# Presentation: 367112

## The National Communications System

***The National Communications System***

## The Mission and Organization

Presenter:  
Mr. Don Smith (NCS)

**Presenter:  **
**Mr. Don Smith (NCS)**

## Assist the President, NSC, OSTP and OMB

**Exercise *****telecommunications***** functions and responsibilities *****in wartime and non-wartime emergencies***
**Perform *****planning for and provision of***** national security and emergency preparedness**** *****communications***** for the Federal Government *****under all circumstances*****, including crisis or emergency, attack, recovery and reconstitution.**
**Bottom line: we assure the nation’s telecommunications backbone**

**Mission:**

**Notes:**
The NCS serves the President and his key staff by coordinating the planning and provisioning of National Security and Emergency Preparedness communications for the Federal Government.
The resulting telecommunications services must be available to support Government operations under all conditions, whether peacetime or war.
Bottom Line:  the NCS exists to assure the survivability of the Nation’s  telecommunications infrastructure

The NS/EP environment is served by a common infrastructure—the Public Network on which all its members depend—and a common mission:  
	- Prevent Disruption to the Public Network
	- Detect anomalies of the Network (which could affect its availability and reliability) 	
	- Respond to events which threaten the Network

## The National Communications System“Helping to Ensure the Security of the Nation”

_**1961-1981**_

**NCS **
- (1963)

**NCC**
- (1984)

**Critical Infrastructure Protection**

**Cold War**

**PCCIP**
- (1996)

**Telecom ISAC**
- (2000)** **

_**1992- Present**_

**Cuban Missile**
** ****Crisis **(1962)

**National Security **
**& Emergency Preparedness**
**(NS/EP)**

**EO 12472**
**NCS Expanded **(1984)

_**1981-1991**_

**EO 12656**
**Further NS/EP **
**Definition**
- (1988)

**Divestiture**
- (1984)

***The National Communications System******“Helping to Ensure the Security of the Nation”***

**Department of Homeland Security**
**(March 2003)**

**Notes:**
First, let me provide a brief history of the NCS.  
  NCS was originally established in 1963 by President Kennedy as a result of his inability to communicate with key advisors and Premier Khrushcev  during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  In the early 1980’s, the imminent divestiture of AT&T meant the Government would no longer have one place to go for all its telecommunications needs. 
  In response to the Divestiture Judgment, President Reagan issued Executive Order 12472 in 1984 which:
expanded NCS membership to its current membership of 22 Federal departments and agencies, and 
authorized the establishment of the National Coordinating Center, which is the operational arm of the NCS.

Other significant milestones are:

The Federal Response Plan Communications Annex, first issued in 1992, then revised in 1995 and 1999, 
 the Annex identified the NCS as the primary agency for ensuring the provision of Federal telecommunications support to Federal, State, and local response efforts, following a Presidentially-declared disaster or emergency.

 In March 2003 the NCS was officially transitioned from the Department of Defense to the new Department of Homeland Security.  In later slides, I will describe the relationship of the NCS within the new Department.

## Department of Homeland Security

- Secretary
- Thomas Ridge
- ----------------------------------
- Deputy Secretary

- Under Secretary
- Science and Technology

**Under Secretary Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection**
- Frank Libutti

- Under Secretary
- Border  & Transportation Security

- Under Secretary Emergency Preparedness and Response

- Under Secretary
- Management

- Inspector General

- Director of the
- Secret Service  (1)

- Commandant of
- Coast Guard  (1)

- Director, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (1)

- General Counsel

- State and Local Coordination

- Special Assistant to the Secretary
- (private sector)

- National Capital Region Coordination

- Shared Services

- Citizenship &  Immigration Service
- Ombudsman  (1)

- Legislative Affairs

- Public Affairs

- Civil Rights and
- Civil Liberties

- Chief of Staff

- Privacy Officer

- Executive Secretary

- International Affairs

- Counter Narcotics

- Small & Disadvantaged
- Business

***Effective March 1******st******, 2003***

**Notes:**
This slide show the senior-level hierarchy of the new Department of Homeland Security.  To find the NCS, we begin by navigating downward through the colorized Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection.
Another familiar Directorate is “Emergency Preparedness and Response” where FEMA and other emergency response agencies reside.

Please note that this structure was effective on the March 1, 2003.  As the Department evolves to maturity, this structure may have organizational changes.

## NCS Position in the Department of Homeland Security

**Competitive Analysis &**
**Evaluation**

**Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis (ASIA)**
**Mr.  William Parish (*****Acting*****)**

**Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection (ASIP)**
**Mr. LISCOUSKI**

**Under Secretary**
**Info Analysis & Infrastructure Protection**
**Mr. LIBUTTI**

**Chief of Staff**

**National Communications System**

**Notes:**
Going below the top level of the Department, the IAIP Directorate is divided into two sub-Directorates:
Information Analysis, led by Mr. Parrish
and
Infrastructure Protection, led by Mr. Liscouski

The National Communications System is one of several  organizations within the Infrastructure Protection sub-Directorate.

## NCS

**National Communications  **
**   ****System (NCS)**
**Executive Office of the**
**   ****President**
**Executive Agent - **
**   ****Department of Homeland Security (DHS)**
**23 Departments/Agencies**

***NCS***

***Government-Industry Partnership***

**Industry**

**DOS**

**TREAS**

**DOD**

**DOJ**

**DOI**

**USDA**

**DOC**

**HHS**

**DOT**

**DOE**

**CIA**

**   ****JS   **

**GSA**

**NASA**

**VA**

**FEMA**

**FCC**

**NRC**

**USPS**

**FRB**

**NSA**

**NTIA**

**   ****LOCKHEED-MARTIN**** (Chair)      ****BELLSOUTH ****(Vice Chair)**** **
**AT&T****	****ADV. MICRO SYSTEMS****	****   BANK OF AMERICA**
**BOEING ****	****CSC ****	****     CTIA**
**EDS ****	****LUCENT****	****     MICROSOFT**
**MCI****	****MOTOROLA ****	****      NORTEL**
**NORTHROP-GRUMMAN ****	****      QWEST **
**RAYTHEON****	****ROCKWELL ****	****      SAIC****	****      **
**SBC ****	****SPRINT ****	****     TELEDESIC    **
**UNISYS ****	****USTA ****	****      VERISIGN ****	****VERIZON**

**Interagency**

**DHS**

**Notes:**
A unique, strong partnership exists between the Federal government, as represented by the NCS, and the telecommunications industry.  This partnership has continued for 19 years and is responsible for the development of many National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications programs that directly benefit the Emergency Responder.
During this seminar we will discuss several programs that can improve your ability to communicate via wireline, wireless and radio networks.  
The LEFT side of this chart illustrates the 23 Federal members of the NCS that share a common interest in the Nation’s telecommunications infrastructure.
The RIGHT side illustrates the Industry component, organized as the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC).  The 26 companies that represent major communications, network service, and information technology providers and users.  These companies provide industry-based advice to the President on national security telecommunications policy.

## Office of the Manager, NCS

***Office of the Manager, NCS***

**Manager**

**Deputy Manager**

**Technology and**
**Programs **
**Division **

**Critical Infrastructure**
**Protection (CIP)**
**Division **

**Plans and**
**Resources **
**Division **

**Customer **
**Service**
**Division **

**National **
**Coordinating**
**Center for Telecom**

-  Conduct the daily business of the NCS
-   Develop & Manage NSEP Telecomm programs
-   Support the *Federal Response Plan*
-   Lead Agency for ESF-2 (Communications)

-   Coordinates telecommunications response during emergencies

**Notes:**
The Office of the Manager, NCS is responsible for conducting the day-to-day business of the NCS.
By working with the 23 government member agencies and the telecomm industry, the OMNCS develops and manages various telecommunications programs to satisfy national security and emergency preparedness requirements.
Additionally, the NCS supports the FEDERAL RESPONSE PLAN as the lead agency for Emergency Support Function-2 (Communications), and serves as a supporting agency to other ESFs.
The ‘green’ box marks the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications.  The NCC is a unique government-industry structure
created in 1984 
to initiate, coordinate, restore or reconstitute Federal telecommunications services during a crisis or emergency.
I will be followed by Mr. Tom Snee (the corporate representative of Quest Communications, who will provide more details about the NCC and its role as the national element of ESF-2.

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