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NSIAD-86-7 1 (1985-10-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnue0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 NATIONAL SECURITY AND IIOtu 111 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS D VISION O T 5 1 8 B-220762 OCT 1 5 1985 128229 The Honorable Glenn English Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Concerns Regarding the National Security Agency Secure Telephone Program (GAO/NSIAD-86-7) On September 24, 1984, you requested that we evaluate the use of TEMPEST and similar technologies--such as secure telephones--for the protection of national security information. As requested by your office on July 26, 1985, this letter identifies the major issues regarding secure telephones that we have identified to date. The STU-II is the secure telephone in use today. These telephones are to be replaced by lower cost STU-III telephones. Development contracts for the STU-III telephones were awarded in March 1985 to AT&T, Motorola, and RCA to develop an easy to use, low cost (target price about $2,000) secure telephone, deliverable by early 1987. Current plans are to award production contracts to all three contractors (if they successfully develop a product) in March 1986, with deliveries to begin in April 1987. The number of units awarded to each contractor will depend on their price and degree of success in performance tests. A contract has also been awarded to GTE Sylvania for systems integration and testing. The total cost to the government for this developmental effort is about $82 million. This program is very unique because, in addition to having applicability to national security information, this secure telephone will also have a commercial market, that is, banks, brokerage firms, and other businesses interested in securing (395037) 0 ~

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