CONTROL INFORMATION CENTER

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Definitions

1. CIC contains all of Flag's security information (files, telexes, mission orders, etc.) and is not for everyone's access. Control Information Center does control information and maintains security for Sea Org operations. (FSO 615-1)

2. the purpose of a CIC is to collect data related to management from all over, coordinate it by continent and org and month so that it can be evaluated and on need produce the whys for high or low stat situations. (CBO 189)

3. the functional definition of CIC is: CIC is an administrative organization which assembles data from all points of observation in such a way as to indicate the inevitable solution. It is like a manual computer, with its program files, area boards and plotting table. (FO 2192)

4. CIC is the program files, and statistic and alert information posted on the boards, and coordinated on the plotting table so that it gives the inevitable solution, plus some information to make life interesting for the crew. (FO 2192)

5. the prime responsibility of CIC is the briefing and firing of missions including the coordination of all items and actions needed to get a mission off. (FO 1954)

6. the whole essence of CIC is it takes separate channels of information, summates them for the channel and transfers the summation to the main board, which then indicates the action necessary. The main board then can predict, from the summation of the data and handle an area before it breaks down totally. CIC is a substitute for a captain. CIC should always know more about it than Command. (FO 898)