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    "ocrText": "-\nSECRET\n(\nSYSTEM II\n90418\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\n1\nWASHINGTON\nSECRET\nMay 18, 1983\nLIMITED DISTRIBUTION TS CODEWORD ATTACHMENT\nNational Security\nDecision Directive 95\nCRISIS INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CIMS) : PROJECT MEDUSA (S\nThis NSDD provides policy and guidance for improving the nation's\ncrisis management capability in support of the President. It also\nestablishes a framework for National-level crisis management and\ndescribes enhancements to the White House Situation Room/Crisis\nManagement Facility (WHSR/CMF) and associated department/agency\noperations centers, hereafter referred to as PROJECT MEDUSA. (S)\nI. INTRODUCTION\nPast crises and recent exercises suggest that contingency planning\nand crisis management requirements at the national level are not\nfully satisfied. PROJECT MEDUSA provides for the enhancement and\nintegration of those organizations and facilities that normally\nparticipate in crisis operations. These include department/agency\noperations centers, and the supporting Lnfrastructure of tele-\ncommunications and information processing capabilities that link\nthese centers. (S)\nTo sustain effective, and uninterrupted crisis management PROJECT\nMEDUSA will create a Crisis Information and Management System (CIM\nThis system will provide a means of disseminating adequate and tim\nintelligence, requisite situational information, analyses, and pol\noptions in a form that is readily useable and easily convertible i\nrecommendations for. top-level decision makers. Once decisions hay\nbeen made, the CIMS must provide responsive mechanisms to transmit\ncoordinated instructions for implementation and to provide\nappropriate feedback on actions taken as well as their results.\n(\nExisting technology is not currently being fully exploited at the\nnational level to effectively support crisis operations as describ\nabove. To rectify this deficiency, the following actions will be\ntaken under PROJECT MEDUSA: (S)\nImprove the aggregation, transmission, analysis, presentat\nand security safeguards for crisis information\nStrengthen and expedite the inter-departmental/agency cris\nmanagement process\nEnhance the implementation, coordination, and feedback\naspects of the system\n50"
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