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(U) Changes Underway
FROM: Jim Allen
SID/Deputy Director for Analysis and Production (S2)
Run Date: 06/14/2004
FROM: Jim Allen
SID/Deputy Director for Analysis and Production (S2)
(U//FOUO) Note from SIGINT Communications: Jim Allen sent the following message to the A&P
workforce on June 9th :
(U//FOUO) There are a number of initiatives underway that in themselves are important, but
taken together add up to a very significant shift in the way we will be doing business in the first
part of the 21st century. Included on my short list of high-impact factors are the following:
Transformation 2.0 , which redefines relationships within the cryptologic system and with
our partners and clients, and Corporate Governance as it relates to the Extended
Enterprise, which the Director reinvigorated late last year. Taken together, they enable a
cryptologic enterprise that is even more dynamic and interdependent than the system we
live in and operate today.
Mission Assurance , to ensure that to the extent possible, vital capabilities are not subject
to single points of failure.
Commitment to correct imbalance in demographics at the RSOCs *, which manage highturnover workforces to perform high-priority mission.
Projected growth of 500 NSA civilians each year through FY08. This is in excess of hiring
to replace attrition.
Ambitious work at the RSOCs , which creates opportunities for us to design and fit-out
state-of-the-art facilities.
The promise of "disruptive" technologies like the Next Generation Voice Tools, APATS,
and Knowledge System Prototype (KSP), which when deployed could change the way we
work. We are also giving increasing thought to the development of strategies and
methodologies to complement our "hunting" with improved means of avoiding strategic
surprise.
(U//FOUO) In order to accommodate these factors and others, I tasked senior A&P leadership (to
include RSOC Commanders) with developing a plan to determine what missions we are going to
work in each node of the Enterprise and how we will manage ourselves to ensure maximum
effectiveness and efficiency.
(U//FOUO) Although we are not yet at a conclusion, we have had intensive dialog with the
enablers and Agency leadership and are closing in on a plan. Whatever the specifics of the plan
that emerges, it is absolutely clear that it will necessitate increased numbers of NSA civilians
at locations outside the Fort Meade complex , with most of the growth occurring at the
RSOCs. Some mission will be moved from here to there, some mission already there will be
augmented, and some new missions will spring up. As you would expect, we will need to adjust
manning through a combination of hiring at the destination locations and the transfer of some
people.
(U//FOUO) Although each situation will have its own nuances, the Denver Security Operations
Center (DSOC) offers a good model as we take the next steps in this journey. DSOC is the new
center of gravity for Weapons and Space -- in fact, the Director of DSOC is the Chief S2J*, and
at its culmination, more W&S* personnel will be there than anywhere else.
(U//FOUO) Since its inception, SIGINT has required an exceptional degree of sophistication and
flexibility, which has long been reflected in the dispersed nature of our enterprise. We cannot
yet describe with certainty how the enterprise will be configured and populated, but I am
confident that if we seize the opportunity to break free of current constraints, we can realize an
even better means of safeguarding our nation than is possible today.
*(U) Notes:
RSOCs = Regional Security Operations Centers
S2J = Weapons and Space (W&S)
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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