APPENDIX G
IMA Implementation Plan
Organization
a. This appendix covers--
- Renaming the ASD to the ISSO.
- Transferring the function and resources from the Gl/AG to the organic signal unit.
Some TOEs do not specify an organization as an administrative service section (below division level). However, personnel now performing these functions will be identified and transferred with the functions. This appendix also covers in table form all IMA disciplines (for example, signal support).
b. Records management is the essence of information management. It is managing correspondence, reports, forms, directives, publications, official mail (may include electronic mail), and distribution. It includes the maintenance, use, and disposition of recorded information (for example, corporate data bases), classification/declassification of recorded information, and the implementation of responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act. The Army has been using the format, form, terminology dictionaries, literary rules, and disposal instructions for some time. The standards are the same for automators, communicators, publishers, and printers.
c. Printing and publications is the process of information composition and representation on media. It includes photocomposition and binding for issue and distribution of information products. While the printed word has traditionally been the domain of publishers and printers, automators and communicators can produce and distribute printed material. In electronic format, users produce publication type documents directly from their decision support systems. Likewise, publishers and printers have routinely used sophisticated automation and communications technologies and audiovisual means to get their printed work out to the user.
d. Technological advances are causing the five disciplines of signal support (automation, communications, visual information, records management, and printing and publications) to converge on a common foundation. Manual methods are now being converted to automated processes. Smaller and more sophisticated devices have led to user-owned and -operated systems. Sophisticated electronic and logic-based technology support the printing and publications areas. Choosing hard copy can streamline information management. The disciplines are evolving towards one integrated information system capability within the Army.
Signal Corps Responsibilities
a. Specific signal support responsibilities for Signal Corps units include staff and unit responsibilities. The signal officer is responsible for staff supervision of all information services support functions. The operational signal unit commander is responsible for providing the wide-area networks. Figure G-1 shows signal corps responsibilities.
Figure G-1. Signal Corps responsibilities. b. Many personnel are performing records management functions. Transferring these functions to the Signal Corps support information services requirements. Personnel performing information services will be standard requirement code (SRC) 11, Signal Corps. Management and supervision are under the signal commander (if one is assigned). Force structure realignment accommodates the duties and responsibilities of the ISSO at each level. Force structure realignment of maintenance personnel also accommodates the maintenance requirements for all new signal support equipment. Future and current training will provide officers and NCOs with the needed skills to perform signal support missions on the battlefield. The missions include ISSO duties, automation management, and staff supervision.
c. The signal office is the primary office/staff supporting the commander in his information management responsibilities. The signal office has three primary functions. They are--
- Advising and assisting the commander in the role as a coordinating staff office.
- Supporting the operational needs of the headquarters by providing signal support to the commander's unit and to tenant units in the area.
- Supporting and managing the informational needs of the headquarters staff.
This last function requires expansion of the traditional role for the Signal Corps. Table G-1 outlines the responsibilities at battalion, brigade, division, and corps among the user, functional manager, and the signal office/staff.
d. The signal officer uses the ISSO to coordinate and to support the signal support functions requiring centralized management internal to the headquarters. An ISSO will be set up at every echelon and be under the signal officer's control. At battalion and brigade, the S1 will accomplish the ISSO function. At support units with no organic supporting signal unit (such as the DISCOM, COSCOM, and T M COM), the signal officer is the proponent for information services on the staff, but the functional staff officer remains responsible for its execution. The ISSO will provide not only the management functions but will also serve as the central point for those functions that benefit from economies of scale and centralized operations (such as, TOP SECRET repositories for classified document control). Table G-2 outlines the ISSO signal support responsibilities at each echelon. Many functions listed will be supplemented by the DOIM in a garrison environment. The ISSO's structure and functions may vary depending on the requirements and location of the unit with respect to the supporting DOIM. The commander has the authority to adjust ISSO responsibilities.
Functional Staff Responsibilities
In a tactically deployed headquarters, each functional staff element is responsible for implementing signal support policies, procedures, and standards within his functional area of operations. Each headquarters staff element is responsible for managing BIS which support his function. Figure G-2 shows functional staff responsibilities.
Figure G-2. Functional staff responsibilities.
Table G-2. Signal support/ISSO responsibilities at battalion/brigade/ division/corps and theater.
Table G-2a. Signal support/ISSO responsibilities at battalion/brigade/ division/corps and theater. (continued)
Table G-2b. Signal support/ISSO responsibilities at battalion/brigade/ division/corps and theater. (continued)
Table G-2c. Signal support/ISSO responsibilities at battalion/brigade/ division/corps and theater. (continued)
Table G-2d. Signal support/ISSO responsibilities at battalion/brigade/ division/corps and theater. (continued)
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