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POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR THE ASSISTANT FOR MOL, NRO STAFF 

This position is established in the office of the Director, 

NRO Staff and located physically in the office of the Vice Director, 

MOL,, for the purpose of assuring that all activities in which there is 

joint participation or interest by the NRO and the MOL Program have 

proper staff supervision. The position is necessary because the MOL 

Program, while designed to meet some of the NRP objectives, is not, 

per se, a part of the NRP in the same management sense as the other 

satellite reconnaissance programs. Since the Secretary of the Air 

Force is the final reviewing authority on MOL program management, 

with principal representations coming from both the Director, MOL, 

and the DNRO, an interface staff position is a logical solution to 

the conduct of transactions involving both staffs. The scope of the 

position includes all staff functions related to those responsibilities 

within the MOT, Program held by the DNRO and to those responsibilities 

within the NRP held by the Director, MOL. 

Within the MOL Program, the Director, National Reconnaissance 

Office has the responsibility: 

To provide guidelines and requirements relating to 

the NRP. 

b. To establish intelligence collection tasks. 

c. To provide the principal working interface for MOL 

with the intelligence community. 

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d. Todee-velw-aequira-amdpotreet the high-resolution 

photographic sensor payload. 

e. To develop the elements necessary for using the MOL 

sensor in unmanned systems. 

f. To conduct studies of improved'sensors and research 

on improved sensor technology applicable to MOL. 

g. To correct any inbalance between MOL sensor activities 

and those of other NRP programs. 

h. To develop software directly involved with selecting 

camera programs and reconnaissance orbit profiles. 

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i. To-Ereeenrgli-sh. black contracting services. 

j. To control DORIAN security policies and procedures and 

to process security clearances. 

1" To assist and advise the Director, MOL, as required. 

The Assistant for MOL will perform staff duties relating to all these 

responsibilities. 

Within the NRP, the Director, MOL Program has the responsibility: 

a. To provide system integration requirements and interface 

specifications for the photographic sensor payload. 

b. To provide schedule requirements for the photographic 

sensor payload. 

c. To conduct mission operations, including planning for 

and exercise of on-orbit control of vehicle and reconnaissance payload 

in response to intelligence collection tasks established by the DNRO. 

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d. To defend the black portions of the MOL budget and 

apportonment requests before appropriate approval authorities. 

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e. To prepare PCP's for MOL black funding. 

f. To initiate reclamas relating to MOL black budget 

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g. To implement established DORIAN security procedures for 

activi les under his control. 

Assistant for MOL will perform staff duties relating to 

all th se responsibilities. 

duties of the Assistant for MOL include the following 

specif cs: 

He is eligible to attend the staff meetings of the[Vice) 

Director, MOL, and the Director, NRO staff. 

. He is a mandatory point of coordination for all written 

materi directed from SAFSL to the DNRO or to the NRO staff. 

c. He is a mandatory point of coordination for all written 

materi directed from SAFSS to the 

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d. Be is a mandatory point of coordination on all directives 

to the Deputy Director, MOL, which have relation to NRP affairs. 

e. He is a mandatory point of coordination on all directives 

to the Director, SAFSP, which have relation to MOL affairs. 

f. He is authorized to initiate tasks with appropriate elements 

of bot staffs on matters of joint MOL - NRO interest. 

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h. He keeps the Vice Director, MOL, informed on 

related NRO matters and the Director, NRO Staff, informed on 

related MOL matters. 

i. He coordinates on all financial matters involving 

NRO responsibilities in the MOL program. 

j. He prepares the MOL portions of NRO reports as required. 

k. He is a mandatory point of coordination on matters of 

concern to the NRO involving contacts between MOL and the State 

Department, ACDA, the United Nations, NASA, the Executive Department 

and the release of public information. 

1. He is a mandatory point of coordination on all interfaces 

between MOL and the intelligence community. , 

in. He will maintain currency on planned and approved intelligence 

targets, priorities and requirements. 

n. He will perform other duties as prescribed by the Vice 

Director, MOL, and the Director, NRO staff. 

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