NSEP SETA Preproposal Conference NCS Presentation

National Communications System

(NCS)

Pre-Solicitation Conference June 13, 2008

• Established in 1963 in response to communications failures associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis

• The mandate was redefined through Executive Order 12472

• A “consortium” comprised of 24 Federal Departments and

Agencies

• Executive and administrative oversight is assigned to the

Department of Homeland Security

Executive Agent Secretary of Homeland Security

Manager Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs

The NCS is responsible for assuring key national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) decision makers have the ability to communicate through the full spectrum of crises.

In order to effectively accomplish this mission, the NCS:

• Leads and supports key Government and Industry forums

• Develops and manages critical programs

• Maintains vital analytical capabilities

• Creates plans to protect the communications infrastructure

• Prepares for future advancements in communication technology

The NCS provides a forum for the exchange of ideas among Federal stakeholders with significant NS/EP communication responsibilities

Committee of Principals

• 24 Federal Departments and Agencies

• Forum to evaluate current and future NS/EP programs

• Meetings are chaired by Manager, NCS

Central Intelligence Agency Department of State General Services Administration

Department of Agriculture Department of the Treasury Health and Human Services

Department of Commerce Department of Transportation NASA

Department of Defense Department of Veteran Affairs National Security Agency

Department of Energy Office of the Director of National Intelligence NTIA

Department of Homeland Security Federal Communications Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Department of Interior Federal Reserve Board The Joint Staff

Department of Justice FEMA United States Postal Service

As an interagency “system,” the NCS has a unique reporting relationship with the Executive Office of the President

NCS

President

OMBHSCOSTP

NCS Executive Agent

Manager, NCS National Security

Telecommunications Advisory Committee

(NSTAC)

Committee of Principals

(COP)

Office of the Manager, NCS

NSC

NCS within the DHS Organization

Under Secretary for National Protection & Programs

Under Secretary for National Protection & Programs

SecretarySecretary

Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure

Protection

Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure

Protection

Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity & Communications

Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity & Communications

Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental

Programs

Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental

Programs

Director for Risk Management &

Analysis

Director for Risk Management &

Analysis Director for US-VISITDirector for US-VISIT

National Communications

System

National Communications

System National Cyber

Security Division National Cyber

Security Division Office of

Emergency Communications

Office of Emergency

Communications

NCS Office Organization

Director for NCSDirector for NCS

N2 Technology & Programs

N2 Technology & Programs

N3 Critical Infrastructure &

Protection

N3 Critical Infrastructure &

Protection

N4 Plans & Resources

N4 Plans & Resources

N5 Customer Service

N5 Customer Service

Programs:

Emergency Telecommunications

(GETS/WPS)

Standards Development

Modeling & Analysis Advanced Technology

Programs:

NSTAC

NCS COP

Outreach

Sector Specific Plan

Programs:

National Coordinating Center (NCC)

Training & Exercise Continuity of Operations

(COOP)

Continuity of Government

(COG)

Since its inception, NCS has developed programs and services to address the unique communications challenges associated with the Cold War, communications divestiture, deregulation, natural disasters and terrorist attacks on our Nation.

The enduring success of the NCS is attributable to its unique construct.

At its core, the NCS is a collection of relationships; relationships with Federal stakeholders and the communications industry.

By cultivating these relationships, the NCS will ensure its success into the future.

N2, Technology and Programs Division

Mission:

The PMO is responsible for planning, acquisition, development, testing, operation and maintenance, and user support of National Level NS/EP Telecommunications Programs

Functions:

Provide priority treatment through the public switched network for Federal, State, Local Government and other authorized users to complete calls using the following services:

GETS/WPS

Special Routing Arrangement Service (SRAS) NS/EP Next Generation Network Priority Services (NGN) Satellite Priority Service (Pilot)

GETS/WPS Program Management Office

NCS SETA support may include …

• Analyses, studies, reviews, whitepapers

• Telecommunications subject matter expert (SME) support

• Conference support

Perform modeling, analysis, and technology assessments to ensure survivable, robust communications in support of NS/EP and critical infrastructure protection missions

Functions:

Provide analytic capabilities to a wide range of federal customers, (e.g., White House, DHS leadership, NCS member agencies)

Analyze the effects of new and emerging technologies on NSP/EP communications and existing and next generation communications networks

Analyze network dependability and resiliency under stresses induced during NS/EP situations

Perform modeling/simulation studies of communications networks under a variety of NS/EP conditions

Identify vulnerabilities and evaluate potential threats

Modeling, Analysis & Technology Assessments (MATA)

NCS SETA contractor support may include …

• Modeling and simulation

• Analyses, studies, reviews, whitepapers

• SME support

Investigate new and emerging technologies with the objective of making them available to Government during national emergencies or crises.

Functions:

Telecommunications Electromagnetic Disruptive Effects (TEDE): EMP, HEMP, MHD, HPM.

Geospatial: Satellite Communications, Positioning, Navigation and Timing

(PNT), Loran, CME Radiation Next Generation Network (NGN) communications vulnerabilities

MINCOMS, COG

ATG provides quick response technical analysis, studies and SME consultation.

Advanced Technologies Group

NCS SETA contractor support may include …

• Vulnerability analyses •Technology studies •SME support

N3, Critical Infrastructure Protection Division

Assist in the initiation, coordination, restoration, and reconstitution of NS/EP telecommunications services or facilities under all conditions, crises, or emergencies.

Functions:

Coordinate with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Conduit for threat and vulnerability information (Intelligence Community) Information sharing with other government operations centers and Industry Support industry, provide telecommunications expertise and resources through coordination of security, access, and fuel during an emergency response Support the Federal government’s NS/EP telecommunications mission Maintain necessary interfaces within their respective companies Provide situational awareness on their respective telecommunication infrastructures

National Coordinating Center

NCS SETA contractor support may include … •24x7 Watch support •Analyses, studies, reviews, whitepapers •Telecommunication SME support

Mission::

Provide program management support for continuity communications and perform comprehensive analyses of critical communications infrastructures to support disaster response/recovery and planning to assure essential functions under all conditions

Operations Analysis (OA)

Operational analyses include:

Baseline analyses of telecommunications infrastructure for strategic geographic areas Impact analyses to support emergency response

NCS SETA contractor support may include … •Analyses, studies, reviews, whitepapers •SME support

Mission areas include national and regional planning and COOP/COG planning

Contingency Planning

National Planning: Writes, maintains, and coordinates the Emergency Support Function (ESF) #2 – Communications Annex of the National Response Framework and derivative Operational Plans, Job Aids, etc.

Regional Planning: Coordinates all regional planning efforts conducted by GSA Regional Managers in the ten FEMA regions and NCS Regional Communications Coordinators in FEMA Regions IV, VI, and VIII

COOP/COG Planning: Writes, coordinates, and maintains the Office of the Manager, NCS COOP plan and maintains full time presence at the NCS COOP site

NCS SETA contractor support may include … •Analyses, studies, whitepapers •Maintain COOP Plan •Contingency planning SME support

Ensure members from all agencies who support the ESF #2 Emergency Communications Team during incident response are knowledgeable of the ESF #2 roles and responsibilities through training, exercises, and conferences

Training and Exercise

Training and Exercise Initiatives include:

Establish a training and credentialing program for Federal Emergency Communications

Coordinator (FECC) who will lead ESF #2 response and recovery operations in the incident area

Develop and implement a training program to prepare ESF #2 Emergency Communications Teams for response operations

Coordinate NCS participation in national and regional exercises with an emphasis on ensuring realistic and valuable telecommunications play

NCS SETA contractor support may include … •Course development •Event planning, logistics, and administration; After-action reports •NS/EP SME support

N5, Customer Service Division

President’s NSTAC

The NSTAC was created by Executive Order 12382 in September 1982 to advise the President on matters regarding NS/EP telecommunications. The NSTAC is comprised of up to 30 industry leaders representing various elements of the telecommunications industry. The NSTAC advises the President on a wide range of policy and technical issues related to telecommunications, information systems, information assurance, infrastructure protection, and other NS/EP concerns.

NCS SETA contractor support may include … •Technical, administrative, logistical support •Analyses •Conference coordination

NCS Committee of Principals (COP)

The COP is an interagency group, comprised of 24 departments and agencies that provide advice and recommendations on NS/EP telecommunications to the Executive Office of the President. It serves as a forum for members to present views and recommendations on current or prospective NCS programs to the Manager, NCS, the Executive Agent (the Secretary of Homeland Security), and the Executive Office of the President.

NCS SETA contractor support may include … •Technical, administrative, logistical support •Analyses •Working Group coordination

NSTAC Outreach/NCS External Affairs

The Customer Service Division undertakes a number of public affairs activities to better inform the media, telecommunications companies, newly appointed NSTAC members, senior Government officials, and the public about NCS efforts to ensure NS/EP telecommunications for the Nation. It fields media inquiries and produces a wide array of publications, reports, fact sheets, and brochures on NCS programs and the NSTAC.

NCS SETA contractor support may include … •Technical, administrative, logistical support •Analyses, fact-sheet, publications •NCS “Roadshow”

Communications Sector Specific Plan

As the agency with sector specific responsibility for telecommunications, the NCS has responsibility for coordinating and accomplishing the overall mission and goals, as well as the day-to-day milestones, of the Communications Sector Specific Plan as part of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP).

NCS SETA contractor support may include … •Risk assessments •Technical analyses •Cross-sector coordination

National Command and Coordination Capability

(NCCC)

Background

The National Security Council (NSC) and DHS Homeland Security Council (HSC) identified the need for NCCC in 2006

Department of Homeland Security is the executive agent

Emerging threats and lessons learned from recent catastrophic events demonstrate the need for shared situational awareness and coordinated decision making among incident managers and senior government leaders

To provide the President and Vice President with the ability to respond deliberately and appropriately to any crisis. It includes responsive, reliable, survivable, and robust processes and systems to command, control, and coordinate operations among Federal, state, tribal, insular, and local Governments, as required.

– Source: July 11, 2007 HSC/NSC Deputies Committee Summary of Conclusions

Other Federal Departments &

Agencies

Department of Defense

President of the United States

Management Coordination Office

(MCO)

National Command and Coordination Capability (NCCC)

Department of Homeland Security State/Local/Tribal

• Program Management

• Personnel

• Resources & Guidelines

• Processes

• Requirements

National Command and Coordinating Capability Mission

6/19/2008

Potential National Command and Coordinating Capability Tasks

Provide analytic, operational and programmatic support and recommendations to NCCC including:

1. Planning support for development and fielding of NCCC programs

2. Development of NCCC-related issue papers, reports, summaries and other guidance documents

3. Development and update of draft NCCC-related policy documents

4. Bridging of policy development with capability/systems integration

5. Development of presentation materials such as briefings, agendas and meeting minutes

6. Participation in meetings and discussions with NCCC partners (senior and key leadership in the Federal and State/Territorial governments)

BACKUP SLIDES

National Coordinating Center (NCC) Members NCC for Telecommunications

• Joint Industry/government operation

• Focal point for restoration of the communications infrastructure during disasters

• Over 47 industry representatives make up the Communications

Information Sharing and Analysis Center

• Operates the 24X7 NCC Watch

Non-Resident Members

Resident Members

With the vast majority of the communications infrastructure owned by corporations, any successful strategy requires regular and meaningful interaction with industry

National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

• Executives of major communications and network services corporations

• Provides advice to the President on NS/EP communication policy

• NCS provides NSTAC with staff support and technical assistance

AT&T Lockheed Martin SAIC

Bank of America Microsoft Sprint Nextel

Boeing Motorola Telcordia

CSC NCTA Teledesic

CTIA Nortel Unisys

Harris Qwest US Telecom

Intelsat Raytheon Verizon

Juniper Networks Rockwell Collins

Because access to the public communications network is often degraded in times of crisis, the NCS has developed programs to ensure priority access for critical users

Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS)

• Priority access to the public wireline network

• GETS is supported by all major service providers

• Eligible users span from Federal leadership to first responders

• Over 150,000 users

• Individual priority is established through a personal identification number

Wireless Priority Service (WPS)

• Priority access to the public wireless network

• WPS is available through AT&T, Edge Wireless, SouthernLINC, Sprint/Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon

• Eligible users span from Federal leadership to first responders

• Over 43,000 users

• WPS is invoked by dialing *272 from a WPS enabled phone

Special Routing Arrangement Service

• Designed to support classified missions

While priority service programs are beneficial when the network is degraded, the NCS has also designed programs in anticipation of an inoperable public network

Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP)

• Establishes priority for the restoration and provisioning of critical NS/EP circuits

• Supported by an FCC regulatory mandate

Emergency Support Function #2, Communications

• The National Response Plan designates the NCS as Lead

Agency for ESF #2

• National Coordinating Center is the focal point for government/Industry interaction during emergency response

• Accomplished through a partnership with several Federal agencies (DOA, DOC, DOD, DHS, DOI, FCC, GSA)

Shared Resources High Frequency Radio Program (SHARES)

• Providing a single, interagency message handling system with no reliance on the public network

• User community includes over 1,000 stations from over 90

Federal, State and industry organizations worldwide

In order to effectively plan for a resilient communication capability, the NCS must have a deep understanding of the public communications network

Network Design and Analysis Capability (NDAC)

• Enables modeling and analysis of the public switched network

• Assist in the identification of network vulnerabilities

• Provide a laboratory test bed for emerging technologies

• Perform scenario analysis for specific threats

Analysis Response Team (ART)

• Provide tailored analytical products to support decision making in advance of and during incidents of national significance

• Focused on tactical, operational analyses

HSPD-7 required DHS to develop a framework to identify, prioritize and protect the nation’s critical infrastructure; the NCS is Sector Specific Agency for communications

NCS responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing the Communications Sector-Specific Plan in partnership with industry

• Collaborating with Federal, State, and local governments and industry

• Identifying, prioritizing, and coordinating the protection of critical assets

• Conducting risk and vulnerability assessments in partnership with industry

• Chairing the Communications Government Coordinating Council

• Performing the National Risk Assessment

Through advancing technology and deregulation, the public communications network is evolving; the NCS is capitalizing on this evolution

Next Generation Networks

• The convergence of networks leads to a multitude of new communications services

• As networks evolve, they must continue to support NS/EP priority programs

• NCS will leverage new technology to deliver innovative NS/EP communication services (priority Internet)

Standards Development

• Rapid acceptance of the Next Generation Network is based on a set of widely accepted standards for network protocol

• NCS participation in the development of these standards is necessary to ensure a robust suite of NS/EP communication services

GETS/WPS Program Management Office

Provide Authorized Users With Nationwide NS/EP Communications Services By Utilizing The Surviving Assets Of The Public Telecommunications Infrastructure

Under A Full Range Of Conditions

Diplomatic Telecommunications

Service (DTS)

DSN

FTS

INMARSAT

FAX

PBX

INTERNATIONAL

PSN WITH:PSN WITH:

-- ACCESS AUTHORIZATIONACCESS AUTHORIZATION

-- ENHANCED ROUTINGENHANCED ROUTING

-- PRIORITY TREATMENTPRIORITY TREATMENT

MSS

FSN

WPS

*272

GETS

VoIP

Future

NS/EP NGN

Priority Services

Government Emergency Telecommunications Service

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The NCS Technology and Programs Division provides NS/EP NGN standards development for the Nation

Standardization before substantial development is less expensive than retrofitting

Global perspective gives a wide consensus with low implementation risk for standards based services

Leadership roles allows NCS and U. S. Industry to share in the creation of NS/EP capabilities in NGNs

NCS Technology and Programs Division DHS/NPPD/CS&C/NCS Focused NGN Standards Approach