Defense Technical Information Center

Abstract

DTIC leads the DoD scientific and technical information (STINFO) program, and is responsible for developing, coordinating and enabling a strong STINFO program for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E)) and the DoD Scientific & Technical (S&T) enterprise. In this role, DTIC sets policy for scientific and technical information (STI) exchanges for the research and engineering community. DTIC’s aim is to maximize the availability and use of technical information and products resulting from Defense-funded technical activities while ensuring restrictions that national security, export control, and intellectual property rights are safeguarded. It is DoD policy to establish and maintain a coordinated and comprehensive program to document the results and outcome of DoD-sponsored and performed research and engineering (R&E) and studies, and to provide access to those efforts in an effective manner, in order to make efficient use of the investment that taxpayers have previously made in research and engineering. In the 21st Century, supporting the S&T and RDT&E communities requires that DTIC integrate, more than ever, our collections with databases, information links, utilizing the latest information technology, whether in-house or outside of our Department, regardless of the source. DTIC, as the central source for DoD-funded current and completed research, brings efficiencies to the Department as users can gather information from many sources with one search. DTIC’s customers, from the individual researcher to the acquisition professional, can quickly fuse information into the most complete picture needed in a matter of minutes to hours; not days to months. DTIC accomplishes its mission to provide critical scientific, technical and related program information by performing the activities described in the three core integrated functions below: - COLLABORATION. DTIC provides the technology tools to promote collaboration, integration and innovation, in real time, throughout the DoD enterprise and with its partners. DoD looks to DTIC to forge the linkages connecting diverse communities of interest to the critical research data repository maintained within DTIC. By sharing knowledge easily and securely, the DoD S&T community (to include the service laboratories, Combatant Commands (COCOMs), Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), and industry/academia) can accelerate innovation in technologies that benefits the warfighter. To avoid duplication of efforts and increase information sharing, DTIC partners with DoD and other federal government organizations to provide access to information resources and tools. - RESEARCH SUPPORT AND LIBRARY REPOSITORY. DTIC provides the STI community the authoritative source of S&T information. DTIC’s repository contains over 4 Million records, to include Strategic Planning, budget, S&T current work, work-in-progress, and completed work (such as Technical Reports and studies). R&D investments and the resulting outcomes are also available in the collection. DTIC is charged by the Department to collect, categorize, and preserve this critical S&T information. In addition, DTIC ensures the proper protection of the material, based on its dissemination limitations (public, DoD and government only, etc.). The repository facilitates DoD in reusing research in which it already invested its money--leveraging prior research to maximize the impact of R&D dollars. - WEB SERVICES AND SITE HOSTING. DTIC develops customized information solutions and hosts applications that support DoD Components. At present, DTIC hosts more than 70 public, limited and classified web-based information systems. The jointly developed applications improve acquisition decision-making, increase collaborative research and development efforts, facilitate business processes, and provide improved support for the warfighter. This budget request directly supports applications operated by DTIC on behalf of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (ASD(R&E)). Other DoD components are supported on a cost reimbursable basis; key customers include: Joint Chief of Staff (JCS), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (OUSD(C)), and the Combatant Commands. Notable web-hosting customers include the Federal Voter Assistance Program (FVAP), providing voter access to U.S. military and civilians around the world; the OSD-Comptroller’s R-2 application, a Department-wide effort to standardize appropriated budget information for submission to Congress; and Science Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program, providing scholarships to colleges and universities in an effort to recruit, develop and retain the next generation of personnel in the science, mathematics and research fields for DoD.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 001_0605801KA_6_0400_PB_2014

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• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.