Defense Technical Information Center
Abstract
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) is the hub of DoD Scientific and Technical Information interchanges, empowering innovators with greater efficiency, effectiveness, and agility by accelerating the delivery of warfighting technology. Located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, DTIC leverages DoD’s substantial investment in scientific and technical research and development by facilitating the transfer of scientific, technical and program information throughout the national defense community. The DTIC program generates a significant return on investment within the Department, as DTIC products and services represent a force multiplier within the S&T community. Employing efficient information organization, discovery, and delivery processes, DTIC reduces research costs and supports effective acquisition decision-making throughout the Department, and ultimately improves the technological superiority of the American warfighter. DTIC develops and maintains centralized information systems that collect, process, retrieve, and disseminate scientific and technical (S&T) information. By combining advanced knowledge management techniques with new information technologies, DTIC serves as the Department's agile information provider, delivering innovative discovery, collaboration and analysis products and services that support DoD program managers, acquisition professionals, warfighters, scientists, and engineers, as well as other government agencies, US allies, and DoD’s academic and private sector partners. With a modest funding level, DTIC serves as an efficiency enabler, providing products and services in support of federal-wide collaboration, facilitating the elimination of redundant research efforts and reducing the traditional reliance on conferences and travel as a means of connecting with professional colleagues. The DTIC mission is tied specifically to warfighting technologies, investments, and expenditures. With efficiencies being demanded of DoD, DTIC saves the Department money by bringing technology to bear to improve communication across DoD, between the DoD Labs and the COCOMs, and between Industry and DoD. DTIC increases the return on investment of DoD’s research dollars, encouraging reuse of existing data. DTIC supports researchers and developers who create the technologies that support the warfighter’s mission and saves lives. Recent innovative products and services include: - “DoDTechSpace Limited and Classified Collaboration Tools” – These collaboration tools are similar to LinkedIn and FaceBook. The limited-access site will facilitate collaboration between Defense Laboratories, the Services, COCOM S&T Advisors/Staffs and the DoD Research and Engineering (R&E) Community. The classified site will enhance the COCOM Capability Gap Analysis process, which is specifically focused on Science and Technology Integrated Priority Lists (STIPLs). This will also enable the DoD R&E community to openly discuss capability gaps and reach out to the broad community for Proposed Solutions/Mitigation Strategies. Both the limited-access and classified DoDTechSpace will be enhanced through the ability to locate experts, post questions for discussion and explore the DTIC collections for relevant emerging candidate programs. - “DoDTechipedia Limited and Classified Wikis” - The limited-access wiki supports collaborative research and knowledge sharing within the DoD and throughout the Federal research and acquisitions communities. Launched October 1, 2008, DoDTechipedia annually serves over 600,000 page views to registered users. The classified wiki also supports capability gap discussions in a more restricted environment. The DoDTechipedia Limited Wiki has been featured on the White House Innovations Gallery and was selected for the 2009 Government Computer News Outstanding Information Technology Award. DTIC is moving this DoD R&E information entry point into a highly collaborative tool focused on communities of interest. - “DTIC Online Access Controlled and Classified Interfaces” – These Access Controlled and Classified versions of the DTIC Online customer interfaces serve as the gateway to provide users one-stop access to research and engineering information, budget analysis tools, science and technology strategic planning documents, and advanced searching capabilities. - “Aristotle” – Implemented in production at DTIC, and developed by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Aristotle is a limited access relationship discovery tool; it provides users with the ability to discover where current research is being conducted, review completed project outcomes, and identify subject matter experts. Aristotle is an additional tool in the DoDTechipedia Suite of Services. Aristotle has been featured on the White House Innovations Gallery. Approximately 30,000 eligible individuals, representing hundreds of organizations (military, federal, industry, and academia), are registered to access DTIC’s information. DTIC's public and access controlled Websites average 32 million page requests per month. DTIC develops and hosts over 70 Websites, collaboration tools and other applications for DoD Component organizations including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E)), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), several Combatant Commands (COCOMs), and the Federal Voting Assistance Program. The Information Analysis Center (IAC) Program Office at DTIC provides core funding, management and oversight for 10 IACs. The IACs are chartered by DoD to collect, analyze, and disseminate worldwide scientific and technical information in specialized fields such as information assurance, chemical/biological defense, and weapons systems technology. IACs support the acquisition community, prevent unnecessary duplication of research and promote standardization of research methods and processes. The IAC funding level represents the Department’s approved customer cost sharing methodology in accordance with the Economy Act and DoD regulations. This Program Element (PE) supports DTIC mission operations, to include four core integrated functions: Research Support & Library Repository, Web Services & Hosting, Collaboration, and Information Analysis Centers (IACs). Mission funding provides for salaries and benefits of government civilian personnel assigned to DTIC; training, professional development, and travel for DTIC personnel; facility-related requirements; support agreements for Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) financial activities and Human Resource (HR) services, Defense Information Services Agency (DISA) communications support; annual maintenance and licensing requirements; supplies, equipment, Hardware/Software; and support contracts for Information Technology services, Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) system integration, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act compliance efforts. In addition, this PE provides funding in support of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, in accordance with Public Law No: 111-251 (Small Business Reauthorization Act) and Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act. Within the PE, an annual set-aside contribution totaling approximately $400 Thousand is provided to the Department's Commercialization Pilot Program, as directed by the Department's Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP).
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 0605801KA_6_0400_PB_2013
- Change Summary Explanation
- Specific changes to the FY 2013 program (net reduction of $0.561 Million) are outlined below: DoD Initiatives: - $3.115 Million decrease of FY 2013 budget authority in compliance with the Department’s efforts to reduce programs. The reduction reflects a reshaping of planned contract support activities in areas such as Information Technology (IT) services, maintenance, etc.; streamlining of Support Agreement facility and contracting services; expanded utilization of new collaborative technologies, tools and distance training/learning; and new processes supporting the dissemination of Scientific and Technical information. Program Changes: $2.500 Million in support of the Department’s Discovery, Analysis, and Collaboration Support Tools. This change to the program supports integration efforts and the development and implementation of additional features for the DoDTechipedia Suite of Services on both NIPRNET and SIPRNET. Specifically, this effort includes: enhancing a single user profile across DTIC products and features; enabling access by non-DoD Federal workforce to DTIC collections via the Personal Identification Verification (PIV) card; building out of WebServices interfaces to support federation across the DTIC collaboration tools and collections, and allowing DTIC users to access other DoD and non-DoD resources and tools. This effort will expand DTIC's user community by reducing the level of subject matter domain expertise needed to rapidly identify and act on relevant data and expand the material accessible, thus opening DTIC collections more broadly among technology customers, to include Warfighters, Combatant Commands, Acquisition, and Logistics communities, and technology providers within the Science and Technology (S&T) and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) communities. Other Program Changes: -$0.019 Million of reductions to travel, printing and reproduction accounts within the program. Economic Adjustments: $0.073 Million in funding change reflects revised economic assumptions based on anticipated inflation rates associated with both pay and non-pay accounts.
- Service Agency Name
- Defense Technical Information Center
Entities
Organizations
- Defense Technical Information Center
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