Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS)

Abstract

This funding supports the Defense Readiness Reporting System - Strategic, (DRRS-S,) the comprehensive readiness reporting system for the Department of Defense mandated under Title 10 U.S. Code. The system measures in an objective, accurate, and timely manner the capability of the armed forces to carry out the National Security Strategy prescribed by the President, as well as the defense planning guidance provided by the Secretary of Defense and the National Military Strategy prescribed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. DRRS-S hosts information and applications used to support the Geographic and Functional Combatant Commanders, the Services, Combat Support Agencies, the Joint Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The transformation of readiness reporting into a new, more comprehensive system under DRRS, presents a number of significant challenges. Included in these challenges is the expansion in scope of the entities who can, and do report readiness, as well as what they report. Shifting from solely resource centric readiness reporting to a mission/capabilities based reporting system oriented towards the National Military Strategy (NMS) makes substantially more complex demands on readiness reporting, but portrays a far more relevant and holistic picture of readiness. DRRS allows the Department to assess readiness globally based on our integrated ability to project and sustain a mix of constructed forces in simultaneous engagements. Additionally, the challenges associated with sourcing and evaluating the readiness of our forces engaged in on-going real operations mean that force managers need applications that will query the entire Department for suitable, available organizations to meet current needs. The need for these applications and the underlying data are a top priority for the DRRS project. Consistent with Congressional guidance, the service-specific readiness systems are being integrated within DRRS-S while the system is undergoing further reform to better portray the Departments’ ability to meet the National Defense Strategy and fully implement the highly complex data structures and visualization tools needed to support the Global Force Management - Data Initiative, critical to the consumers of readiness information.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Source ID
0604774D8Z_6_0400_PB_2020
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combat Support
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Databases
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Guidance
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

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