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 challenge is to maximize the availability and use of technical information and products resulting from Defense-funded technical activities while safeguarding 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 search and collaboration applications foster innovation, competition and identification of solutions in an access- controlled environment. Within this budget project, DTIC’s organizational efforts are focused on the continued rework and modernization of Collection and Dissemination core mission areas, along with the following critical activities: 1) Search: Apply artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies to produce information products, and develop tailored search mechanisms that enable users to quickly discover useful information and ensure DTIC presents the most relevant information. Semantic (machine learning) mapping of information facilitates comprehensive and precise data retrieval, built on DTIC’s custom thesaurus (for use by DOD and allied partners). 2) Collaboration: Continue efforts to facilitate communication and coordination between S&T and the warfighting community. Consolidate collaboration tools focusing on DoDTechipedia wiki, open to all DoD users. 3) Access Identity and metrics: Develop custom information resources based on analysis of user activity, evaluate products and services to ensure performance goals are met. Model activity to identify anomalies that might indicate cyber issues. 4) Data Fusion/Analysis: DTIC applications permit the gathering of information from multiple data sources that fuse the disparate datasets into a single view of the life cycle of research, and present an overarching picture of research investment enabling decision-makers to employ resources to highest priority efforts and coordinate efforts across Services. 5) Cyber Security: DTIC continues 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) Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI): An ongoing effort to standardize the way the Executive Branch handles unclassified information under a new document- marking framework. 7) Public Access/Open Science (for articles and digital data): DTIC will work to complete issuance of policies in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), the Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs) and Instructions to enumerate open science initiatives and direction. 8) FY 2019 NDAA Section 202 and Section 905 new mission activities: DTIC continues to execute dataset management, the Global Research Watch (GRW) program, and the Innovators Information Repository (IIR). With respect to datasets and Data Repositories created during research, DTIC is building out a searchable dataset directory to direct users to organizations holding relevant datasets. DTIC is linking datasets to completed and in-progress research. 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 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 is focused on the future, building new capabilities to mine the rich material produced from DoDs research community, and provide actionable products requiring minimal user time and expertise. DTIC works to ensure the results of DoD's investments in S&T research are available to inform the next generation of scientists, researchers, and engineers, empowering them to build on past accomplishments/what works and to avoid proven dead ends. In doing so the pace of innovation accelerates, the quality of science improves, and capability delivery to the warfighter is more rapid. DTIC provides the decision makers and technology consumers in the acquisition and warfighting communities’ insight on S&T activity, what is being worked on, how many projects, where work is being performed, maturity of projects, and who to contact. 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, 2022
- Source ID
- 001_0605801KA_6_0400_PB_2022
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