DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS
TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL
(U//FOUO) New Intelligence Oversight Training Process
FROM:
SID Senior Oversight Executive
Run Date: 03/25/2004
FROM:
SID Senior Oversight Executive
(U//FOUO) I am extremely pleased to finally be able to implement the new process for meeting
the annual Intelligence Oversight (I/O) training requirement. For the first time, all SID
employees will be able to access the required reading and register their compliance in a common
way via the web. Our hope is that the system will also help us provide more comprehensive
compliance statistics to the NSA Inspector General's office.
(U) Please read the 5 W's below for more information on what this means to you:
WHO : (U//FOUO) The requirement applies to ALL SID EMPLOYEES , including civilians, military,
contractors and integrees. In general, if your organizational designator begins with "S," you
should be using this process. However, it is not meant to supplant other systems in use by
external elements. Most field sites, for example, already have similar web-based systems that
employees at those locations should continue to use.
WHAT : (U//FOUO) The basic I/O training requirement is to read annually the legal documents
that govern our mission in SID. There are now five documents that you are asked to review:
Executive Order 12333,
USSID 18,
NSCID 6,
DoD Regulation 5240.1-R and
NSA Directive 10-30.
The first three are the core documents covering NSA's legal authorities and restrictions and the
definition of SIGINT. The latter two implement the Executive Order within DoD and NSA, so it's
important to be familiar with them as DoD/NSA employees.
WHERE : (U//FOUO) The documents can be accessed via the NSA web at the SID I/O training
webpage . The first time you log on to the system you'll be asked to register and obtain a
password. In subsequent visits to the site, you will simply enter your user ID along with that
password. You are not expected to read all the documents at once. While the system cannot
bookmark your place in each document, it will keep track of each document you have
completed.
WHEN : (U) You may log on to the system at any time to begin. You are asked to have your
reading completed by the end of fiscal year, i.e., by 30 September 2004.
WHY : (U//FOUO) The basic principle behind these documents is the right to privacy. Since the
SID mission involves electronic surveillance, it is subject to strict control under the U.S.
Constitution, federal law, and Executive Branch regulations designed to protect the fundamental
privacy rights of U.S. persons. Familiarity with the above documents is therefore an important
responsibility of every SID employee.
(U//FOUO) Thank you for your cooperation in using this new process and completing the
required reading by the end of the fiscal year. I'd also like to thank those in SID who tested the
system and/or helped incorporate enhanced features, our IAD colleagues who shared their
expertise with us, and especially our colleagues in the Corporate Applications Division, DC82,
who provided the application and worked closely with us to customize it for SID use.
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS
TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL
DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108