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§ 216.2 Publication of Directives.
(a) We believe, for public awareness and internal administrative
purposes, that publication of the current directives is worthwhile. The
appendix to this part includes all current NCS Directives.
(b) The Directives are arranged numerically. The first of the
hyphenated letters indicates the subject category: “1” for
“Organization, Membership and Administration;” “2” for “Plans, Programs
and Fiscal Management;” “3” for “Telecommunications Operations;” and
“4” for “Technology and Standards.” The second number indicates the
sequence of issuance.
(c) In some instances, the appendixes to the directives consist of
documents readily accessible elsewhere in the public domain. In the
interests of brevity, these documents are referenced rather than
reprinted in full.
[ 55 FR 51063 , Dec. 11, 1990]
Appendix to Part 216—NCS Directives
NCS Directive 1-1—Organization, Membership and Administration—National
Communications System (NCS) Issuance System
NCS Directive 1-2—Organization, Membership and Administration—National
Communications System (NCS) Membership
NCS Directive 2-1—Plans, Programs, and Fiscal Management—National
Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) Telecommunications Planning
Process
NCS Directive 2-2—Plans, Programs, and Fiscal Management—National Level
NSEP Telecommunications Program (NLP) Funding
NCS Directive 3-1—Telecommunications Operations—Telecommunications
Service Priority (TSP) System for National Security Emergency
Preparedness (NSEP)
NCS Directive 3-3—Telecommunications Operations—Shared Resources
(SHARES) High Frequency (HF) Radio Program
Note: NCS Directives and their appendices are available from National
Communications System Joint Secretariat (NCS-NJ), Defense
Communications Agency, Washington, DC 20305-2000
[NCS Directive 1-1]
Organization, Membership and Administration—National Communications System
(NCS) Issuance System
November 30, 1987.
1. Purpose. This directive establishes the National Communications
System (NCS) Issuance System, describes the documents comprising the
NCS Issuance System, and assigns responsibilities and delegates
authority for implementing and managing that System.
2. Applicability. This directive is binding upon the Executive Agent,
NCS; Manager, NCS; NCS Committee of Principals and member
organizations; and other affected Executive entities.
3. Authority. Pursuant to the Constitution of the United States and
other laws cited in Executive Order No. 12472, “Assignment of National
Security and Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications Functions,”
April 3, 1984; 49 FR 13471 (1984) (see appendix A to this directive),
the President has established the NCS, which is subject to rules issued
pursuant to the NCS Issuance System. This directive is issued under the
authority of Executive Order No. 12472.
4. Reference. Executive Order No. 12472.
5. Cancellation. NCS Memorandum 1-63, “National Communications System
Publications,” December 10, 1963, is hereby cancelled.
6. Definitions.
a. Binding. Imposing one or more obligations, responsibilities, or
duties upon affected parties, subject to any overriding Federal
statutes, executive orders, or other Federal law.
b. Issue. To put into effect, publish, and distribute an NCS issuance
after final approval by proper authority.
c. NCS Issuances. Documents (i.e., NCS directives, circulars, manuals,
handbooks, and notices; and Office of the Manager, NCS (OMNCS) office
orders), generally of referential value and broad distribution, that
implement, establish, guide, describe, or explain organizational
responsibilities, authorities, policies, and procedures. Appendix B1
provides abbreviated descriptions of types of issuances.
1Editorial Note: See § 216.2(c) and the note following the table of
contents for the appendix to part 216.
d. NCS Directive. An issuance used to establish and implement
organizational responsibilities, authorities, policies, and procedures
of a continuing nature. Directives are issued by the Director, Office
of Science and Technology Policy and/or Director, Office of Management
and Budget, after consideration of the proposed text by the NCS
Committee of Principals, Executive Agent, NCS, and Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs. Directives are binding upon
the Executive Agent, NCS; Manager, NCS; NCS Committee of Principals and
member organizations; and other affected Executive entities. Directives
remain in effect until superseded or cancelled.
e. NCS Circular. An issuance used for dissemination of subject matter
either pending incorporation into an NCS directive or requiring
one-time action. Circulars are issued by the Director, Office of
Science and Technology Policy and/or Director, Office of Management and
Budget, after consideration of the proposed text by the NCS Committee
of Principals, Executive Agent, NCS, and Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs. Circulars are binding upon the Executive
Agent, NCS; Manager, NCS; NCS Committee of Principals and member
organizations; and other affected Executive entities. Circulars will
expire after (1) incorporation into a directive, (2) one year from the
date of issuance, or (3) a specified time period, whichever occurs
first.
f. NCS Manual. An issuance used to provide detailed description,
explanation, or procedural or technical guidance concerning matters
addressed in NCS directives or circulars. Manuals are issued by the
Manager, NCS, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 9 d and e of this
directive. Manuals are binding upon the Executive Agent, NCS; Manager,
NCS; NCS Committee of Principals and member organizations; and other
affected Executive entities. Manuals remain in effect until superseded
or cancelled.
g. NCS Handbook. An issuance used to provide detailed description,
explanation, or procedural or technical guidance concerning matters
addressed in NCS directives, circulars, or manuals. Handbooks are
issued by the Manager, NCS, normally without consideration by the NCS
Committee of Principals or Executive Agent. Handbooks are not binding
upon the Executive Agent, NCS; Manager, NCS; NCS Committee of
Principals or member organizations; or other affected Executive
entities. Handbooks remain in effect until superseded or cancelled.
h. NCS Notice. An issuance used for immediate dissemination of subject
matter, usually informational, and either pending incorporation into an
NCS handbook or of transitional interest. Notices are issued by the
Manager, NCS, or authorized designees, normally without consideration
by the NCS Committee of Principals or Executive Agent. Notices are not
binding upon the Executive Agent, NCS; Manager, NCS; NCS Committee of
Principals or member organizations; or other affected executive
entities. Notices will expire after (1) incorporation into a handbook,
(2) one year from the date of dissemination, or (3) a specified time
period, whichever occurs first.
i. OMNCS Office Order. An issuance used to implement and provide
procedural guidance supplementary to NCS and other directives, manuals,
or authority and outline managerial requirements. Office orders are
limited to and binding upon the internal operation, administration, and
personnel of the OMNCS. They are issued by the Manager, NCS, who may
delegate further this authority, and they remain in effect until
superseded or cancelled.
7. Policy. The NCS Issuance System governs the issuance of rules and
guidance concerning the internal organization, policies, procedures,
practices, management, and/or personnel of NCS. Such rules and guidance
will be issued in the form of NCS issuances or changes thereto.
Proposed changes to an NCS issuance will be processed in the same
manner as the issuance to which they pertain.
8. Responsibilities.
a. NCS member organizations:
(1) May propose subjects for and develop new issuances, and propose
changes in existing issuances.
(2) May review and provide comments regarding proposed NCS directives,
circulars, and manuals, as desired or authorized by paragraph 9e below.
(3) May consider and comment upon NCS handbooks and notices.
b. The NCS Committee of Principals and Executive Agent:
(1) May propose subjects for and develop new issuances, and propose
changes in existing issuances.
(2) Will review and provide comments as needed to the Executive Office
of the President regarding proposed NCS directives and circulars.
(3) Will consider and approve, and may comment upon, NCS manuals, as
specified in paragraph 9 below.
(4) May consider and comment upon NCS handbooks and notices.
c. The Manager, NCS:
(1) Will maintain and administer the NCS Issuance System.
(2) May propose subjects for and develop new issuances, and propose
changes in existing issuances.
(3) Will consider, issue, and comment upon, as needed, NCS manuals (as
specified in paragraph 9 below), handbooks, notices, and OMNCS office
orders.
(4) Will forward NCS issuances and any comments thereon to the NCS
Committee of Principals; Executive Agent, NCS; and/or Executive Office
of the President, as required.
9. Delegations of Authority.
a. The NCS Committee of Principals and Executive Agent are hereby
delegated the authority to approve NCS manuals, subject to the
conditions specified below in paragraphs 9 d and e.
b. The Manager, NCS, is hereby delegated the authority to issue NCS
manuals, handbooks, and notices.
c. The Manager, NCS, is hereby delegated the authority to approve and
issue OMNCS office orders. The Manager may further delegate this
authority.
d. NCS manuals will be issued 30 calendar days following notification
to the NCS Committee of Principals of approval by the Committee of
Principals and Executive Agent, but only (1) if authorized by an NCS
directive or circular, and (2) subject to the condition specified in
paragraph 9e below.
e. Upon either approval or disapproval of an NCS manual by the
Committee of Principals and/or Executive Agent, the NCS Executive
Agent, Manager, Committee of Principals, and member organizations may,
within 30 calendar days after notification to the Committee of
Principals of such action, submit a written request for review of the
manual to the Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy;
Director, Office of Management and Budget; or Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs. Any such request will include
reasons. Copies of the request shall be provided concurrently to the
NCS Committee of Principals, Executive Agent, and Manager, as
necessary. For a period of 30 calendar days thereafter, any NCS entity
may submit comments to the Director, Office of Science and Technology
Policy; Director, Office of Management and Budget; or Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs. Any manual under such review
may not be issued until resolution of the matter in question by (1)
direction from the Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy,
and/or Director, Office of Management and Budget, after consideration
by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; or (2)
withdrawal of each request for review.
10. Authorizing Provisions. NCS manuals implementing this directive are
authorized.
11. Effective Date. This directive is effective immediately.
12. Expiration. This directive will remain in effect until superseded
or cancelled.
2 Appendices2
2Editorial Note: See § 216.2(c) and the note following the table of
contents for the appendix to part 216.
A. Executive Order No. 12472
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Dated: November 30, 1987.
Director, Office of Management and Budget.
Dated: November 17, 1987.
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
Dated: September 18, 1987.
Note: Appendix A to NCS Directive 1-1, Executive Order No. 12472 of
April 3, 1984, is not published in full in the appendix to part 216.
The text of Executive Order 12472 appears in 49 FR 13471 , April 5,
1984, and in 3 CFR, 1984 Comp., p. 193.
[NCS Directive 1-2]
Organization, Membership, and Administration—National Communications System
(NCS) Membership
November 30, 1987.
1. Purpose. This directive identifies the membership of the National
Communications System (NCS) as designated by the President and assigns
associated responsibilities.
2. Applicability. This directive is binding upon the Executive Agent,
NCS; Manager, NCS; NCS Committee of Principals and member
organizations; and other affected Executive entities.
3. Authority. This directive is issued under the authority of Executive
Order No. 12472, “Assignment of National Security and Emergency
Preparedness Telecommunications Functions,” April 3, 1984; 49 FR 13471
(1984), and NCS Directive 1-1, “National Communications System (NCS)
Issuance System,” November 30, 1987.
4. References.
a. Executive Order No. 12472, “Assignment of National Security and
Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications Functions,” April 3, 1984, 49 FR 13471 (1984). (The text of this Executive Order is included as
appendix A to NCS Directive 1-1, “National Communications System (NCS)
Issuance System,” November 30, 1987.)1
Editorial Notes:
1See the note at the end of Directive 1-1.
2See § 216.2(c) and the note following the table of contents for the
appendix to part 216.
3See § 216.2(c) and the note following the table of contents for the
appendix to part 216.
b. NCS Directive 1-1, “National Communications System (NCS) Issuance
System,” November 30, 1987.
c. White House Memoranda, subject “The National Communications System,”
dated July 13, 1984 (appendices A and B).2
d. White House Memoranda, subject “Application of the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) for Membership in the National
Communications System (NCS),” dated May 7, 1987 (appendix C).3
e. NCS Manual 1-2-1, “Bylaws of the National Communications System
(NCS) Committee of Principals,” November 30, 1987.
5. Cancellation. NCS Memorandum 2-63, “Approval of Initial NCS Tasks 1
and 2,” December 13, 1963; and NCS Memorandum 2-64, “Additional
Networks Approval for Inclusion in the National Communications System,”
December 11, 1964, are hereby cancelled.
6. Definitions.
a. Full Member. A representative on the NCS Committee of Principals of
an organization entitled to unqualified participation, subject to
Committee bylaws (reference 4e) and prevailing legal authority.
Organizations represented by full members will be bound by rules and
other legal authority governing the NCS.
b. Liaison member. A representative on the NCS Committee of Principals
of an organization invited by the President to participate, without the
right to vote on matters before the Committee.
7. Policy. Active participation in NCS activities by organizations
represented on the Committee of Principals is critical to effective
national security emergency preparedness telecommunications.
Accordingly, each organization represented by a full member should
detail at least one full-time employee to serve either on the staff of
the Manager, NCS, or as a resident representative to the NCS' National
Coordinating Center. Exceptions to this policy may be authorized on a
case-by-case basis by the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs.
8. Designated Full Members. The President has designated the following
Federal entities to participate in the NCS and be represented by full
members on the Committee of Principals: Department of State; Department
of the Treasury; Department of Defense; Department of Justice;
Department of the Interior; Department of Agriculture; Department of
Commerce; Department of Health and Human Services; Department of
Transportation; Department of Energy; Central Intelligence Agency;
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; General Services Administration;
United States Information Agency; National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; Veterans Administration; Federal Emergency Management
Agency; National Security Agency; and National Telecommunications and
Information Administration.
9. Invited Participants. The President has invited the Federal
Communications Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Postal
Service, and Federal Reserve System to participate in the NCS and be
represented on the Committee of Principals by either liaison or full
members. Invited participants choosing to be represented by full
members will be bound by NCS issuances promulgated pursuant to
reference 4b.
10. Responsibilities.
a. Each organization represented by a full member on the NCS Committee
of Principals:
(1) Will accredit the full member as the organization's authorized
representative in matters before the Committee, including matters
involving policy, budget, and resources.
(2) Will participate in all activities of the Committee.
(3) Should execute a Memorandum of Agreement with the Executive Agent
or Manager, NCS, to provide personnel and staff support to the Office
of the Manager, NCS, in accordance with section 3(i)(3) of Executive
Order No. 12472 and policy established in this directive.
b. Each organization represented by a liaison member on the Committee
of Principals:
(1) May participate as desired in Committee activities.
(2) Should execute a Memorandum of Agreement with the Executive Agent
or Manager, NCS, describing the nature and extent of participation in
the NCS.
c. The Executive Agent or Manager, NCS, will prepare and execute
Memoranda of Agreement as described in paragraphs 10 a and b above.
11. Authorizing Provision. NCS manuals implementing this directive are
authorized.
12. Effective Date. This directive is effective immediately.
13. Expiration. This directive is in effect until superseded or
cancelled.
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Dated: November 30, 1987.
Director, Office of Management and Budget.
Dated: November 17, 1987.
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
Dated: September 18, 1987.
[NCS Directive 2-1]
Plans, Programs, and Fiscal Management—National Security Emergency
Preparedness (NSEP) Telecommunications Planning Process
September 30, 1988.
1. Purpose. This directive establishes the interagency process by which
unified planning is conducted within the National Communications System
(NCS) to ensure the coordinated development of a responsive and
survivable national telecommunications infrastructure to meet the NSEP
telecommunications needs of the Federal Government.
2. Applicability. This directive is binding upon the Executive Agent,
NCS; Manager, NCS; NCS Committee of Principals and Member
Organizations; and other affected Executive entities.
3. Authority. This directive is issued under the provisions of
Executive Order (E.O.) No. 12472, “Assignment of National Security and
Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications,” April 3, 1984, 49 FR 13471
(1984) and NCS Directive (NCSD) No. 1-1, “National Communications
System (NCS) Issuance System,” November 30, 1987.
4. References.
a. E.O. 12472, “Assignment of National Security and Emergency
Preparedness Telecommunications Functions,” April 3, 1984, 49 FR 13471
(1984).
b. NCS Directive 2-2, “National Level NSEP Telecommunications Program
(NLP) Funding,” November 30, 1987.
c. “National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) Telecommunications
Planning Process,” March 27, 1986, NCS 326/8.1
1Editorial Note: See § 216.2(c) and the note following the table of
contents for the appendix to part 216.
d. White House Memorandum, “National Communications System (NSEP)
Telecommunications Planning Process,” October 11, 1986, (appendix).2
5. Cancellation. NCS Memorandum No. 2-69, “Interim Procedures for
Application of Planning—Programming—Budgeting System (PPBS) Features in
the NCS Planning Process,” October 31, 1969, is hereby cancelled.
6. Definitions.
a. The National Level NSEP Telecommunications Program (NLP). Those NSEP
telecommunications programs benefiting multiple departments and
agencies that are to be undertaken within the NCS structure, and the
accompanying provisions for their shared funding and implementation.
b. Capability Objectives. That key Planning Process element which
defines the set of capabilities needed to meet the NSEP
telecommunication requirements of the Federal Government.
c. Deficiencies and Priorities. That key Planning Process element which
identifies shortcomings or shortfalls in existing capabilities that
inhibit or preclude the satisfaction of Federal NSEP telecommunications
requirements.
d. Candidate Initiatives. That key Planning Process element which
describes actions selected to mitigate identified deficiencies and
achieve the overall enhancement of NSEP telecommunications
capabilities.
e. Evolutionary NSEP Telecommunications Architecture. That Planning
Process element which describes the overall structure of
telecommunications capabilities and resources to support Federal
government NSEP requirements and the framework for the design,
evaluation, and integration of NSEP telecommunications initiatives.
7. Policy. The mission of the NCS is to assist the President, the
National Security Council (NSC), the Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy (OSTP), and the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in the exercise of the telecommunications
functions and responsibilities assigned to them by E.O. 12472, and to
coordinate the planning for and provision of NSEP telecommunications
for the Federal government under all circumstances, including crisis or
emergency, attack, recovery, and reconstitution.
a. To support the performance of this mission, a unified planning
process for NSEP telecommunications will be implemented to:
(1) Establish, on an evolutionary basis, a NSEP telecommunications
planning mechanism that facilitates the integration of Federal
government, commercial/private sector, and State/local government
activities and capabilities;
(2) Define the capabilities required to support NSEP telecommunications
needs;
(3) Identify a set of feasible near- and long-term national level NSEP
telecommunications initiatives for the achievement of those
capabilities; and
(4) Develop, and provide for the effective implementation of, approved
national level NSEP telecommunications programs.
b. These planning functions will be carried out within the framework of
an overall process involving the design and maintenance of an
evolutionary NSEP telecommunications architecture, and the annual
development, documentation, review, and approval of capability
objectives, deficiencies and priorities, candidate initiatives, and a
National Level Program.
8. Responsibilities.
a. Executive Office of the President (EOP).
(1) Within the EOP, the NSC, in conjunction with OSTP and OMB, will:
(a) Provide overall policy and program direction for NSEP
telecommunications planning;
(b) Provide, after appropriate consultation with the Director of
Central Intelligence and the Attorney General, a definition of the
threat for planning purposes;
(c) Review and validate Capability Objectives;
(d) Review and provide program planning guidance to the NCS regarding
Deficiencies and Priorities and Candidate Initiatives; and
(e) Provide direction for the implementation of the National Level
Program.
(2) In addition, the OSTP will also:
(a) Provide recommendations regarding, and the results of tests,
exercises, and evaluations;
(b) Provide recommendations relating to the enhancement of plans and
procedures for the management of Federal telecommunications resources
in crises or emergencies.
(3) As provided for in E.O. 12472, OMB, “* * * will, in conjunction
with the National Security Council, provide general guidelines and
procedures for reviewing the financing of the NCS within the budgetary
process and for preparation of budget estimates by participating
organizations. These guidelines and procedures may provide for
mechanisms for funding, through the budget review process, NSEP
telecommunications initiatives which benefit multiple departments and
agencies.
(4) The NSC, OSTP, OMB and the Executive Agent, NCS, will:
(a) Review and approve or modify the proposed National Level Program
developed by the NCS.
b. The Executive Agent, NCS, will:
(1) Provide direction for the conduct of NSEP telecommunications
planning activities and serve as the principal interface between the
NCS and the EOP;
(2) Review the Capability Objectives, Deficiencies and Priorities,
Candidate Initiatives, and the proposed National Level Program and
forward them, with NCS COP and Executive Agent recommendations, for the
consideration of the EOP;
(3) Transmit NSEP Telecommunications planning guidance and direction
received from the EOP to the Manager, NCS; and
(4) Oversee the overall planning activities of the NCS.
c. Individual NCS member organizations* will:
*Certain NCS member organizations are also assigned special
telecommunications planning responsibilities within the Federal
Government, e.g., spectrum planning, telecommunications security and
protection, and diplomatic and intelligence communications planning.
These organizations will work with the Manager, NCS, to assure that
their special areas of responsibility are reflected in the National
Level Program to the maximum extent practicable. For example, FEMA will
ensure that State/local NSEP telecommunications concerns, activities,
and capabilities are considered, to the maximum extent practicable,
within the Planning Process.
(1) Identify their essential emergency functions (EEFs) and NSEP
telecommunications needs and requirements;
(2) Describe initiatives being implemented within their organizations
to improve NSEP telecommunications capabilities;
(3) Provide any information** regarding their telecommunications
operating systems, networks, facilities, plans, and procedures that is
required for effective NSEP telecommunications planning; and
**Such information from NCS members organizations will be provided to
the extent permitted by law and regulation, and with due regard for the
need to protect classified or otherwise sensitive national security or
intelligence information.
(4) Recommend and provide budget estimates for candidate national level
NSEP telecommunications initiatives.
d. The NCS Committee of Principals (COP) will:
(1) Review, consider, and provide recommendations regarding NSEP
Telecommunications Requirements, Capability Objectives, Deficiencies
and Priorities, Candidate Initiatives, and the proposed National Level
Program to the Executive Agent and the EOP;
(2) Assist in the coordination of NSEP telecommunications planning
activities with other related planning activities and processes; and
(3) Serve as forum for the evaluation of the National Level Program and
assessment of the effectiveness of the NSEP Telecommunications Planning
Process.
e. The Manager, NCS, will:
(1) Ensure the annual development and documentation for NSEP
Telecommunications Planning Process elements based upon NSEP
telecommunications requirements and threat and policy guidance provided
by the EOP;
(2) Develop, for consideration by the NCS COP, the Capability
Objectives, Deficiencies and Priorities, and Candidate Initiatives and
forward them for the consideration of the Executive Agent and the EOP;
(3) Provide annually a proposed National Level Program for the
consideration of the NCS COP and the Executive Agent;
(4) Design and maintain the evolutionary NSEP Telecommunications
Architecture;
(5) Coordinate planning activities within the NCS structure and provide
staff support and technical assistance for the overall planning effort;
and
(6) Obtain the NSEP telecommunications recommendations of the U.S.
telecommunications industry through the National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC).
9. Procedures.
a. Key NSEP Telecommunications Planning Process elements will be
developed and considered on an annual basis as follows:
(1) Capability Objectives will be presented for NCS COP consideration
by the Manager, NCS; forwarded with NCS COP recommendations to the
Executive Agent, NCS; and transmitted with NCS COP and Executive Agent
recommendations to the NSC, OSTP, and OMB for validation.
(2) Deficiencies and Priorities will be presented to the NCS COP by the
Manager, NCS; forwarded with NCS COP recommendations to the Executive
Agent, NCS; and transmitted with NCS COP and Executive Agent
recommendations to the NSC, OSTP, and OMB for information and
reference.
(3) Candidate Initiatives will be presented to the NCS COP by the
Manager, NCS; forwarded with NCS COP recommendations to the Executive
Agent, NCS, OSTP, and OMB for information and reference.
(4) A proposed National Level Program will be presented for NCS COP
consideration in March by the Manager, NCS; forwarded with NCS COP
recommendations to the Executive Agent, NCS; and transmitted with NCS
and Executive Agent recommendations to the NSC, OSTP, and OMB for
review in May.
b. Preparation of the final National Level Program completes the annual
planning cycle. However, it does not complete the budgetary cycle,
which continues until budget requests are submitted to OMB for
inclusion in the President's Budget. It is anticipated that, following
consideration and approval of the National Level Program by the EOP,
approved recommendations will be provided to OMB and the NCS member
organizations for use in preparation of the President's Budget.
c. As necessary, the EOP will also provide specific program funding and
budgetary guidance to the NCS member organizations for the development
of NSEP telecommunications budget requests.
10. Authorizing Provision. NCS manuals implementing this directive are
authorized.
11. Effective Date. This directive is effective immediately.
12. Expiration. This directive will remain in effect until superseded
or cancelled.
Appendix:
White House Memorandum, October 11, 19864
4Editorial Note: See § 216.2(c), and the note following the table of
contents for the appendix to part 216.
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Dated: January 27, 1989.
Director, Office of Management and Budget.
Dated: January 19, 1989.
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
Dated: January 19, 1989.
[NCS Directive 2-2]
Plans, Programs, and Fiscal Management—National Level NSEP Telecommunications
Program (NLP) Funding
November 30, 1987.
1. Purpose. This directive establishes policies and procedures and
assigns responsibilities for the shared funding of approved national
level national security emergency preparedness (NSEP)
telecommunications programs and for the preparation and execution of
National Level NSEP Telecommunications Program (NLP) Funding Memoranda
of Agreement and funding agreements between NCS member organizations
and the Manager, NCS.
2. Applicability. This directive is binding upon the Executive Agent,
NCS; NCS Committee of Principals; Manager, NCS; those NCS member
organizations required to share costs of approved NLP programs; and
other affected Executive entities.
3. Authority. This directive is issued under the authority of Executive
Order No. 12472, “Assignment of National Security and Emergency
Preparedness Telecommunications Functions,” April 3, 1984, 49 FR 13471
(1984), Section 2(e), and NCS Directive 1-1, “National Communications
System (NCS) Issuance System,” November 30, 1987.
4. Policy. The President has directed that implementation and recurring
costs for national level NSEP telecommunications programs shall be
shared on a pro rata basis. Each NCS organization's share of such costs
shall be determined by its share of NSEP telecommunications
requirements. The Department of Defense shall fund all development
costs associated with approved national level NSEP telecommunications
programs. Agreements shall be executed to govern NLP funding.
Compliance with this policy is subject to the authorization and
appropriation of funds by the Congress.
5. References.
a. Executive Order No. 12472, “Assignment of National Security and
Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications Functions,” April 3, 1984, 49 FR 13471 (1984).
b. National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 201, “National Security
Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications (NSEP) Funding,” December 17,
1985 (appendix A).1
1Editorial Note: See § 216.2(c) and the note following the table of
contents for the appendix to part 216.
c. NCS Directive 2-1, “National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP)
Telecommunications Planning Process,” (presently in process).
6. Definitions.
a. Shared Funding. The pro rata distribution among NCS member
organizations of the implementation and recurring costs of approved
national level NSEP telecommunications programs on the basis of each
organization's NSEP telecommunications requirements.
b. NSEP Telecommunications Requirements. Initially, those
telecommunications requirements identified by NCS member organizations
as part of the NSEP Telecommunications Requirements Analysis directed
by the Executive Office of the President. Alternative methods for
determining requirements may be used, subject to approval as prescribed
in Executive Order No. 12472, section 2(c)(4).
c. The National Level NSEP Telecommunications Program (NLP). That
document developed as part of the NSEP Telecommunications Planning
Process that identifies national level NSEP telecommunications programs
and accompanying provisions for their shared funding and
implementation.
d. National Level NSEP Telecommunications Programs. Those programs that
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities and:
(1) Directly enhance national telecommunications infrastructure and
service capabilities within the framework outlined in Executive Order
No. 12472, and
(2) Are undertaken within the administrative structure of the NCS,
i.e., by the Manager, NCS, NCS Committee of Principals (COP), and
Executive Agent, NCS, via the NSEP Telecommunications Planning Process,
and
(3) Involved acquisition and operations/maintenance costs of sufficient
magnitude to warrant shared funding.
e. Development Costs. Those costs (e.g., research, pre-production
engineering, proof of concept studies and demonstrations, and
specification development) incurred prior to contract award leading to
an operational capability.
f. Implementation Costs. Those costs (e.g., acquisition/procurement,
production engineering, installation, and nonrecurring lease) incurred
after contract award leading to an operational capability and prior to
operational capability being achieved.
g. Recurring Costs. Those costs (e.g., recurring lease, maintenance,
operational testing, and termination liability) incurred in support of
the continuing operations and maintenance associated with national
level programs.
h. NLP Funding Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). A memorandum of agreement
developed between an NCS member organization and the Manager, NCS, to
implement the provisions of this directive.
i. Funding Agreements. Funding documents, e.g., Interagency Funding
Agreements and Vouchers, executed between the Manager, NCS, and NCS
member organizations to provide for the payment of NLP funds to the
Manager, NCS.
7. Responsibilities.
a. The Office of Management and Budget will provide guidance annually
to NCS member organizations regarding the incorporation of funding for
approved national level NSEP telecommunications programs in the
President's Budget.
b. The Department of Defense will provide funding for the development
costs associated with approved national level NSEP telecommunications
programs.
c. The Manager, NCS, will:
(1) Negotiate and execute NLP Funding Memoranda of Agreement and
Interagency Funding Agreements with those NCS member organizations
required to share the costs of approved national level NSEP
telecommunications programs, and
(2) Oversee the program and financial management of approved national
level NSEP telecommunications programs, reporting quarterly on program
status and the expenditure of funds to the NCS Committee of Principals.
d. Each NCS member organization required to share the costs of the NLP
will:
(1) Incorporate its respective funding share of approved national level
NSEP telecommunications programs in its annual budget submission;
(2) Execute with the Manager, NCS, an NLP Funding Memorandum of
Agreement after review by the organization's NCS Principal; and
(3) Execute with the Manager, NCS those funding agreements required for
payment of funds for approved national level NSEP telecommunications
programs to the Manager, NCS.
8. Procedures.
a. NLP Funding Guidance. The NLP funding guidance required by paragraph
7a(1) of this directive will be provided to the NCS entities annually
by August 1.
b. NLP Funding Agreements. The shared funding of approved national
level NSEP telecommunications programs will be accomplished through the
execution, between NCS member organizations and the Manager, NCS of the
following:
(1) An NLP Funding Memorandum of Agreement that, as outlined in the
model MOA at appendix B, provides for incorporation of the NLP funding
share in an NCS member organization's budget submission; preparation
and execution of an Interagency Funding Agreement; and reporting of the
NLP status. Those NCS organizations required to share the costs of the
NLP as of the effective date of this directive shall execute such
Memoranda by September 30, 1987.
(2) An Interagency Funding Agreement that outlines the scope of work to
be undertaken as part of the NLP, the associated period of performance,
the estimated maximum costs, and procedures for submission of vouchers
for transfers between appropriated funds. This agreement, which does
not constitute an obligation of funds, shall be executed by August 31
each year to provide for the payment of NLP funds for the following
fiscal year.
(3) Vouchers for Transfers Between Appropriations And/Or Funds
(Standard Form 1080) forwarded by the Manager, NCS, to the NCS member
organizations prior to the start of the fiscal year in which NLP funds
are to be expended. Organizations will effect the payment of funds upon
receipt of appropriated funds (or Continuing Resolution(s)), subject to
OMB apportionment of those funds.
c. NLP Funding Shortfalls. If an NCS member organization is not
authorized and appropriated the amount of funds necessary to pay its
share of approved national level NSEP telecommunications programs, the
Manager, NCS, should also be notified as soon as possible.
9. Authorizing Provisions. NCS manuals implementing this directive are
authorized.
10. Effective Date. This directive is effective immediately.
11. Expiration Date. This directive will remain in effect until
superseded or cancelled.
2 Appendices
A. NSDD 201, December 17, 19852
2Editorial Note: See § 216.2(c) and the note following the table of
contents for the appendix to part 216.
B. Model NLP MOA
Director, Office of Management and Budget.
Dated: November 17, 1987.
Appendix B—Model National Level NSEP Telecommunications Program (NLP) Funding
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
1. Purpose: This Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) defines the relationship
between and responsibilities of the (name of NCS member organization)
and the Office of the Manager, NCS (OMNCS), with respect to the
financial management of national level national security emergency
preparedness (NSEP) telecommunications programs approved by the
Executive Office of the President (EOP) in the National Level NSEP
Telecommunications Program (NLP).
2. Scope: This MOA is limited to the implementation and recurring costs
of approved national level NSEP telecommunications programs, including
termination liability costs, if applicable. Development costs will be
funded by the Department of Defense.
3. Background: In April 1984, Executive Order No. 12472, “Assignment of
National Security and Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications
Functions,” established a framework for the funding of NSEP
telecommunications initiatives by the NCS, providing for:
a. The prescription, by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in
consultation with the National Security Council (NSC) and the NCS, of
general guidelines and procedures for reviewing the financing of the
NCS within the budgetary process, and for the preparation of budget
estimates by participating agencies.
b. The determination, by the NSC, the Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP), and OMB in consultation with the Executive Agent, NCS,
and the NCS Committee of Principals (COP), of what constitutes NSEP
telecommunications requirements, and
c. The determination, by Federal departments and agencies, of their
NSEP telecommunications requirements and the provision, after
consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), of
resources to support their respective requirements for NSEP
telecommunications.
To implement the provisions of Executive Order No. 12472, the President
directed in National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 201, that
“implementation and recurring costs for national level NSEP
telecommunications programs (i.e., those which benefit multiple Federal
departments, agencies or entities) shall be shared on a pro rata basis
determined by each organization's share of NSEP telecommunications
requirements.” The Director, OMB, subsequently instructed the NCS
member organizations to work with the Manager, NCS, to develop the
necessary agreements for the payment of member funds to the Office of
the Manager, NCS (OMNCS).
4.0 Responsibilities
4.1 The Office of the Manager, NCS, shall:
a. Serve as the Office of Primary Responsibility for the financial and
program management of approved national level NSEP telecommunications
programs.
b. Upon approval of national level NSEP telecommunications programs and
receipt of funding guidance from the EOP, prepare an Interagency
Funding Agreement necessary to effect the payment of (name of NCS
member organization) funds to the Manager, NCS. This agreement shall be
executed by August 31 each year.
c. Prepare and provide vouchers for transfers between appropriations
and/or funds (Standard Form 1080) for (name of NCS member organization)
d. Provide technical, programmatic, and financial management support
for individual national level NSEP telecommunications programs,
including the maintenance of financial records and accounting system
and the update of program plans.
e. Report quarterly to the NCS COP on the programmatic and financial
status of approved national level NSEP telecommunications programs.
f. Advise the (name of NCS member organization) of any significant
programmatic or financial adjustments/modifications.
4.2 The (name of NCS member organization) will:
a. Incorporate its respective funding share of approved national level
NSEP telecommunications programs in its annual budget submission.
b. Execute with the Manager, NCS, by August 31 each year the
Interagency Funding Agreement required for the transfer, payment and/or
reimbursement of funds for the NLP.
c. Upon receipt of appropriations (or Continuing Resolution(s)) for
each applicable fiscal year and subject to OMB apportionment of those
funds, effect the payment of funds to the Manager, NCS, in accordance
with Standard Form 1080.
5.0 Implementation: This MOA is effective upon the date of the latest
signature. This MOA is subject to periodic review and update as
circumstances warrant and will terminate upon the mutual agreement of
the parties. Compliance with this MOA is subject to the authorization
and appropriation of funds by the Congress.
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Date:
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[NCS Directive 3-1]
Telecommunication Operations—Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System
for National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP)
July 5, 1990.
1. Purpose. This directive implements policy, explains legal and
regulatory basis, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures
for the Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System for National
Security Emergency Preparedeness (NSEP).
2. Applicability.
a. This directive is binding upon the Executive Agency, NCS; Manager,
NCS; NCS Committee of Principals and member organizations; and other
affected Executive entities.
b. This directive applies to NSEP telecommunication services:
(1) For which initial or revised priority level assignments are
requested pursuant to paragraph 12 of this directive.
(2) Which were assigned restoration priorities under the provisions of
47 CFR part 64, appendix A, “Priority System for the Restoration of
Common Carrier Provided Intercity Private Line Services,” 47 CFR part
211, “Emergency Restoration Priority Procedures for Telecommunications
Services,” and NCS Memorandum 1-68 and are being resubmitted for
priority level assignments pursuant to paragraph 14 of this directive.
(Such services will retain assigned restoration priorities until a
resubmission for a TSP assignment is completed or until the existing RP
rules are terminated.)
3. Authority. This directive is issued under the authority of section
706 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 606);
Executive Order No. 12472, “Assignment of National Security and
Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications Functions,” April 3, 1984, 49 FR 13471 (1984); NCS Directive 1-1, “National Communications System
(NCS) Issuance System,” November 30, 1987; and 47 CFR part 64, appendix
A, “Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System for National
Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP).”
4. References.
a. Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 151, et seq.).
b. Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. appendix,
section 2061, et seq.).
c. Disaster Relief Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
d. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (50 U.S.C. 1801, et seq. and
18 U.S.C. 2511, 2518, and 2519).
e. Title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, part 64, appendix A,
“Priority System for the Restoration of Common Carrier Provided
Intercity Private Line Services;” 47 CFR part 64, appendix A (1980).
f. Title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, part 64, appendix A,
“Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System for National Security
Emergency Preparedness (NSEP).”
g. Defense Priorities and Allocation System (15 CFR part 350).
h. Executive Order No. 12472, “Assignment of National Security and
Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications Functions,” April 3, 1984, 49 FR 13471 (1984).
i. NCS Memorandum 1-68, “National Communications System (NCS) Circuit
Restoration Priority System,” July 18, 1968.1
1Editorial Note: See § 216.2(c).
5. Cancellation and/or Supersession. NCS Memorandum 1-68, “National
Communications System (NCS) circuit Restoration Priority System,” July
18, 1968; NCS circular 55-1, “Processing Requests for Temporary
Adjustments to NCS circuit Restoration Priority Assignments,” July 8,
1970: and NCS Circular 55-2, “NCS Data Base,” November 21, 1977, with
Change 1, May 30, 1978; are hereby superseded by, and cancelled under
the authority of this directive on its effective date.
6. Definitions. See appendix.
7. Scope of the NSEP TSP System.
a. Domestic NSEP Services. The NSEP TSP System and procedures
established in 47 CFR part 64 and in this directive authorize priority
treatment to the following domestic telecommunication services
(including portions of U.S. international telecommunication services
provided by U.S. vendors) for which provisioning or restoration
priority levels are requested, assigned, and approved in accordance
with this directive and any implementing manuals:
(1) Common carrier services which are:
(a) Interstate or foreign telecommunication services.
(b) Intrastate telecommunication services inseparable from interstate
or foreign telecommunications services, and intrastate
telecommunication services to which priority levels are assigned
pursuant to paragraph 13 of this directive.
(Note: Initially, the NSEP TSP System's applicability to public
switched services is limited to (a) provisioning of such services
(e.g., business, centrex, cellular, foreign exchange, Wide Area
Telephone Service (WATS) and other services that the selected vendor is
able to provision), and (b) restoration of services that the selected
vendor is able to restore.)
(2) Services which are provided by government and/or non-common
carriers and are interconnected to common carrier services assigned a
priority level pursuant to paragraph 13 of this directive.
b. Control Services and Orderwires. The NSEP TSP System and procedures
implemented in this directive are not applicable to authorize priority
treatment to control services or orderwires owned by a service vendor
and needed for provisioning, restoration, or maintenance of other
services owned by that vendor. Such control services and orderwires
shall have priority of provisioning and restoration over all other
telecommunication services (including NSEP services) and shall be
exempt from preemption. However, the NSEP TSP System and procedures
implemented in this directive are applicable to control services or
orderwires leased by a service vendor or user from another service
vendor.
c. Other Services. The NSEP TSP System may apply, at the discretion of
and upon special arrangements by the entities involved, to authorize
priority treatment to the following telecommunication services:
(1) Government or non-common carrier services which are not connected
to common carrier provided services assigned a priority level pursuant
to paragraph 13 of this directive.
(2) Portions of U.S. international services which are provided by
foreign correspondents. (Subject to pertinent law, including references
4a, 4c, and 4f, U.S. telecommunication service vendors are encouraged
to ensure that relevant operating arrangements are consistent to the
maximum extent practicable with the NSEP TSP System. If such agreements
do not exist, U.S. telecommunication service vendors should handle
service provisioning and/or restoration in accordance with any system
acceptable to their foreign correspondents which allows provisioning
and restoration in the manner most comparable to the procedures
established in this directive.) In addition, the U.S. government,
acting through the Department of State, may enter into the following
types of agreements to ensure that priority provisioning and
restoration procedures consistent with those governing domestic
services within the NSEP TSP System are in place: (a) Bilateral
agreements for reciprocal priority treatment for critical foreign
government telecommunication services in the U.S., and (b) multilateral
agreements within such international telecommunication organizations as
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Allied Long Lines Agency or
Civil Communications Planning Committee, which have or are conducive to
having a provisioning and restoration priority system.
d. Subpriority and Precedence Systems. Service users may implement
subpriority and/or precedence systems that are consistent, and do not
conflict with, the NSEP TSP System.
8. Policy. The NSEP TSP System is the regulatory, administrative, and
operational system authorizing and providing for priority treatment
(i.e., provisioning, and restoration) of NSEP telecommunication
services (see definition in appendix). As such, it establishes the
framework for NSEP telecommunication service vendors to provision,
restore, or otherwise act on a priority basis to ensure effective NSEP
telecommunication services. The NSEP TSP System allows the assignment
of priority levels to any NSEP service across three time periods, or
stress conditions: Peacetime/Crisis/Mobilization, Attack/War, and
Post-Attack/Recovery. All requests for priority level assignments will
be processed through the Manager, NCS. Although priority levels
normally will be assigned by the Manager, NCS, and retained by service
vendors, only for the current time period, they may also be preassigned
for the other two time periods at the request of service users who are
able to identify and justify, in advance, their wartime or post-attack
NSEP telecommunication requirements. Absent such preassigned priority
levels for the Attack/War and Post-Attack/Recovery periods, priority
level assignments for the Peacetime/Crisis/Mobilization period will
remain in effect. At all times, priority level assignments will be
subject to revision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); or,
on an interim basis, the Director, Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP); and the Manager, NCS, based upon changing NSEP needs. No
other system of telecommunication service priorities which conflicts
with the NSEP TSP System is authorized.
9. Legal Basis for the NSEP TSP System. The laws and regulations
authorizing the NSEP TSP System are those cited above in paragraphs 3
and 4.
a. Communications Act. Sections 1, 4(i), and 201 thru 205 of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C., 151, 154(i), and 201 thru 205)
grant to the FCC the authority over assignment and approval of
priorities for provisioning and restoration of common carrier-provided
telecommunication services. Under section 706 of the Communications
Act, this authority may be superseded, and expanded to include
privately owned telecommunication services, by the war emergency powers
of the President of the United States.
b. Executive Order No. 12472. In Executive Order No. 12472, the
President tasked the NCS to assist the Director, OSTP, in the exercise
of the President's war emergency powers. Executive Order No. 12472 also
directs the Manager, NCS, to assist the Director, OSTP, in executing
those functions by developing plans and procedures for the management,
allocation and use (including the establishment of priorities and
preferences) of federally owned or leased telecommunication assets.
c. Federal Rules. The FCC and Executive Office of the President (EOP)
have used their respective authorizations to develop and establish the
NSEP TSP System as the one uniform system of priorities for the
provisioning and restoration of NSEP telecommunication services, both
before and after invocation of the section 706 Presidential war
emergency powers. The Federal rules governing the NSEP TSP System have
been promulgated by the FCC and OSTP (on behalf of the EOP) in title 47
of the Code of Federal Regulations. In those rules, the FCC has
requested the EOP to administer the NSEP TSP System before the
invocation of section 706 of the Communications Act, Presidential war
emergency powers. In this directive, the EOP assigns to the Manager,
NCS, both this administrative authority to administer the NSEP TSP
System before, and the President's statutory authority to administer
the NSEP TSP System after, the invocation of the section 706
Presidential war emergency powers.
d. Defense Production Act. The Defense Production Act of 1950
authorizes the President to require the priority performance of
contracts and orders necessary to promote national defense. It also
authorizes the President to allocate materials and facilities as
necessary to promote national defense. Pursuant to the Defense
Production Act, regulations promulgated by the Department of Commerce
in the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) permit the
assignment of “priority ratings” to equipment associated with NSEP
telecommunication services warranting priority treatment, if they
support authorized programs under Schedule I of the DPAS.
e. Contracts. NSEP telecommunication service users may also employ
contractual mechanisms to obtain the priority provisioning or
restoration of service, including customer premises equipment and
wiring. However, any such contractual arrangements must be consistent
with NSEP TSP System rules and regulations, including any priority
order of provisioning and restoration assigned in accordance with the
NSEP TSP System.
10. Responsibilities.
a. Federal Communications Commission. As authorized by the
Communications Act the FCC will:
(1) Provide regulatory oversight of implementation of the NSEP TSP
System.
(2) Enforce NSEP TSP System rules and regulations which are contained
in 47, CFR, part 64.
(3) Act as final authority for approval, revision, or disapproval of
priority actions by the Manager, NCS, and adjudicate disputes regarding
either priority actions or denials of requests for priority actions by
the Manager, NCS, until superseded by the President's war emergency
powers under section 706 of the Communications Act.
(4) Function (on a discretionary basis) as a sponsoring Federal
organization. (See paragraph 10d below.)
b. Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy. The Director,
OSTP, EOP, will:
(1) During exercise of the President's war emergency powers under
section 706 of the Communications Act, act as the final approval
authority for priority actions or denials of requests for priority
actions, adjudicating any disputes.
(2) Provide oversight of Executive branch activities associated with
the NSEP TSP System, including assignment of priority levels for
telecommunications service provisioning and restoration across all time
periods.
(3) Function (on a discretionary basis) as a sponsoring Federal
organization. (See paragraph 10d below.)
c. Manager, NCS. The Manager, NCS, will:
(1) Implement the NSEP TSP System under the oversight of the FCC and
Director, OSTP, in consultation with the NCS Committee of Principals.
(2) Administer the NSEP TSP System, which includes:
(a) Receiving, processing, and evaluating requests for priority actions
from service users, or sponsoring Federal government organizations on
behalf of service users (e.g., Departments of State or Defense on
behalf of foreign governments, Federal Emergency Management Agency on
behalf of state and local governments, and any Federal organization on
behalf of private industry entities). Action on such requests will be
completed within 30 days of receipt.
(b) Assigning, revising, revalidating, or revoking priority levels as
necessary or upon request of service users concerned, and denying
requests for priority actions as necessary, using paragraph 16 of this
directive. Under circumstances short of exercise of Presidential war
emergency powers under section 706 of the Communications Act and time
permitting, coordinate such changes in priority level assignments in
advance with requesting and/or affected parties. Action on such
requests will be completed within 30 days of receipt.
(c) Maintaining data on priority level assignments.
(d) Periodically forwarding to the FCC and Director, OSTP, lists of
priority actions for review and approval.
(e) Periodically initiating reconciliation.
(f) Testing and evaluating the NSEP TSP System for effectiveness.
(g) Conducting audits as necessary. Any Telecommunications Service
Priority (TSP) System user may request the Manager, NCS to conduct an
audit. (See the definition of an “audit” in appendix A.)
(h) Issuing, subject to review by the FCC, procedures supplemental to
and consistent with this directive regarding operation and use of the
NSEP TSP System.
(i) Serving as a centralized point-of-contact for collecting and
disseminating to all interested parties (consistent with requirements
for treatment of classified and proprietary material) information
concerning use and abuse of the NSEP TSP System.
(j) Establishing and assisting a TSP System Oversight Committee to
identify and review any problems developing in the system and
recommending actions to correct them or prevent recurrence. In addition
to representatives of the EOP, representatives from private industry
(including telecommunication service vendors), state and local
governments, the FCC, and other organizations may be appointed to the
committee.
(k) Reporting at least quarterly to the FCC; Director, OSTP; and TSP
System Oversight Committee, together with any recommendations for
action, the operational status of and trends in the NSEP TSP System,
including:
(i) Numbers of requests processed for the various priority actions, and
the priority levels assigned.
(ii) Relative percentages of services assigned to each priority level
under each NSEP category and subcategory.
(iii) Any apparent serious misassignment or abuse of priority level
assignments.
(iv) Any existing or developing problem.
(l) Submitting semi-annually to the FCC; Director, OSTP; and TSP System
Oversight Committee a summary report identifying the time and event
associated with each invocation of NSEP treatment under paragraph 13c
of this directive and section 10c of 47 CFR part 64; whether the NSEP
service requirement was adequately handled; and whether any additional
charges were incurred. These reports will be due by April 30th for the
preceding July through December and by October 31st for the preceding
January through June time periods.
(3) Function (on a discretionary basis) as a sponsoring Federal
organization. (See paragraph 10d below.)
d. Sponsoring Federal Organizations. Sponsoring Federal organizations
will:
(1) Review and decide whether to sponsor private industry (including
telecommunication service vendors) requests for priority actions.
Federal organizations will forward sponsored requests with
recommendations for disposition to the Manager, NCS. Recommendations
will be based on paragraph 16 of this directive.
(2) Forward notification of priority actions or denials of requests for
priority actions to the requesting private industry entities, for
disposition.
(3) Cooperate with the Manager, NCS, during reconciliation,
revalidation, and audits.
e. Departments of State and Defense. The Departments of State and
Defense will, in addition to the responsibilities listed in paragraph
10h below:
(1) Review and decide whether to sponsor requests for priority level
assignments from foreign governments and forward sponsored requests to
the Manager, NCS, with recommendations for disposition. Recommendations
will be based on paragraph 16 of this directive and whether or not
priority treatment is afforded to U.S. NSEP telecommunication service
requirements in the foreign country concerned.
(2) Forward notification of priority actions or denials of requests for
priority actions to the requesting foreign government entities, for
disposition.
f. Department of Energy. The Department of Energy will, in addition to
the responsibilities listed in paragraph 10h below:
(1) Review and decide whether to sponsor public and private interstate
power utility company requests for priority actions and forward
sponsored requests with recommendations for disposition to the Manager,
NCS. Recommendations will be based on paragraph 16 of this directive.
This does not preclude public and private power utility companies from
obtaining sponsorship elsewhere.
(2) Forward notification of priority actions or denials of requests for
priority actions to the requesting public and private power utility
companies for disposition.
g. Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Federal Emergency
Management Agency will, in addition to the responsibilities listed in
paragraph 10h below:
(1) Review and decide whether to sponsor state and local government
requests for priority actions and forward sponsored requests with
recommendations for disposition to the Manager, NCS. Recommendations
will be based on paragraph 16 of this directive.
(2) Forward notification of priority actions or denials of requests for
priority actions to the requesting state and local government entities,
for disposition.
h. Federal Organizations. Federal organizations will:
(1) Ensure that NSEP TSP System users within each organization comply
with their obligations under the NSEP TSP System.
(2) Provision and restore government-provided services (which are
interconnected with commercially provided services assigned a priority
level pursuant to paragraph 13 of this directive) in accordance with
NSEP TSP System rules and regulations. (See paragraph 7a(2) of this
directive.)
(3) Function (on a discretionary basis) as sponsoring Federal
organizations for private sector service users (e.g., government
contractors).
(4) Cooperate with the Manager, NCS, during reconciliation,
revalidation, and audits.
i. Service Users. Service users, or entities acting on their behalf,
will:
(1) Identify services requiring priority level assignments and request
and justify priority level assignments in accordance with this
directive and any supplemental NCS issuances.
(2) Justify and revalidate all priority level assignments at least
every three years.
(3) For services assigned priority levels, ensure (through contractual
means or otherwise) availability of customer premises equipment and
wiring necessary for end-to-end service operation by the service due
date, and continued operation; and, for such services in the Emergency
NSEP category, by the time that vendors are prepared to provide the
services. Additionally, designate the organization responsible for the
service on an end-to-end basis.
(4) Be prepared to accept services assigned priority levels by the
service due dates or, for services in the Emergency NSEP category, when
they are available.
(5) Pay vendors any authorized costs associated with services that are
assigned priority levels.
(6) Report to vendors any failed or unusable services that are assigned
priority levels.
(7) Designate a 24-hour point-of-contact for matters concerning each
request for priority action and apprise the Manager, NCS.
(8) Upon termination of services that are assigned priority levels, or
circumstances warranting revisions in priority level assignment (e.g.,
expansion of service), request and justify revocation or revision.
(9) When NSEP treatment is invoked under paragraph 13c of this
directive, within 90 days following provisioning of the service
involved, forward to the Manager, NCS complete information identifying
the time and event associated with the invocation and regarding whether
the NSEP service requirement was adequately handled and whether any
additional charges were incurred.
(10) Cooperate with the Manager, NCS, during reconciliation,
revalidation, and audits.
j. Service Vendors. Service vendors will comply with the provisions of
47 CFR part 64. When those provisions are superseded by the President's
war emergency powers under section 706 of the Communications Act,
vendors will continue to comply with 47 CFR part 64, subject to further
direction by Director, OSTP.
11. Preemption of Existing Services. When necessary to provision or
restore NSEP services, service vendors may preempt services they
provide as specified below. “User,” as used in this section, means any
user of a telecommunications service, to include both NSEP and non-NSEP
services. Prior consent by a preempted user is not required.
a. The sequence in which existing services may be preempted to
provision NSEP services assigned a provisioning priority level “E” or
restore NSEP services assigned a restoration priority level from “1”
through “5”:
(1) Non-NSEP services: If suitable spare services are not available,
then, based on the considerations in 47 CFR part 64 and the service
vendor's best judgement, non-NSEP services will be preempted. After
ensuring a sufficient number of public switched services will remain
available for public use, based on the service vendor's best judgement,
such services may be used to satisfy a requirement for provisioning or
restoring NSEP services.
(2) NSEP Services: If no suitable spare or non-NSEP services are
available, then existing NSEP services may be preempted to provision or
restore NSEP services with higher priority level assignments. When this
is necessary, NSEP services will be selected for preemption in the
inverse order of priority level assignment.
(3) Service vendors who are preempting services will ensure their best
effort to notify the service user of the preempted service and state
the reason for and estimated duration of the preemption.
b. Service vendors may, based on their best judgement, determine the
sequence in which existing services may be preempted to provision NSEP
services assigned a provisioning priority of “1” through “5.”
Preemption is not subject to the consent of the user whose service will
be preempted.
12. Requests for Priority Actions. All service users are required to
submit requests for priority actions through the Manager, NCS, in the
format and following the procedures prescribed by the Manager.
13. Assignment, Approval, Use, and Invocation of Priority Levels.
a. Assignment and Approval of Priority Levels and Priority Actions.
(1) Priority level assignments or other priority actions will be based
upon section 16, NSEP TSP System Categories, Criteria, and Priority
Levels, of this directive. A priority level assignment or other
priority action made by the Manager, NCS, will serve as the
recommendation of the Director, OSTP (on behalf of the EOP) to the FCC.
If the Director, OSTP does not approve the priority level assignment or
other priority action made by the Manager, NCS, then the Director can
direct the Manager, NCS, to revise or revoke the priority level
assignment or other priority action.
(2) Until the President's war emergency powers under Section 706 of the
Communications Act are invoked, priority level assignments or other
priority actions must be approved by the FCC. (If the FCC does not
approve the priority level assignment or other priority action, then it
can direct the Manager, NCS, to revise or revoke the priority level
assignment or other priority action.) However, the FCC has instructed
service vendors to implement any priority level assignments or other
priority actions that are pending FCC approval.
(3) After invocation of the President's war emergency powers, the
requirement for FCC approval of priority level assignments or other
priority actions may be superseded by other procedures issued by the
Director, OSTP.
b. Use of Priority Level Assignments.
(1) All provisioning and restoration priority level assignments for
services in the Emergency NSEP category will be included in initial
service orders to vendors. Provision priority level assignments for
Essential NSEP services, however, will not usually be included in
initial service orders to vendors. NSEP treatment for Essential NSEP
services will be invoked and provisioning priority level assignments
will be conveyed to service vendors only if the vendors cannot meet
needed service dates through the normal provisioning process.
(2) Any revision or revocation of either provisioning or restoration
priority level assignments will also be transmitted to vendors.
(3) Service vendors shall accept priority levels and/or revisions only
after assignment by the Manager, NCS. (Note: Service vendors acting as
prime contractors for NSEP services will accept assigned NSEP priority
levels only when they are accompanied by the Manager, NCS designated
service identification (i.e., TSP Authorization Code). However, service
vendors are authorized to accept priority levels and/or revisions from
users and contracting activities before assignment by the Manager, NCS
when service vendors, users, and contracting activities are unable to
communicate with either the FCC, Director, OSTP, or the Manager, NCS.
Processing of Emergency NSEP service requests will not be delayed for
verification purposes.
c. Invocation of NSEP Treatment. To invoke NSEP treatment for the
priority provisioning of an NSEP telecommunications service, an
authorized Federal official either within, or acting on behalf of, the
service user's organization must make a written or oral declaration to
concerned service vendor(s) and the Manager, NCS, that NSEP treatment
is being invoked. Authorized Federal officials include the head or
director of a Federal agency, commander of a unified/specified military
command, chief of a military service, or commander of a major military
command; the delegates of any of the foregoing; or any other officials
as specified in supplemental procedures issued by the Manager, NCS. The
authority to invoke NSEP treatment may be delegated only to a general
or flag officer of a military service, civilian employee of equivalent
grade (e.g., Senior Executive Service member), Federal Coordinating
Officer or Federal Emergency Communications Coordinator/Manager, or any
other such officials specified in supplemental procedures issued by the
EOP. Delegates must be designated as such in writing, and written or
oral invocations must be accomplished, in accordance with supplemental
procedures issued by the Manager, NCS.
14. Resubmission of Circuits Presently Assigned Restoration Priorities.
All circuits assigned restoration priorities must be reviewed for
eligibility for initial restoration priority level assignment under the
provisions of this directive. Circuits assigned restoration priorities,
and for which restoration priority level assignments are requested
under paragraph 12 of this directive, will be resubmitted to the
Manager, NCS. To resubmit such circuits, service users will comply with
applicable provisions of paragraphs 10i and 13 of this directive.
15. Appeal. Service users or sponsoring Federal organizations may
appeal any priority level assignment, denial, revision, revocation,
approval, or disapproval to the Manager, NCS within 30 days of
notification to the service user. The appellant must use the form or
format required by the Manager, NCS and must serve the FCC with a copy
of its appeal. The Manager, NCS will act on the appeal within 90 days
of receipt. Service users and sponsoring Federal organizations may only
then appeal directly to the FCC. Such FCC appeal must be filed within
30 days of notification of the Manager, NCS' decision on appeal.
Additionally, the Manager, NCS may appeal any FCC revisions, approvals
or disapprovals to the FCC. All appeals to the FCC must be submitted
using the form or format required. The party filing its appeal with the
FCC must include factual details supporting its claim and must serve a
copy on the Manager, NCS and any other party directly involved. Such
party may file a response within 20 days, and replies may be filed
within 10 days thereafter. The Commission will not issue public notices
of such submissions. The Commission will provide notice of its decision
to the parties of record. Any appeals to the Manager, NCS that include
a claim of new information that has not been presented before for
consideration may be submitted at any time.
16. NSEP TSP System Categories, Criteria, and Priority Levels.
a. General. NSEP TSP System categories and criteria, and permissible
priority level assignments, are defined and explained below.
(1) The Essential NSEP category has four subcategories (i.e., National
Security Leadership; National Security Posture and U.S. Population
Attack Warning; Public Health, Safety, and Maintenance of Law and
Order; and Public Welfare and Maintenance of National Economic
Posture). Each subcategory has its own criteria. Criteria are also
shown for the Emergency NSEP category, which has no subcategories.
(2) Priority levels of “1,” “2,” “3,” “4,” and “5” may be assigned for
provisioning and/or restoration of Essential NSEP telecommunication
services. However, for Emergency NSEP telecommunication services, a
priority level “E” is assigned for provisioning. A restoration priority
level from “1” through “5” may be assigned if an Emergency NSEP service
also qualifies for such a restoration priority level under the
Essential NSEP category.
(3) The NSEP TSP System allows the assignment of priority levels to any
NSEP telecommunications service across three time periods, or stress
conditions: Peacetime/Crisis/Mobilization, Attack/War, and
Post-Attack/Recovery. Priority levels will normally be assigned only
for the first time period. These assigned priority levels will apply
through the onset of any attack, but it is expected that they would
later be revised by surviving authorized telecommunication resource
managers within the Executive Office of the President based upon
specific facts and circumstances arising during the Attack/War and
Post-Attack/Recovery time periods.
(4) Service users may, for their own internal use, assign subpriorities
to their services assigned priority levels. Receipt of and response to
any such subpriorities is optional for service vendors.
(5) The following paragraphs provide a detailed explanation of the
categories, subcategories, criteria, and priority level assignments,
beginning with the Emergency NSEP category.
b. Emergency NSEP. Telecommunication services in the Emergency NSEP
category are those new services so critical as to be required to be
provisioned at the earliest possible time, without regard to the costs
of obtaining them.
(1) Criteria. To qualify under the Emergency NSEP category, the service
must meet the criteria of directly supporting or resulting from at
least one of the following NSEP functions:
(a) Federal government activity responding to a Presidentially declared
disaster or emergency as defined in the Disaster Relief Act (42 U.S.C.
5122).
(b) State or local government activity responding to a Presidentially,
state, or locally declared disaster or emergency.
(c) Response to a state of crisis declared by the National Command
Authorities (e.g., exercise of presidential war emergency powers under
Section 706 of the Communications Act, supra).
(d) Efforts to protect endangered U.S. personnel or property.
(e) Response to an enemy or terrorist action, civil disturbance,
natural disaster, or any other unpredictable occurrence that has
damaged facilities whose uninterrupted operation is critical to NSEP or
the management of other ongoing crises.
(f) Certification by the head or director of a Federal agency,
commander of a unified/specified command, chief of a military service,
or commander of a major military command, that the telecommunications
service is so critical to protection of life and property or to NSEP
that it must be provided immediately.
(g) A request from an official authorized pursuant to the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. and 18 U.S.C.
2511, 2518, 2519).
(2) Priority Level Assignment.
(a) Services qualifying under the Emergency NSEP category are assigned
priority level “E” for provisioning.
(b) After 30 days, assignments of provisioning priority level “E” for
Emergency NSEP services are automatically revoked unless extended for
another 30-day period. A notice of any such revocation will be sent to
service vendors.
(c) For restoration, Emergency NSEP services may be assigned priority
levels under the provisions applicable to Essential NSEP services (see
paragraph 16.c.). Emergency NSEP services not otherwise qualifying for
restoration priority level assignment as Essential NSEP may be assigned
a restoration priority level “5” for a 30-day period. Such 30-day
restoration priority level assignments will be revoked automatically
unless extended for another 30-day period. A notice of any such
revocation will be sent to service vendors.
c. Essential NSEP. Telecommunication services in the Essential NSEP
category are those required to be provisioned by due dates specified by
service users, or restored promptly, normally without regard to
associated overtime or expediting costs. They may be assigned priority
levels of “1,” “2,” “3,” “4,” or “5” for both provisioning and
restoration, depending upon the nature and urgency of the supported
function, the impact of a lack of service or service interruption upon
the supported function, and, for priority access to public switched
services, the user's level of responsibility. Priority level
assignments will be valid for no more than three years unless
revalidated. To be categorized as Essential NSEP, a telecommunications
service must qualify under one of the four subcategories described
below: National Security Leadership; National Security Posture and U.S.
Population Attack Warning; Public Health, Safety, and Maintenance of
Law and Order; or Public Welfare and Maintenance of the National
Economic Posture. (Note: Under emergency circumstances, Essential NSEP
telecommunication services may be recategorized as Emergency NSEP and
assigned a priority level “E” for provisioning.)
(1) National Security Leadership. This subcategory will be strictly
limited to only those telecommunication services essential to national
survival if nuclear attack threatens or occurs, and critical orderwire
and control services necessary to ensure the rapid and efficient
provisioning or restoration of other NSEP telecommunication services.
Services in this subcategory are those for which a service interruption
of even a few minutes would have serious adverse impact upon the
supported NSEP function.
(a) Criteria. To qualify under this subcategory, a service must be at
least one of the following:
(i) Critical orderwire, or control service, supporting other NSEP
functions.
(ii) Presidential communications service critical to continuity of
government and national leadership during crisis situations.
(iii) National Command Authority communications service for military
command and control critical to National survival.
(iv) Intelligence communications service critical to warning of
potentially catastrophic attack.
(v) Communications service supporting the conduct of diplomatic
negotiations critical to arresting or limiting hostilities.
(b) Priority Level Assignment. Services under this subcategory will
normally be assigned, during Peacetime/Crisis/Mobilization, priority
level “1” for provisioning and restoration.
(2) National Security Posture and U.S. Population Attack Warning. This
subcategory covers those minimum additional telecommunication services
essential to maintaining an optimum defense, diplomatic, or
continuity-of-government posture before, during, and after crisis
situations. Such situations are those ranging from national emergencies
to international crises, including nuclear attack. Services in this
subcategory are those for which a service interruption ranging from a
few minutes to one day would have serious adverse impact upon the
supported NSEP function.
(a) Criteria. To qualify under this subcategory, a service must support
at least one of the following NSEP functions:
(i) Threat assessment and attack warning.
(ii) Conduct of diplomacy.
(iii) Collection, processing, and dissemination of intelligence.
(iv) Command and control of military forces.
(v) Military mobilization.
(vi) Continuity of Federal government before, during, and after crisis
situations.
(vii) Continuity of state and local government functions supporting the
Federal government during and after national emergencies.
(viii) Recovery of critical national functions after crisis situations.
(ix) National space operations.
(b) Priority Level Assignment. Services under this subcategory will
normally be assigned, during Peacetime/Crisis/Mobilization, priority
levels “2,” “3,” “4,” or “5” for provisioning and restoration.
(3) Public Health, Safety, and Maintenance of Law and Order. This
subcategory covers the minimum number of telecommunication services
necessary for giving civil alert to the U.S. population and maintaining
law and order and the health and safety of the U.S. population in times
of any national, regional, or serious local emergency. These services
are those for which a service interruption ranging from a few minutes
to one day would have serious adverse impact upon the supported NSEP
functions.
(a) Criteria. To qualify under this subcategory, a service must support
at least one of the following NSEP functions:
(i) Population warning (other than attack warning).
(ii) Law enforcement.
(iii) Continuity of critical state and local government functions
(other than support of the Federal government during and after national
emergencies).
(iv) Hospitals and distribution of medical supplies.
(v) Critical logistic functions and public utility services.
(vi) Civil air traffic control.
(vii) Military assistance to civil authorities.
(viii) Defense and protection of critical industrial facilities.
(ix) Critical weather services.
(x) Transportation to accomplish the foregoing NSEP functions.
(b) Priority Level Assignment. Services under this subcategory will
normally be assigned, during Peacetime/Crisis/Mobilization, priority
levels “3,” “4,” or “5” for provisioning and restoration.
(4) Public Welfare and Maintenance of National Economic Posture. This
subcategory covers the minimum number of telecommunication services
necessary for maintaining the public welfare and national economic
posture during any national or regional emergency. These services are
those for which a service interruption ranging from a few minutes to
one day would have serious adverse impact upon the supported NSEP
function.
(a) Criteria. To qualify under this subcategory, a service must support
at least one of the following NSEP functions:
(i) Distribution of food and other essential supplies.
(ii) Maintenance of national monetary, credit, and financial systems.
(iii) Maintenance of price, wage, rent, and salary stabilization, and
consumer rationing programs.
(iv) Control of production and distribution of strategic materials and
energy supplies.
(v) Prevention and control of environmental hazards or damage.
(vii) Transportation to accomplish the foregoing NSEP functions.
(b) Priority Level Assignment. Services under this subcategory will
normally be assigned, during Peacetime/Crisis/Mobilization, priority
levels “4” or “5” for provisioning and restoration.
d. Limitations. Priority levels will be assigned only to the minimum
number of telecommunication services required to support an NSEP
function. Priority levels will not normally be assigned to back-up
services on a continuing basis, absent additional justification (e.g.,
a service user specifies a requirement for physically diverse routing
or contracts for additional continuity-of-service features). The
Executive Office of the President may also establish limitations upon
the relative numbers of services which may be assigned any restoration
priority level. These limitations will not take precedence over laws or
executive orders. Such limitations shall not be exceeded absent waiver
by the Executive Office of the President.
e. Non-NSEP Services. Telecommunication services in the non-NSEP
category will be those which do not meet the criteria for either
Emergency NSEP or Essential NSEP.
17. Authorizing Provision. NCS manuals implementing this directive are
authorized.
18. Effective Date. This directive is effective immediately.
19. Expiration. This directive is in effect until superseded or
cancelled.
Appendix:
A. Definitions
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Dated: July 5, 1990.
Director, Office of Management and Budget.
Dated: July 5, 1990.
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
Dated: July 5, 1990.
Summary of Changes: Initial publication.
Appendix A—Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive:
Assignment
The designation of priority level(s) for a defined NSEP
telecommunications service for a specified time period.
Audit
A quality assurance review in response to identified problems.
Committee of Principals (COP)
As specified by Executive Order 12472, a committee consisting of
representatives from those Federal departments, agencies or entities,
designated by the President, which lease or own telecommunications
facilities or services of significance to national security or
emergency preparedness, and, to the extent permitted by law, other
Executive entities which bear policy, regulatory or enforcement
responsibilities of importance to national security or emergency
preparedness telecommunications capabilities.
Government
The Federal government or any foreign, state, county, municipal, or
other local government agency or organization. Specific qualifications
will be supplied whenever reference to a particular level of government
is intended (e.g., “Federal government,” “state government”). “Foreign
government” means any non-U.S. sovereign empire, kingdom, state, or
independent political community, including foreign diplomatic and
consular establishments and coalitions or associations of governments
(e.g., North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Organization of
American States (OAS), and United Nations (UN); and associations of
governments or government agencies or organizations (e.g., Pan American
Union, International Postal Union, and International Monetary Fund).
National Communications System (NCS)
The National Communications System (NCS) is a confederation of Federal
departments, agencies and entities established by Presidential
Memorandum of August 21, 1963 and reaffirmed by Executive Order No.
12472, “Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness
Telecommunications Functions,” April 3, 1984.
National Coordinating Center (NCC)
The joint telecommunications industry—Federal government operation
established by the NCS to assist in the initiation, coordination,
restoration and reconstitution of NSEP telecommunication services or
facilities.
National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) Telecommunication Services or
NSEP Services
Telecommunication services that are used to maintain a state of
readiness or to respond to and manage any event or crisis (local,
national, or international) that causes or could cause injury or harm
to the population, damage to or loss of property, or degrades or
threatens the NSEP posture of the United States. These services fall
into two specific categories. Emergency NSEP and Essential NSEP, and
are assigned priority levels.
National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) Treatment
The provisioning of a telecommunications service before others based on
the provisioning priority level assigned by the Manager, NCS, in
accordance with this directive.
Priority Action
The assignment, revision, revocation, or revalidation by the Manager,
NCS, in accordance with this directive, of a priority level associated
with an NSEP telecommunications service.
Priority Level
The level that may be assigned to an NSEP telecommunications service
specifying the order in which provisioning or restoration of the
service is to occur relative to other NSEP and/or non-NSEP
telecommunication services. Authorized priority levels are designated
(highest to lowest) “E,. “1,” “2,” “3,” “4,” and “5” for provisioning
and “1,” “2,” “3,” “4,” and “5” for restoration.
Priority Level Assignment
The priority level(s) designated for the provisioning and/or
restoration of a particular NSEP telecommunications service.
Private NSEP Telecommunication Services
Those non-common carrier telecommunication services including private
line, virtual private line, and private switched network services.
Provisioning
The act of supplying telecommunications service to a user, including
all associated transmission, wiring, and equipment. As used herein,
“provisioning” and “initiation” are synonymous and include altering the
state of an existing priority service or capability.
Public Switched NSEP Telecommunication Services
Those NSEP telecommunication services utilizing public switched
networks. Such services may include both interexchange and
intraexchange network facilities (e.g., switching systems, interoffice
trunks and subscriber loops).
Reconciliation
The comparison of NSEP service information and the resolution of
identified discrepancies.
Restoration
The repair or returning to service of one or more telecommunication
services that have experienced a service outage or are unusable for any
reason, including a damaged or impaired telecommunications facility.
Such repair or returning to service may be done by patching, rerouting,
substitution of component parts or pathways, and other means, as
determined necessary by a service vendor.
Revalidation
The rejustification by a service user of a priority level assignment.
This may result in extension by the Manager, NCS, in accordance with
this directive, of the expiration date associated with the priority
level assignment.
Revision
A change in priority level assignment for an NSEP telecommunications
service. This includes any extension of an existing priority level
assignment to an expanded NSEP service.
Revocation
The elimination of a priority level assignment when it is no longer
valid. All priority level assignments for an NSEP service are revoked
upon service termination.
Service Identification
Information uniquely identifying an NSEP telecommunications service to
the service vendor and/or service user.
Service User
Any individual or organization (including a service vendor) supported
by a telecommunications service for which a priority level has been
requested or assigned.
Service Vendor
Any person, association, partnership, corporation, organization, or
other entity (including common carriers and government organizations)
that offers to supply any telecommunication equipment, facilities, or
services (including customer premises equipment and wiring) or
combination thereof. The term includes resale carriers, prime
contractors, subcontractors, and interconnecting carriers.
“Spare” Circuits or Services
Circuits or services not being used or contracted for by any customer.
Telecommunication Services
The transmission, emission, or reception of signals, signs, writing,
images, sounds, or intelligence of any nature, by wire, cable,
satellite, fiber optics, laser, radio, visual, or other electronic,
electric, electromagnetic, or acoustically coupled means, or any
combination thereof. The term can include necessary telecommunication
facilities.
Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System User
Any individual, organization, or activity that interacts with the TSP
System.
[NCS Directive 3-3]
Telecommunications Operations—Shared Resources (SHARES) High Frequency (HF)
Radio Program
September 30, 1988.
1. Purpose. This directive establishes National Communications System
(NCS) policies pertaining to operation and use of the Shared Resources
(SHARES) High Frequency (HF) Radio Program.
2. Applicability. This directive is binding upon NCS and other
Executive entities who voluntarily elect to participate in the SHARES
HF Radio Program.
3. Authority. This directive is issued under the authority of Executive
Order No. 12472, “Assignment of National Security and Emergency
Preparedness Telecommunications Functions,” April 3, 1984, 49 FR 13471
(1984); and NCS Directive 1-1, “National Communications System (NCS)
Issuance System,” November 30, 1987.
4. References.
a. Executive Order (E.0.) No. 12472, “Assignment of National Security
and Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications Functions,” April 3,
1984, 49 FR 13471 (1984).
b. National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA),
“Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency
Management,” May, 1986 Edition as revised May, 1987 or current
edition/revision.
5. General.
a. E.O. No. 12472 established national policy guidance in support of
National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) objectives. Executive
Order No. 12472 mandates that action be taken to “. . . ensure that a
national telecommunications infrastructure is developed . . .”.
Consistent with the Executive Order, functionally similar government
telecommunications networks should be designed to interchange traffic
in support of national leadership requirements.
b. The SHARES HF Radio Program will provide a backup capability to
exchange critical information among Federal entities to support NSEP.
Federally controlled HF radio resources will be shared to establish a
robust NSEP HF radio communications infrastructure. The program
involves a collection of existing Federally controlled HF radio
stations that inter-operate to transmit NSEP messages when normal means
of communication are not available.
6. Policy.
a. Any participating Federal entity will accept, to the extent that
acceptance does not interfere with the mission responsibilities of the
entity, emergency messages of other Federal entities, or other
components of the same entity, for transmission by HF radio to the
addressee or to another participant for relay to the addressee.
b. A SHARES message is an emergency message to be sent via the SHARES
network. It consists of information that must be communicated to a
Federal entity and is of critical importance to the Federal Government,
the entity's mission, and/or involves the preservation of life and the
protection of property.
c. Transmission of SHARES messages will be guided by the policy of the
agency accepting the message. Advice that a “SHARES Message” is to be
transmitted will serve to notify operating personnel that a critical
NSEP message requirement exists, and implicitly, that normal
communication paths are not available.
7. Responsibilities.
a. NCS entities participating in the SHARES HF Radio Program will, to
the maximum extent possible:
(1) Identify HF stations under their control for participation in the
SHARES Program.
(2) Maintain the operational readiness of their SHARES HF stations.
(3) Provide updated information as necessary for inclusion in a SHARES
HF Radio Program Directory. Use of Federal frequencies for SHARES
traffic shall be in accordance with National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) “Manual of Regulations and Procedures
for Federal Radio Frequency Management.”
(4) Ensure participation of available stations in scheduled exercises.
(5) Provide representation, as required, at meetings, briefings,
conferences, and other official SHARES HF Radio Program activities.
b. The Manager, NCS, will administer the SHARES HF Radio Program and
perform the management functions defined below:
(1) Publish and periodically update, as NCS issuances, a User Manual,
giving detailed procedures for using SHARES HF Radio Program
capabilities, and HF Directory of participating Federally controlled HF
radio stations.
(2) Develop, schedule, and administer periodic exercises of the SHARES
HF Radio Program capabilities.
(3) Perform other functions, as necessary, to improve SHARES
capabilities.
8. Authorizing Provision. NCS manuals implementing this directive are
authorized.
9. Effective Date. This directive is effective immediately.
10. Expiration. This directive is in effect until superseded or
cancelled.
[ 55 FR 51063 , Dec. 11, 1990]
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