Global Theater Security Cooperation Management information Systems (G-TSCMIS)

Abstract

The Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System (G-TSCMIS) Program was an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) initiative to develop and deploy a common web-based, centrally hosted Management Information System (MIS) to serve as the information focus point for the Nation’s Security Cooperation (SC) efforts by providing decision makers, SC planners and other users with the ability to view, manage, assess, and report SC activities and events. G-TSCMIS was adopted from a theater-specific system and lacked basic functionality the SC enterprise, consisting of Geographical Combatant Commands (GCCs), Military Departments, and Defense Agencies, have called for since 2010, including but not limited to SC activity life-cycle management, activity alignment to strategic guidance, common operational picture (COP) institutionalizing, adaptability and scalability for all SC organizations, and interfaces with SC Authoritative Data Sources (ADS). The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act enacted several reforms of the DoD’s SC enterprise, consolidating various SC authorities under a single chapter (16) in Title 10. Through these reforms, the DoD was now responsible for managing more than 100,000 SC activities per year at a cost of more than $3 billion annually, organized into more than 40 distinct authorities that support dozens of different organizations. On February 11, 2019, OSD assigned the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) as the lead for G-TSCMIS and any successor comprehensive security MIS. DSCA developed a new and innovative acquisition strategy for the successor system in consultation with the Defense Innovation Board and other IT acquisition experts. The strategy was designed to develop a successor system by increasing competition, maximizing savings, and leveraging an agile development methodology. The first phase, completed in August 2019, gathered industry driven solutions to develop a system that provided a modernized and versatile platform resulting in 2 prototypes for selection. DSCA, through Washington Headquarter Services, issued a competitive prototyping award and selected the solution prototype for the second phase in June 2020. The final phase deployed an unclassified Minimum Viable Product (MVP) release in October 2020 to the SC enterprise. The classified MVP release followed in June 2021 and marked the legacy sunset of G-TSCMIS. Between June 2021 and August 2022, Socium deployed 14 releases and conducted 5 data integrations with ADSs including the Defense Security Assistance Management System (DSAMS). By the end of FY 2022, Socium recorded over 1,000 users from across the SC enterprise. DSCA worked closely with the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Partnerships (ODASD (GP)) to shape FY24 SSCI process guidance requiring the use of Socium and continues to support the SC to integrate Planning, Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (AM&E) and Defense Institution Building for all U.S. SC activities. Future enhancements through FY24 include tailored authority-specific analytics and reporting, enhanced AM&E features, and continued ADS integration including Command and Control of the Information Environment (C2IE) and theater COPs.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 000205_0607327T_7_0400_PB_2024

Tags

Readers

• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space