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(U) CPE Delayed, But Improved
FROM:
Chief, ISS's Marketing and Communications Branch (S12M2)
Run Date: 09/05/2006
(U//FOUO) New tool for authoring reports to be launched later this
year.
SERIES:
(U) CPE
(U//FOUO) The Content Preparation Environment (CPE) is now
scheduled to begin to replace SIGINT On Demand (SOD) over a 7week period later this year. The rollout of CPE marks the beginning
of NSA's transition from SOD and legacy authoring systems to CPE
as the next step along the Dissemination Modernization (DM) path.
When the rollout to CPE is complete, SOD will be decommissioned.
1. SID Set to Roll Out
New Tool for
Authoring Reports
2. CPE Delayed, But
Improved
3. CPE Not Mandatory
for All Reporters
4. CPE: Training
Information
5. Rollout Schedule for
SOD-CPE
6. Branch Managers'
Responsibilities for
SOD-CPE Rollout
7. CPE Update: Check
CPE Web Page for
Schedule Updates
8. CPE Online Training
Now Available
9. Where to Get CPE
Help
10. CPE Soon Available
to All
11. CPE Now Open to All
12. SOD-CPE Transition:
SOD
Decommissioning
Timeline
13. Next Release of CPE
Now Available
14. CPE: New Demo Site
Previews New
Developments
(U) Background
(U//FOUO) Plans originally called for a June rollout of CPE 1.0 (see
earlier article ), which was to be followed by a second increment
(1.1) in the fall. However, user testing revealed a need for
additional refinements before release. The subsequent delay has
been the result of a vigorous effort to refine CPE as quickly as
possible while still adhering to our overriding goal of providing the
best possible foundational capabilities to analysts and reporters:
quality will not be sacrificed for expediency.
(U) Combined and Improved
(U) Because of these developments, it was decided to combine the
first two increments (1.0 and 1.1) into a single version instead of
releasing separate ones back-to-back. Consequently, the premier
CPE release will actually provide more capabilities than originally
planned. Besides including 1.0's original features (web-based,
replacing SOD and all SOD Special Editions, and able to produce
GAMMA, ORCON, and NOFORN reports) and displaying enhanced
performance, this new version will add several features:
Spell checker
"Copy report"
Find/replace
(U//FOUO) Once the additional features have been added and
tested, the upgraded version should be ready for release to users
in the sequence originally listed in the rollout schedule , updated
31 August 2006.
(U) Upcoming
(U) Further details on CPE will be forthcoming on a regular basis via
CPE communiqués between now and its rollout. For more
information on CPE, please visit the CPE website ("go cpe").
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid comms)."
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