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NCS Directives and Manuals

National Communications System programs are governed by a series of Issuances, Directives and Manuals in efforts to coordinate national security and emergency preparedness communications in accordance with Executive Order 12472. These documents are available below.

Some of the documents are currently in revision or in review. Updates to these documents will be posted as soon as possible.

Frequent Asked Questions on the NCS Issuance Program can be reviewed by following this link.

The majority of the documents are in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If you do not have Acrobat, you can obtain the Acrobat reader here.

	NCS Directive 1-1: Organization, Membership, and Administration National Communications System (NCS) Issuance System
		NCS Manual 1-1-1: Organization, Membership, and Administration Procedures and Format for NCS Issuances
	NCS Directive 1-2: Organization, Membership, and Administration National Communications System (NCS) Membership
	NCS Directive 2-1: Plans, Programs, and Fiscal Management National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) Telecommunications Planning Process
	NCS Directive 2-2: Plans, Programs, and Fiscal Management National Level NS/EP Telecommunications Program (NLP) Funding
	NCS Directive 3-1: Telecommunications Operations Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System for NS/EP
		NCS Manual 3-1-1: Telecommunications Operations Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System for NS/EP - Service User Manual
		NCS Handbook 3-1-2: Telecommunications Operations Service Vendor Handbook for the Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) Program
	NCS Directive 3-3: Telecommunications Operations Shared Resources (SHARES) High Frequency (HF) Radio Program
		NCS Manual 3-3-1: Telecommunications Operations Shared Resources (SHARES) High Frequency (HF) Radio Program - Manual
	NCS Directive 3-4: Telecommunications Operations National Telecommunications Management Structure (NTMS)
	NCS Directive 3-8: Telecommunications Operations Provisioning of Emergency Power in Support of NS/EP Telecommunications
	NCS Directive 3-9: Telecommunications Operations Communications Resource Information Sharing Initiative
	NCS Directive 4-1: Technology and Standards Federal Telecommunications Standards Program
	NCS Directive 4-2: Technology and Standards Focal Point for Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Information
	NCS Directive 4-3: Technology and Standards Interoperability of Telecommunications in Support of NS/EP

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