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The Commission to Assess United States
National Security Space Management
and Organization was established pursuant to Public Law 106-65,
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Section
1622.
(NOTE: The Commission will
terminate on 11March, 2001 IAW Charter)
Executive
Summary
Preliminary
Table
of Contents
Chapter
I: The Commission's Charter
The Commission to Assess United
States National Security Space
Management and Organization was
established pursuant to Public Law 106-65,
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000,
Section
1622.
Chapter
II: Space: Today and the Future
The
security and economic well being of the United States and its
allies and friends depend on the
nation’s ability to operate successfully in space. To be
able to contribute to peace and stability in a distinctly
different but still dangerous and complex global environment, the
U.S. needs to remain at the forefront in space, technologically
and operationally, as we have in the air, on land and at sea.
Specifically, the U.S. must have the capability to use space as an
integral part of its ability to manage crises, deter conflicts
and, if deterrence fails, to prevail in conflict.
Chapter
III: U.S. Objectives for Space
How the U.S. develops the
potential of space for civil, commercial, defense and intelligence
purposes will affect the nation’s security for decades to come.
Chapter
IV: Organizations that Affect National Security Space
This chapter describes the
principal organizations involved in national security space
activities, concentrating on the Executive Office of the
President, the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community
and the Congress.
Chapter
V: Management of National Security Space Activities
A number of issues transcend
organizational approaches and are important to the ability of the
U.S. to achieve its objectives in space. These are issues that the
national leadership, the Department of Defense and the
Intelligence Community should address in the near term,
irrespective of particular organizational arrangements that may be
pursued. Resolution of them would both benefit and support
organizational changes.
Chapter
VI: Organizing and Managing for the Future
National security space
organization and management today fail to reflect the growing
importance of space to U.S. interests.
Chapter
VII: Conclusions of the Commission
The members of this Commission
have, together, identified five matters of key importance that we
believe need attention quickly from the top levels of the U.S.
Government. We have drawn these conclusions from six months of
assessing U.S. national security space activities, including 32
days of meetings with 77 present and former senior officials and
knowledgeable private sector representatives.
Chapter
VIII: Attachments
This
chapter contains resumes, meetings, acknowledgements, and a
glossary for organization charts.
Background
Papers
Additional
documents used by the Commission will be made available by 9
February, 2001.
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