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(U) Town Meeting Sets Future DA Tempo
FROM: Diana Keys
Deputy Chief of Staff for Data Acquisition (S3)
Run Date: 03/28/2006
(U//FOUO) Recent changes in SID leadership created a cascade of personnel changes in Data
Acquisition, including the appointment of Rick Ledgett as Acting Deputy Director for Data
Acquisition (DA) and
as Acting Assistant Deputy Director for Data Acquisition.
Their view for the future of DA was the topic of a February Town Meeting. Mr. Ledgett's opening
remarks emphasized the importance of DA, not only to SIGINT and the Intelligence Community,
but also to the safety of the nation itself.
(TS//SI) In support of this critical role, DA, along with many other organizations throughout
NSA, will be focusing much of its efforts on the development of the next generation mission
environment system, TURBULENCE. An umbrella program that covers the next generation of
active and passive collection systems and the common structure that underlies both,
TURBULENCE represents a radical change that will greatly affect DA activities.
(U//FOUO) A similar sea change occurs in the budget area with the move from the existing 22
expenditutre centers to 11 funding lanes, organized around the "Big Four" issues: Information
Technology, Acquire Information, Analysis and Production, and Client Response. This approach
employs a three-part strategy: define the vision, determine what we are doing to get there, and
direct the resources to those activities that are critical to this vision. Consequently, hard choices
will be made about what programs need to be de-emphasized and, accordingly, how our people
resources can be best utilized. (See related DIRgram ).
(U//FOUO) Guidance and timelines for the 2006 Civilian Promotion Process were also outlined.
Finally, Mr. Ledgett addressed some of the questions previously posed by S3 employees through
the S3 website. The questions and answers can be found on S3's home page .
(U//FOUO) A two-day off-site with S3 leadership followed the Town Meeting. The focus of this
meeting was to revisit the DA mission, vision, values, and strategic goals. Employees will be
asked to provide feedback on these definitions and then to help achieve the vision, conduct the
mission, live the values, and meet the goals. Details from the off-site will be the subject of a
future article. Stay tuned.
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without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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