National Security and Y2K

Y2K and National Security

DoD Year 2000 Oversight and Contingency Planning Office

Management & Action Plans:

Joint Staff
- Joint Staff Action Plan
- Department of Defense Year 2000 Management Plan
Air Force - AirForce Public Year 2000 - Action Plan: (USAF)
- GPS Year 200 and EOW Rollover (LA AFB)
Navy - Navy Y2K Project Office - Action Plan: (USN)
Army - Action Plan: (USA)
Marine - Action Plan: (USMC)
DISA, Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) The Year 2000 - Meeting the Challenge

National Communications System (NCS)

Each NCS member organization is represented on the NCS Committee of Principals (COP) and its subordinate Council of Representatives (COR). The COP provides advice and recommendations to the NCS on NS/EP telecommunications, participates in joint industry-government planning, and requests advice and information from the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) through the Office of the Manager, NCS (OMNCS).
The NCS Y2K Information Center - The National Communications System is working to assure NS/EP telecommunications in the new millennium
- Programs Division (N2) - The current focus is to assess the impact of the "year 2000 problem" on the public telecommunications networks. FCC Year 2000 Homepage
  - Network Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC)
    - Focus Group 1- Y2K Impact on Networks
    - Focus Group 2- Y2K Impact on Access (CPE)
- Technology and Standards Division (N6) - International Y2K testing is being done under the purview of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). This testing is scheduled to be conducted from March-April 1999.
- Operations Division (N3) - Even though N3 does not expect a major telecommunications service interruption resulting from year 2000, they are putting a great deal of emphasis on proper planning for a contingency in this area. The National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications is reviewing current operational response procedures and the existing National Telecommunications Coordinating Network, looking for additions to current process or backup connectivity peculiar to year 2000 (for example, connections to software experts from the telecommunications switch manufacturers.)
The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) Network Group Report, September 1999. http://www.ncs.gov/nstac/nstacxxi/reports/0925ng.pdf - "The millennium change is not a January 1, 2000, problem; it is a long-term problem that will begin before, and extend well beyond, January 1, 2000."
Global Positioning System (GPS)

Civilian Agencies connected with DoD: