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B-199793 1 (1982-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkao0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECIBION FILE: B-199793 MATTER OF; DIGEST: T lvMPTAC0LLEIl GEN5SRAL OF THE JNITIEL) STATEB WASHINGTON, ,C) , I2054E) DATEs January 27, 1982 Federal Secure Tlephone Service General Services Adinistration proposal to install Federal.Secure Telephone Service (LSTS) telephones in private residences for official Govern.nt business of a sensitive nature subject to National Security Agency (NSA) guidelines does not violate 31 US.0. S 679, which prohibits the expenditure of appropriated funds for telephone service installed in private residences, FSTS system has sufficient safeguards built-in to reduce danger of abuses this statute was intended to address, This case was presented for an advance decision by the General Services Administration (GSA) which proposes to install Federal Secure Telephone Service (FSTS) telephones for official business in private residences of high level civilian and military officials who have appropriate security clearances and have been certified by their agency heads as having responsibilities involving national security, GSA requests our opinion concerning the applicability of 31 U.Sqc. S 679 (1976), which provides that no appropriated funds be expended for tele- phone installation in private residences, to its proposal. For the reasons set forth below, 31 U.S.C. S 679 is not for application under the circumstances here present. Therefore, we have no objection to the use of appropriated funds for the installation and maintenance of the system proposed. The FSTS telephone system was developed to minimize the vulnerability of certain telephone comnunicatlons from various pene- tration techniques. The telephone, in other words, ensures secure voice comunications between parties. GSA is responsible for installa- tion and maintenance of FSTS equipment on a Government-wide basis. The sutmission states that FSTS provides a secure communications capability to a limited number of civilian and military personnel who have appaopriate security clearances and are designated by their agencies as having responsibilities involving national security. Concerning residential installation, GSA states that it anticipates that: such installations would amount to about one percent of all FSTS installations. A draft handbook prepared by GSA for residential installa- tion of FS1tS requires the agency head to certify in writing that national

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