Regional International Outreach - Partnership for Peace Information Management Systems
Abstract
Partner Outreach and Collaboration Support (POCS); formerly: Regional International Outreach (RIO) - PfP Information Management System (PIMS), is an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) initiative. The focus of the program is a common information technology platform (GlobalNET) to improve international partner outreach and collaboration efforts in a federated environment. A federated environment – characterized by the capacity of DoD institutions and Partners to directly share participants and content across proprietary community websites - fostering networks of partner influencers and enabling better use of DoD resources through collaboration among the Regional Centers for Security Studies, PfP and international partners, other DoD educational institutions and communities. GlobalNET currently support over 60,000 users. The program uses spiral methodology to speed the delivery of open source collaboration technologies the user community. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) oversees execution of the research and development of the GlobalNET effort and its operations, and ensures that the program addresses DoD security cooperation requirements in the context of defense, interagency, and international information sharing and collaboration needs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 000000_0605127T_7_0400_PB_2017