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18 January 2005. Thanks to James Atkinson (www.tscm.com). http://cryptome.org/state-cia.htm
http://www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNACN329.pdf The third site is the USAID Data Center, SA-26, located in a Department of State facility in Beltsville, MD. An FNS communications link is installed between RRB and SA-26 and is used to transmit TCP/IP traffic. In addition to this connection to the RRB, there is a T-1 connection that carries non-TCP/IP traffic. The Beltsville facility houses an IBM mainframe and executes both MVS/ESA and OS/390 on the same physical system. The two OSs are kept logically isolated from each other by using logical partitions on the mainframe. The mainframe hosts two of the agency's mission-critical legacy applications: the New American Payroll System (NAPS) and the Revised Automated Manpower & Personnel System (RAMPS). NAPS is the legacy payroll application, and RAMPS is the application used to manage other human resources information. Both applications require support from Banyan Vines for terminal access and report printing and distribution. Connectivity to the RRB is implemented by using the T-1 connection to carry synchronous data link control (SDLC) traffic. SNA gateways are used to connect the mainframe to the Banyan network. Beltsville also supports two Wang VS minicomputers (VS300 and VS7310). The Wang computers are likely to be retired from operations in the near future.
http://www.fbodaily.com/cbd/archive/1995/04(April)/12-Apr-1995/Dsol001.htm
COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 12,1995 PSA#1323 D -- D-384 KBPS DUPLEX CIRCUIT SOL SDTSPO-1000-0022 DUE 053095 POC Contracting Officer, VICTOR A. WHITE, 703-302-7906 The Department of State (DTS-PO) has a requirement for one full period, duplex circuit capable of supporting 384 kbps digital service. The service will be between the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) Beltsville Information Management Center, Beltsville, Maryland and the MDF of the American Consulate General, Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is the intent of the Department of State to issue the IFB for this service on or about April 26, 1995. The bids are due into the Department of State, 3920 Pender Drive, Fairfax Center, VA 22030, no later than 10 a.m., May 30, 1995. The contract award will be announced on or about June 1, 1995 with a required in-service date of July 15, 1995. (0100)
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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 2,1996 PSA#1628 D -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITRY SOL SDTSPO-96-B-0051 DUE 080996 POC Victor A. White, Contracting Officer, 703-302-7906 The Department of State (DTS-PO) has a requirement for the following telecommunications services between the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) of the U.S. Department of State, Beltsville Information Management Center (BIMC) and the MDF at the American Embassies as indicated: (1) One full period, full duplex, voice grade type 3002 (M-1020) circuit capable of supporting 9.6 kbps service between BIMC and Port of Spain, Trinidad. (2) One full period, full duplex, voice grade type 3002 (M-1020) circuit capable of supporting 9.6 kbps service between BIMC and Nassau, Bahamas. (3) One full period, duplex circuit capable of supporting 64 kbps between BIMC and Canberra, Australia. (4) One full period, duplex circuit capable of supporting 256 kbps between BIMC and Manila, Philippines. (5) One full period, duplex circuit capable of supporting 1.544 mbps (T-1) between BIMC and London, England. (6) One full period, duplex circuit capable of supporting 1.544 mbps (T1)between BIMC and Mexico City, Mexico. It is the intent of the Department of State to issue the IFB for these services on or about July 8, 1996. The bids are due into the Department of State, 3929 Pender Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, no later than 10 a.m., August 9, 1996. NOTE: The Department of State has initiated an automation project to streamline the solicitation process for contracts worldwide. The Department plans to post solicitations on the A/SDBU Bulletin Board System (BBS), which may be dialed up via modem at 703-875-4945. Instructions for downloading RFPs will be made available upon request by emailing or faxing the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (email anthony.jones@dos.us-state.gov or fax 703875-6825). In addition, solicitations may appear on the Department's acquisition home page (at the following URL: http://www.statebuy.Inter.net/home.htm). (Note that all letters are lower case except the ''I'' in ''Inter''). Hard copies may not be issued; however, firms that are unable to use the BBS or Internet may send a disk requesting that the solicitation be loaded onto that disk and returned. The solicitation will generally be prepared in MicrosoftWord for Windows (2.0 or 6.0), although other formats may be available. Disks should be sent to the following address: U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office, DTSPO/ADMIN/ACQ, 3920 Pender Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030. THIS ADDRESS IS FOR SERVICES REQUESTED BY THE DIPLOMATIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM OFFICE (DTS-PO) ONLY. The Department expects this process to be advantageous to both the Government and industry. Interested firms are strongly encouraged to use the BBS and Internet to avoid the delays involved in receiving solicitations by mail. (0180)
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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 9,1999 PSA#2298 R -- ENGINEERING SERVICE SOL 9. S-DTSPO-99-R-3015 DUE 041699 POC Anthony Shields, Contracting Officer, 703-302-7840 WEB: URL Link, http://state.monmouth.army.mil/. 1. The Department of State (DTS-PO), Fairfax Center, Va intends to award a sole-source contract to GDC Federal Systems, Inc for the provision of one on-site systems engineer to provide operation and maintenance of the suite of GDC multiplexer systems currently deployed in the DTS-PO network at the Beltsville Information Management Center/Beltsville Communications Center (BIMC/BCC). A firm fixed price contract is anticipated. Questions concerning this announcement should be submitted by letter of facsimile to U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Telecommunications Service-Program Office (DTS-PO), 3920 Pender Drive, Fairfax Center, VA 22030. Attention: Mr. Anthony Shields (fascimile number is 703-302-7892). Posted 03/05/99 (W-SN305523). (0064)
http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/perfplan/2004/20499.htm The Department signed a MOU with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a highly survivable redundant capability for the Department's Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Information Technology infrastructure at FEMA's Federal Support Center in Olney, Maryland. This facility will serve as a live mirror site for the Beltsville Information Management Center (BIMC) and is designed to handle any disruption to the Department's communications infrastructure and ensure communications with our overseas posts. Previous estimates for establishing an alternate communication site for BIMC exceeded $500 million; this effort will cost approximately $7 million. http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/ffmia/8513.htm D. Business Continuity and Contingency Planning CFMS and Paris FSC Mainframe Contingency Plan. There are now two fully operational mainframe computer facilities, the center located at the Harry S Truman Building (Washington, D.C.) and the Beltsville Information Management Center (Beltsville, Maryland). In the event of a disaster impacting one of these two facilities, critical mainframe operations (that CFMS operates on) could be moved to the other site, albeit at a diminished but workable capacity. Contingency plans have been developed with detailed recovery implementation plans for all logical partitions on the mainframes at both centers. As part of State's Year 2000 (Y2K) activities, a contingency plan was developed to provide appropriate contingency relief and disaster recovery for the FSC Paris mainframe using the domestic mainframe computers. Mainframe contingency planning was closed as an FMFIA material weakness on December 14, 1999. This initiative successfully addressed the major contingency planning shortfalls of State's mainframe computers located in Washington and FSC Paris.
http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/8545.pdf Our second questionnaire focused on 15 of the Department's 83 mission-critical systemsand 1 mission-critical asset (the Beltsville Information Management Center, SA-26).7
http://www.fbodaily.com/cbd/archive/1998/08(August)/05-Aug-1998/Ksol001.htm CLIN 0002 Quantity two (2), each Concurrent Computer Corporation MDL 3280 MPS
http://foia.state.gov/masterdocs/01FAM/01m0270.PDF
1 FAM 275.3-6 Beltsville Messaging Center Division (IRM/OPS/MSO/BMC) a. Manages and operates the Beltsville Messaging Center and the alternate Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC) messaging system. Maintains technical and operational liaison with the Department's Executive Secretariat's Operations Center (S/ES-O), White House Communications Agency (WHCA), Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Programs Office (DTS-PO), CIA, NSA, and other agencies, bureaus, and offices to coordinate ongoing and emergency messaging 7x24 hours. b. Provides program oversight for the Department's messaging systems, worldwide. c. Manages the Department's primary global telecommunications network center and regional messaging relay facility. d. Serves as designated alternate site facility for emergency messaging operations and the State Archiving System (SAS). e. Provides management oversight of the entire State Annex 26 facility to include building operations and maintenance support for the tenant organizations. f. Is solely responsible for all emergency operations and relocation facilities within the complex. Responsible for classified operations and support and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) related to the forwarded activities. g. Provides management oversight for the Department's Alternate Communications Site (ACS), supporting backup worldwide networking capability for SBU, classified, and command and control communications. (A) Communications Operations Branch (IRM/OPS/MSO/BMC/OPS) (TL:ORG-130; 04-30-2004) a. Manages and operates the State telegraphic automated relay system (STARS) red message switching computers and ancillary systems. b. Performs telecommunications network management of the domestic communications links that support the diplomatic telecommunications service (DTS) network. c. Serves as the Department's on-site facilitator for inter-agency and inter-office network service requests. d. Plans, develops, and implements the telecommunications operational methods and procedures used by the Department of State and other U.S. Government agencies. e. Directs and coordinates the development of system and data circuit requirements between the Department and other U.S. Government agencies. Maintains liaison with officials of other U.S. Government agencies concerning common telecommunications programs. f. Manages and operates the Department's alternate command and control system located in the ACS.
http://foia.state.gov/recordsmgt/DispSchSection.asp?cat=recordsRMH=A&Chapter=07&Section=019 Description: Correspondence, memorandums, telegrams, reports, and other documentation on domestic communications installations and maintenance covering Beltsville Information Management Center (BIMC), cables, circuits, communications, conduit, contracts, data, drawings, installations, maintenance, management, secure voice, services, site surveys, status reports, supplies, taskings, technical support, telecommunications, and other related subjects. a. Taskings.
http://www.esi.na.baesystems.com/wat.nsf/0/7FBBDFEEAF8C474085256E52006CE6FA WINS management led the design, implementation and cutover of the Department of State's Beltsville Information Management Center. This facility serves as the domestic Network Operations Management Center and the primary exchange/relay for the transmission of diplomatic information CONUS and OCONUS.
http://www.ncs.gov/library/SHARES/SHARES%20Bulletin%2012.pdf Since last summer, the U. S. Forces Command, Beltsville Information Management Center, the WV Emergency Operations Center, USMC Ground Defense Security Force Guantanamo Bay Cuba, and the WA Emergency Operations Center, have contributed resources to the SHARES HF Radio Program. The 2000 edition of NCSH 3-3-1, SHARES Directory, scheduled for publication in May, will list over 1050 stations, representing 76 organizations,located in all fifty states and at 14 locations in 5 countries overseas. What began a decade ago as an initiative by a few Federal organizations to establish an interoperable emergency message handling system to support national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) using HF radio as its primary media has grown convincingly strong.
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