Defense Technical Information Center
Abstract
DTIC is responsible for developing, coordinating and enabling a strong scientific and technical information (STINFO) program for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) and the DoD scientific and technical (S&T) enterprise. In this role, DTIC sets policy for scientific and technical information (STI) exchanges for the research and engineering (R&E) community. DTIC’s goal is to maximize the availability and use of technical information and products resulting from Defense-funded technical activities while ensuring restrictions to safeguard national security, export control, and intellectual property rights. The Department conducts science and technology research via the following means: 60+ labs, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), DTIC’s Information Analysis Centers (IACs), and other contracts and grants. DTIC’s information assets, tools and community interaction capabilities foster innovation, competition and identification of solutions in an access-controlled environment. Within this budget project, DTIC’s organizational efforts are focused on the Collection and Dissemination core mission areas, along with the following critical activities: 1) Search: Develop new algorithms and tailored search mechanisms that enable our users to quickly discover useful information and to ensure we present the most relevant information. Semantic (machine learning) mapping of information for comprehensive and precise data retrieval--built on DTIC’s custom thesaurus (for use by DoD and Allied partners). Expand and enhance our data collections to improve the quality and completeness of the data. 2) Collaboration: Provide customized collaboration platforms and tools for the DoD science and technology community to work together on investments that efficiently deliver solutions to the Warfighter. 3) Access Identity: Strengthen methods of user authentication through the use of public key infrastructure (PKI) tokens, biometrics and other methods to grant access to recognized, trusted and authorized users. Protect intellectual property (IP) and industry proprietary data assets entrusted to DTIC’s stewardship (protect information access). 4) Data Fusion/Analysis: Gather information from multiple data sources and provide knowledge products that fuse the disparate data sets into a single view of the life cycle of research. Present an overarching picture of research investment that enables decision-makers to link multiple efforts with integrated capabilities (employ resources to highest priority efforts and coordinate efforts across Services). 5) Cyber Security: Continue to leverage state-of-the art technologies, processes and practices designed to protect DTIC networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access. 6) Data Center Optimization/Cloud: Migrate services to cloud providers to improve availability, survivability, and mission flexibility; to reduce time to deliver new capabilities; to save costs; and to enhance cyber security. 7) Mobile and Emerging Technology: Ensure DTIC products, tools and interfaces are compatible with, and actively support customer/user (DOD, industry partners, academic researchers) devices, operating systems, and browsers. 8) Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI): An ongoing effort to standardize the way the Executive Branch handles unclassified information under a new document-marking framework. 9) Public Access/Open Science (for articles and digital data): Acquire and disseminate DoD-funded, openly published journal articles, increasing access and encouraging innovation. Develop a catalog of digital datasets supporting the conclusions of journal articles. 10) FY 2019 NDAA Section 202 and Section 905 new mission activities: Dataset management, the Global Research Watch (GRW) program, and Innovators Information Repository (IIR). SUPPORTING USER COMMUNITIES DTIC supports user communities on the network where they work, i.e., NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and the public internet, and uniquely provides access controls within unclassified and classified material to protect intellectual property in our search, distribution, and collaboration tools. - DoD’s RDT&E Enterprise: As a Field Activity to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), DTIC’s priority is the RDT&E enterprise, hosting information assets and tools on the NIPRNet, the primary network for the community. - Warfighter: Improving coordination between the acquisition enterprise and warfighter communities, DTIC hosts a subset of information assets and tools on the SIPRNet. DTIC is actively working to expand the availability of science and technology (S&T) information, to include Independent Research and Development (IR&D), on the SIPRNet. DTIC continues its efforts to establish parity of information and capabilities on applications hosted on both NIPRNet and SIPRNet platforms. - Industry, Academia, and Citizen Science via Public Internet: Engaging industry outside the NIPRNet firewall to support acquisition improvement initiatives and encourage the introduction of innovation, DTIC hosts unclassified public information and tools accessible to all users on the Internet. DTIC provides public access to DoD-funded journal articles and research data, and increases outreach to industry through DTIC’s Defense Innovation Marketplace. SUMMARY DTIC provides interactive tools and advanced tailored search engines to leadership, scientists and engineers, PMs and PEOs, warfighters and budget analysts. Furthermore, DTIC protects and preserves DoD’s multi-billion dollar investment in research, which empowers the acquisition enterprise through innovative tools, information systems, and decision support capabilities. The efficiency benefits can be enormous. Each 1 percent increase in the reuse of S&T efforts produces over $100 Million in savings that can be redirected. Those savings come from elimination of inefficient redundancy (and unnecessary delays), increased community interaction, and ultimately, a more capable military. DTIC is uniquely positioned to support and to ensure the value of DoD’s R&D portfolio is fully realized.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 001_0605801KA_6_0400_PB_2021
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