Section
4. Supplemental
Duties
20-4-1. DOMESTIC
EVENTS NETWORK
(DEN)
a. Domestic
Event Network
(DEN). A 24/7
FAA sponsored
telephonic
conference
call network
(recorded)
that includes
all of the air
route traffic
control
centers (ARTCC)
in the United
States. It
also includes
various other
Governmental
agencies that
monitor the
DEN. The
purpose of the
DEN is to
provide timely
notification
to the
appropriate
authority that
there is an
emerging
air-related
problem or
incident.
b. Required
ATC facility
DEN
participation.
1. All
ARTCCs.
2. All
facilities in
the National
Capital Region
(NCR).
3. Approach
control
facilities
must
participate on
the DEN during
President of
the United
States (POTUS)
TFRs, National
Special
Security
Events (NSSE)
affecting
their area, or
when directed
by System
Operations
Security or
the DEN Air
Traffic
Security
Coordinator (ATSC).
4. ATCT
must
participate on
the DEN during
arrival and
departure
phase of POTUS,
Vice President
of the United
States (VPOTUS),
First Lady of
the United
States (FLOTUS)
movements, or
when directed
by System
Operations
Security or
the DEN ATSC.
5. If
the ATC
facility is
not actively
monitoring the
DEN or have a
dedicated line
to the DEN,
they should
call into the
DEN directly
via
(202) 493-4170.
6. All
communication
regarding
real-time
security
concerns and
operational
impacts should
be initiated
and
coordinated on
the DEN. The
premise of the
DEN is a need
to share
versus a need
to know.
7. The
DEN is an open
mode of
communication
and is not
intended for
classified
information.
20-4-2. PRESIDENTIAL/UNITED
STATES SECRET
SERVICE (USSS)
SUPPORTED VIP
MOVEMENT
a. Tactical
Operations
Security,
System
Operations
Support Center
(SOSC), (202)
267- 8276, is
responsible
for the
coordination,
planning, and
timely
communication
of POTUS,
VPOTUS, FLOTUS,
or USSS
supported VIP
movements and
associated
security
measures.
b. Tactical
Operations
Security is
responsible
for the
real-time
coordination
of POTUS,
VPOTUS, FLOTUS,
or USSS
supported VIP
movement and
tactical
adjustments to
security
initiatives as
coordinated
with the USSS.
c. Tactical
Operations
Security
personnel,
working in
conjunction
with the USSS,
are the final
authority on
adjustments to
or
implementation
of no-notice
security
measures
regarding
POTUS, VPOTUS,
FLOTUS, or
USSS supported
VIP movement.
d. All
security
initiative
coordination
regarding
POTUS, VPOTUS,
FLOTUS, or
USSS supported
VIP movements
will be
coordinated on
the DEN. At no
time should
the exact
location of
the above be
transmitted
over the DEN.
e. Presidential
Prohibited
Areas (P-56A &
B, P-40, etc.)
are
coordinated
and managed by
Strategic
Operations
Security
working in
concert with
the USSS. The
System
Operations
Support Center
(SOSC),
202-267-8276,
is responsible
for waivers to
prohibited
areas.
Tactical
Operations
Security is
responsible
for the real
time
coordination
of Prohibited
Area
violations.
Field
facilities are
responsible
for the
tracking and
processing of
violators.
f. All
security
related
requests to
ATC facilities
from external
agencies (for
example, Air
and Marine
Operations
Center [AMOC],
Federal Bureau
of
Investigation
[FBI], USSS,
etc.), unless
critical or a
life or death
situation,
must be
referred to
the DEN at
(202)
493-4170.
20-4-3. SPECIAL
INTEREST
FLIGHTS (SIFs)
a. Special
Interest
Flights
identified by
FAA, the
Department of
Defense or
other national
security
agencies are
the
responsibility
of Tactical
Operations
Security and
must be
coordinated on
the DEN real
time.
b. Tactical
Operations
Security,
System
Operations
Support
Center,
202-267-8276,
is responsible
for advanced
coordination
regarding
special
interest
flights from
State
Department
designated
special
interest
countries
known to the
Agency.
20-4-4. CONTINUITY
OF OPERATIONS
AND
CONTINUATION
OF GOVERNMENT
(COOP/COG)
a. Strategic
Operations
Security is
responsible to
establish
Agency
policies and
procedures
regarding
COOP/COG
activities.
b. Tactical
Operations
Security is
responsible
for the
coordination
and
accomplishment
of Agency
COOP/COG
initiatives
upon
activation.
c. Tactical
Operations
Security, in
conjunction
with
appropriate
agencies, is
the final
authority
regarding NAS
operations
involving
COOP/COG
activities.
20-4-5. CLASSIFIED
OPERATIONS
a. Strategic
Operations
Security is
responsible
for the
coordination
and
implementation
of all
classified
operations
that impact
the NAS.
b. Tactical
Operations
Security is
responsible
for the
tactical
coordination
of classified
operations in
the NAS.
Tactical
Operations
Security, in
coordination
with
appropriate
agencies, is
the final
authority
regarding
classified
operations
within the
NAS.
20-4-6. INTELLIGENCE
ANALYSIS AND
COMMUNICATION
a. Tactical
Operations
Security must
provide
staffing at
operational
locations
where
intelligence
and threat
assessments
potentially
impacting the
NAS are
processed and
reviewed.
b. Tactical
Operations
Security is
responsible to
communicate
any
intelligence/threat
concerns with
potential NAS
impact to the
Director,
System
Operations
Security.
c. Tactical
Operations
Security
personnel are
responsible to
correlate the
feasibility of
threats and
the potential
impact to the
NAS.
d. Tactical
Operations
Security will
work in
conjunction
with Strategic
Operations
Security to
amend and/or
implement
national
security
procedures to
mitigate any
potential
threats to the
NAS.
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