REQUEST FOR COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT FOR FIELD SYSTEMS GROUP AT SOUTH BUILDING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00060R000100160024-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2013
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: July 8, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Information Management Staff/DO
FROM: Edward J. Maloney
Director of Information Technology
Request for Communications Support for Field Systems
Group at South Building
Your Memo, dtd 6 June 1988, Same Subject
1. Office of Information Technology (OIT) agrees that a narrative traffic
capability is necessary to enable the Field System Group/IMS (FSG) to communi-
cate daily on a worldwide basis regarding the CRAFT program. Also, that FSG
use of the T/WI testbed at South Building would provide valuable hands-on
2. Accordingly, OIT plans to establish a narrative traffic capability at
South Building using Electronic Dissemination Circuitry (EDC) - an extension
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experience and enhance further development of the T/WI software program.
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e Headquarters Cable Dissemination System (CDS). This circuitry is the
same as that r~~rrpntly supporting FSG's narrative traffic at
3. The TERP IIA presently installed in the South Building CER will remain
at that facility in an off-line configuration for FSG's use in development of
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4. Unfortunately, OIT has neither-the personnel nor positions to provide
professional communications staffing. However, the operational simplicity of
EDC circuitry is such that it can be operated by non- rofessional communica-
tions personnel, and OIT will pursue this approach.
5. Our focal officer for this effort is 0 erations
Support Staff, OD/OG/OIT. can be reached on Secure
Edwa J. Maloney C2'
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SUBJECT: Request for Communications Support for Field Systems Group at
South Building
ORIG: OSS/OD/OG/OIT
Distribution:
Orig - Addressee
2 - D/OIT
1 - C/CSG
1-C/OD
1 - C/OSS
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Information Technology, DA
ATTENTION:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Chief, Operations Group, OIT
Chief, Customer Services Group, OIT
Chief, Information Management Staff, DO
Request for Communications Support for Field
Systems Group at South Building
1. The Field S stems Group/IMS (FSG) will be relocating
from to the South Building between
October, , an February, 1989.- As the program office for
CRAFT, communications support is a necessity as-FSG communicates
worldwide through staff channels on a daily basis. At the very
least, communicatio with the support
provided to FSG at is required. However,
we are requesting full communications support,-including two
communicators and a TERP so that we may use the Terminal Wang
Interface (T/WI) software program to interface the office
systems electronically with the TERP.
2. FSG will deploy the T/WI program on a world-wide basis
in the near future; this summer, the program will 6e imolPmPni-ad
progress of T/WI development. Further, very few officers in FSG
have had the opportunity to work with T/WI, as the number of
officers that are allowed to TDY to a site at one time is
limited. As a result, because of lack of experience and
exposure to T/WI, few offi.cers:.in.FSG are qualified to support
the program in the field.
At the present time, FSG does not have the capability to test
T/WI in-house. Rather, the product has to be deployed before
software problems can be detected; this leads to lack of
confidence on part of the test sites, and has slowed down the
in several domestic sites
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3. To address these shortcomings, FSG needs the ability to
use T/WI on an operational basis. Not only would officers gain
experience with a program they must support world-wide, but
deployment and program development-would occur at a faster rate
because of the increased support and ability to detect software
problems prior to deployment. The present occupant of South
Building, the Office of Technical Services, is using T/WI to
interface their office system with the TERP, therefore, all
communications hardware is in place to support the effort. We
request that the same support currently enjoyed by OTS be
provided to FSG after its move to South Building. If this
support can be provided, FSG will need to initiate steps to
acquire a cable address designator.
4. Any questions or corres ondence concerning this request
should be directed to C/IMS/FSG, secure
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