P 191535Z OCT 06 
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI PRIORITY 9804

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 175460 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FRANKFURT FOR RIMC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
 
TAGS: AMGT ACOA AOMS PINR KCCP
 
SUBJECT: SIPDIS adds RSS, Advanced Search, and Concise Displays 
 
REF: 05 STATE 226504 
06 STATE 083673 
06 STATE 089712 
 
SUMMARY 
¶1. (U) State's Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) system now supports 
an Advanced Search function, which helps users find cables by 
MRN, Date Range, or Subject Line; Really Simple Syndication (RSS), 
which allows users to receive NCD cable content of interest 
through an RSS reader; and a new concise display capability for 
cables according to Location, Topic, or both. More than 200 
posts today routinely use the SIPDIS distribution caption (see 
REFTELs) to facilitate inter-agency information sharing via the 
US Government's Secret-level network. Agencies representing the 
broader national security community now report routine use of the 
NCD system for web-based access to State reporting cables. 
New Features 
 
¶2. (U) The NCD system now supports RSS, which allows users to 
select any NCD content of interest and receive updated NCD content 
through an RSS reader. Use of RSS readers helps the user monitor 
content from a variety of web-based sources via a single web page. 
The Classified Homepage application (Portal X) also supports 
RSS-based portlets. Looking for a specific cable in NCD? NCD's 
new Advanced Search feature allows users to search cables in the 
NCD system by TAGS, Subject Line, MRN, Cable Body, and Date Range. 
NCD's Standard Search supports a full text search on the entire 
cable, and both Standard and Advanced searches support Boolean 
logic. Interested in additional concise displays? NCD's expanded 
concise display gives the user the 10 most recent cables from any 
combination of Location and Topic. These displays can be integrated 
into classified homepages, or any other classified web page that 
supports portlet feeds. See http://ncd.state.sgov.gov/help/ for 
additional information on the NCD system and answers to frequently 
answered questions, including NCD's RSS feeds, Advanced Search, 
and customized concise displays. Posts needing assistance in 
setting up the concise displays on their classified home pages 
should contact the SIPRNet homepage team at siprnetsupport@state.gov 
or siprnetsupport@state.sgov.gov. 
 
When and How to Use the SIPDIS Caption 
 
3a. (U) Correct use of the SIPDIS caption ensures that post's 
reporting cables are automatically posted to NCD's homepage as well 
as the mission's Classified Homepage via the NCD cable portlet. 
Washington bound SIPDIS-captioned cables are automatically copied 
to the NCD database, which publishes cable reports to NCD web pages, 
Classified Homepages, and, increasingly, to other USG websites on 
SIPRNet/Intelink-S. State Department content in the NCD database is 
also routinely indexed by interagency search engines, e.g., Intelink's 
Google search engine, making it easier for interagency users to find 
State content in the NCD system. 
 
3b. (U) The SIPDIS caption should be used on all telegrams 
appropriate for sharing with the broader US government community. 
SIPDIS may/may be used in conjunction with NOFORN, CODEL, SENSITIVE, 
TERREP, and TERREP EXCLUSIVE. Cables containing content not 
releasable to foreign nationals should always be marked NOFORN 
(see reftel 06STATE083673). SIPDIS-captioned messages may not/not 
include restrictive captions (e.g., NODIS, EXDIS, ROGER, STADIS, 
DS, DSX, and DS-BI) that explicitly limit distribution. If a 
message carries conflicting captions, the more restrictive caption 
will be controlling and the cable will not be loaded into the NCD 
database. 
 
3c. (U) Posts remain responsible for the protection of Privacy Act 
(Public Law 93-570) information. Messages containing Privacy Act 
information, e.g., MED CHANNEL, HR CHANNEL, DS CHANNEL, DSX CHANNEL, 
and DS_BI CHANNEL, may not carry the SIPDIS caption. 
 
3d. (U) Posts should follow the standard cable template, and if a 
SIPDIS-captioned cable does not process in the system, there are a 
few common causes: 
--The cable must include a single blank line between the subject 
line and body text of the telegram. 
--The cable must have at least one TAG. 
--The TAGS line must say "TAGS:" 
--The Subject line must begin with "Subject:" 
--SIPDIS cannot be used on the same line as another caption. 
 
 
3e. (U) Any user at post who sends a SIPDIS message that does not 
appear on the NCD or Embassy homepage should contact 
SIPDIS_Help@state.sgov.gov. 
 
¶4. (U) Post Information Management Officers can add "SIPDIS" to 
post's locally managed CableExpress or EACT application. No 
TERP-related action is required to process SIPDIS messages. 
¶5. (U) Minimize considered. 
RICE