[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 235-236]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



National Security Agency/Central Security Service

Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6000
Phone, 301-688-6524
Director                                         Lt. Gen. Kenneth A. 
                                                     Minihan, USAF
Deputy Director                                  William P. Crowell
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The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is responsible for 
the centralized coordination, direction, and performance of highly 
specialized technical functions in support of U.S. Government activities 
to protect U.S. communications and produce foreign intelligence 
information. The National Security Agency was established by 
Presidential directive in 1952 as a separately organized Agency within 
the Department of Defense. In this directive, the President designated 
the Secretary of Defense as Executive Agent for the signals intelligence 
and communications security activities of the Government. The Agency was 
charged with an additional mission, computer security, in a 1984 
Presidential directive, and with an operations security training mission 
in a 1988 Presidential directive.
    In 1972 the Central Security Service was established, in accordance 
with a Presidential memorandum, to provide a more unified cryptologic 
organization within the Department of Defense and appointed the 
Director, National Security Agency, as Chief of the Central Security 
Service.
    The Agency has two primary missions: an information systems security 
mission and a foreign intelligence information mission. To accomplish 
these missions, the Director has been assigned the following 
responsibilities:
    --prescribing certain security principles, doctrines, and procedures 
for the U.S. Government;
    --organizing, operating, and managing certain activities and 
facilities for the production of foreign intelligence information;
    --organizing and coordinating the research and engineering 
activities of the U.S. Government that are in support of the Agency's 
assigned functions;
    --regulating certain communications in support of Agency missions; 
and
    --operating the National Computer Security Center in support of the 
Director's role as national manager for telecommunications security and 
automated information systems security.
    Executive Order 12333 of December 4, 1981, describes in more detail 
the responsibilities of the National Security Agency.

For further information, contact the Public Affairs Office, National 
Security Agency/Central Security Service, Fort Meade, MD 20755-6000. 
Phone, 301-688-6524.

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