitive
Compartmented Information (SCI) systems.
b. Formulate, coordinate, maintain and promulgate technical
guidance for use in the administration of SCI controls at all
echelons of Intelligence Community organizations, both domestic
and overseas, including consultants and contractor support activ-
ities to include: Access approval criteria and employment in
hazardous duty areas; physical security; document identification,
handling, accountability and destruction; and ADP and associated
materials.
c. Furnish technical guidance and assistance to the COMIREX
and SIGINT Committees, and to the Executive Agents of other SCI
programs in connection with their sanitization, downgrading, de-
classification and decontrol responsibilities.
d. Review and survey the security standards, practices and
procedures used by Intelligence Community organizations and their
contractors in relation to approved SCI policies, procedures and
controls; and make recommendations for practical improvements.
e. Recommend to the DCI security policy relative to foreign
government participation in US SCI activities.
f. Recommend security policies governing the release or dis-
closure of SCI to the public, foreign governments or interna-
tional orga-niz&.:ions in which the US participates.
CLASSIFIED BY: Signer
DECLASSIFY ON: OADR
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2. Identification of Agency Providing Chairman and Staff. 25X1
The Chairman (Colonel George J. Mercuro) and Executive Secretary
(Mr Roger D. Smith) have been provided by the Department of the
Air Force. The Subcommittee has no other staff members, per se.
3. = Extent of Intelligence Community Participation. All In- 25X1
telligence Community agencies and departments represented on the
Subcommittee wholeheartedly supported its mission and were re-
sponsive in fulfilling their individual tasks.- The Subcommittee
currently consists of representatives from the following Intelli-
gence Community agencies and departments:
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
National Security Agency
Department of State
Department of Energy
Department of Justice
Department of the Army
Department of the Navy
Department of the Air Force
Office of Space Systems, Department of the Air Force
DCI SECOM Staff (Observer)
NOTE: Membership on the Subcommittee by other agencies and de-
partments represented on the DCI SECOM would be welcomed at any
time.
4. Principal Activities. Five meetings of the full Subcom- 25X1
mittee were held during this reporting period. In addition to
these meetings, there was a significant exchange of information
and coordination on other matters among members which was driven
by their Subcommittee association. During 1982, the Compartmen-
tation Subcommittee was involved in the following activities:
The Compartmentation Subcommittee was directed to review
the extant DCID 1/20, same subject, as part of the NFIB project
of updating all DCIDs. The Subcommittee deliberated this matter
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for several weeks and forwarded a proposed revision to the Chair-
man, SECOM, in October 1982. With the exception of the NSA mem-
ber, the SECOM concurred. However, because the NSA comments were
extensive, the Subcommittee was tasked to reconvene and provide
recommendations on the NSA comments by early January 1983.
The Subcommittee was also tasked to survey its members
nnnrPrninn xperiences under DCID 1/20
This task was completed in August 1982 and a report
submitted to the Chairman, SECOM.
b. Security Controls on the Dissemination of Intelli-
gence In ormation.
The Compartmentation Subcommittee was also directed to
review the extant DCID 1/7, same subject, as part of the NFIB
project of updating all DCIDs. The Subcommittee deliberated
this matter for several weeks and forwarded a proposed revision
to the Chairman, SECOM, in October 1982. Similar to action on
DCID 1/20, the Subcommittee was tasked to reconvene and provide
recommendations on NSA comments by early January 1983.
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c. I Security Policy Manual for SCI Control Systems. 25X1
The Compartmentation Subcommittee had spent much of 1981
revising DCID
1/19,
same subject. This action continued
through
the spring of
1982
and consisted primarily of resolving
comments
submitted by
SECOM
principals on the January 1982 draft
proposed
by the Subcommittee. Issues raised by the SECOM principals were
discussed during April 1982 meetings of the Subcommittee. All
were resolved except for five matters which were remanded to the
SECOM itself for decision. These issues were subsequently re-
solved by the SECOM and the Security Policy Manual was published
by the DCI with an effective date of 28 June 1982.
d. L I Access to SCI By Contractors Performing Service Func- 25X1
tions.
In July 1982, the Subcommittee was tasked to address the
security implications of contracting out services previously per-
formed by US Government personnel. Case in point was the provi-
sions of OMB Circular No. A-76, 29 March 1979, which directed
that all Government agencies and departments contract out as many
services as possible. The Compartmentation Subcommittee noted
that there were significant risks to national security in con-
tracting out security services such as operation of telecommuni-
cations centers, automated data systems or other facilities when
this permits broad contractor access to all-source of other sen-
sitive intellicence information.
This concept was subsequently approved by the DCI and was
incorporated in the revised version of DCID 1/7 mentioned in b,
above.
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5. Major Accomplishments. The major accomplishments of the 25X1
Compartmentation Subcommittee are basically as detailed in para-
graph 4, above.
6. = Highlights of Work in Progress. This is also as de-
scribed in paragraph 4, above.
7. L__-]General Work Plan for 1983. In addition to the comple-
tion of matters already discussed above, the Compartmentation
Subcommittee looks forward to any and all tasking on security
matters by the Q'hairman, SECOM.
ORGE E RO, Colonel, USAF Copies to:
Chairma , C partmentation Compartmentation Subcommittee
Subcommi tee Members
DCI Security Committee
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