LOGNOTE--CHIEF, OPERATIONS GROUP, 16 DECEMBER 1985

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• Publication Date: May 14, 1985
• Content Type: REPORT

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LOGNOTE -- Chief, Operations Group, 16 December 1985
1. At today's staff meeting DD/FBIS asked that we review
the o ernization priorities we arrived at last May (see attached
lognote) to see if we wanted to raise or lower any based upon
predicted budget constraints in FY-86 and 87. C/DRD and C/MOD
should consider. My own view is that Hqs. Automation (DR and
JPRS) is sacrosanct. We could swap INTERNET Phase I or the
Mideast ROSET (fast becoming the European Bureau) for second place
if we had to. The memo of authorization for the European Bureau
has cleared DDS$T and is now in DDA (a formality) on its way to
DDO Planning Staff which has already been greased. In practical
terms, I don't see this as becoming a reality until 87, but we are
too far down the road to INTERNET to risk a delay at this point.
Covering some of the same ground we've already gone over to get it
started again doesn't bear thinking about.
will be coming around to visit groups and divisions
about recruiting. What we need to do is decide on the disposition
of the FY-86 and 87 new positions. FBIS has been authorized 30
new positions and DDS$T has said that we could go 10 over that
figure. If we continue to recruit and hire at the present rate we
will fill the FY-87 T/0 (less the extra 10) by April or May. We
need to look at the people we have in processing against the slots
we expect them to fill in the event we are asked to throttle back.
should have this kind of rack up. It will be important to
delaying some people now in processing. Please be thinking about
this. One position that will have to be protected is the new
position planned for C/Ops office.
aim our recruiting at filling essential new positions, e.g. MOD,
INTERNET (about 5 positions), whathaveyou, even if it means
(cc: C/DRD, C/MOD)
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time that there are insufficient dollars in the approved budget to
fund all our initiatives. Further, it is quite likely that we will
have to accept budget reductions in FY 86 and FY 87. This budget
picture and the imminent award of the Automation contract require
that all understand the Office priorities for Modernization. These
were reviewed with D/FBIS on 13 May as follows:
a. HQS Automation - unclassified
b. Mideast ROSET (including European TV)
c. INTERNET Phase I - London and Panama
d. HQS Automation - classified
e. ROSET - K Band
f. INTERNET - Option III (ROSET Bureaus)
g. ROSET Multi-beam
h. Bureau Automation
Tuesday
MODERNIZATION PRIORITIES. It has been apparent for some
These are the priorities as seen today. The ED contract with
Ford Aerospace considering initiatives b., e., and g., and the
soon-to-be-determined cost of overseas INTERNET terminals may
change our view.
Following are some additional conclusions:
a. The TV Center will be resubmitted as a new initiative in
the FY 88 budget. The evolving MOD efforts toward a TV
Center will continue in order to ensure necessary support
for the Cities Project, Langley TV Project, and INTERNET.
b. Additional C-Band satellite-monitoring hardware for existing
ROSET bureaus will be funded from BASE funds.
c. In the absence of full bureau automation, upgrade of bureau
communications hardware will be funded from BASE funds.
d. We are committed to delivering FBIS products to SAFE and
allowing DI analysts direct access to the FBIS database.
ICDs will reflect these requirements (to the degree that
Automation contracts provide the capability). This will
include FBIS terminals located in DI work areas. (The
number of terminals will be based on system considerations
to be determined at a later date. (cc: C/Ops, C/Prod,
C/AG, C/E$PS, C/Admin, C/SDS)
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