Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information Systems (G-TSCMIS)

Abstract

The Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System (G-TSCMIS) Program was an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) initiative to develop and deploy a common web-based, centrally hosted Management Information System (MIS) to serve as the information focal point for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Security Cooperation (SC) efforts by providing decision makers, SC planners and other users with the ability to view, manage, assess, and report SC activities and events. G-TSCMIS was adopted from a theater-specific system and lacked basic functionality the SC enterprise, consisting of Combatant Commands (CCMDs), Military Departments, and Defense Agencies, have called for since 2010, including but not limited to SC activity life-cycle management, activity alignment to strategic guidance, common operational picture (COP) institutionalizing, adaptability and scalability for all SC organizations, and interfaces with SC Authoritative Data Sources (ADS). The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act enacted several reforms of the DoD’s SC enterprise, consolidating various SC authorities under a single chapter (16) in Title 10. Through these reforms, the DoD was now responsible for managing more than 100,000 SC activities per year at a cost of more than $3 billion annually, organized into more than 40 distinct authorities that support dozens of different organizations. On February 11, 2019, OSD assigned the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) as the lead for G-TSCMIS and any successor comprehensive security MIS. DSCA has since developed and deployed “Socium” (Latin for “Partner”) as a successor system. In FY 2023, DSCA implemented numerous capability and application enhancements to Socium to set the conditions for increased user adoption and integration with other systems. New capabilities included enhancements to the Significant Security Cooperation Initiatives (SSCI) workflow; 333, 332, 341, 312, and Maritime Security Initiative (MSI) legal authority workflows; the 5 Year Plan tool, the objective tree, country page, and several new enhancements; including new Geospatial Information System (GIS) dashboards: Risks and Opportunitie, Global Health Engagements (GHE), and Golden Sentry. Development was initiated on 342 and GHE workflows, Performance Monitoring Plans (PMP), and the Training and Equipment List (TEL) functionalities, based on feedback from the user community to address emerging requirements. New application enhancements were deployed to significantly increase Socium data integration and infrastructure capabilities to include integration between Socium and other systems. This resulted most recently with the integration with EUCOM's Concept Funding Request (CFR) system, and the establishment of an initial test link with Command and Control of the Information Environment (C2IE). Additionally, Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) were also signed with AFRICOM's system of record AFRICOM Systems Integration Tool (ASIT). In support of these new capabilities, DSCA conducted Mobile Training Team (MTT) events with AFRICOM (SETAF-AF), National Guard Bureau, and sent staff for Socium demo to the Security Cooperation Officers classes in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB). DSCA also continued with monthly user-driven demonstrations of Socium and weekly office hours sessions in support of OSD guidance mandating the use of Socium for FY 2025 SSCI inputs. DSCA concurrently facilitated increased Socium user adoption with the US Coast Guard (USCG), the Marine Corps Advisory Company (MCAC), the Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFAB); and through OSD and all Combatant Commands in support of the FY 2025 SSCI process guidance mandating the use of Socium.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2025
• Source ID: 0607327T_7_0400_PB_2025
• Change Summary Explanation: The increase in FY 2025 is due to applied inflation. FY 2025 funds will be used to continue to improve Socium through capability and functional enhancements to increase authority-specific workflows and improve planning and execution of security cooperation activities that are aligned to Commander Campaign Plans and the National Defense Strategy (NDS). Continued development in support of International Security Cooperation Programs (ISCP) authorities and of Section 333 execution management and oversight, delivery tracking, and performance measurement to improve visibility into Building Partnership Capacity (BPC) effectiveness; enhancements on the two-way interface with Defense Security Assistance Management System (DSAMS) that will have Socium serving as programmatic requirements input in support of the BPC Long Term Solution (LTS); expansion of the AM&E framework to include structured pre-design (SSCI) and capability assessment features. Socium will save countless personnel hours for thousands of users across the entire security cooperation enterprise (Services, CCMDs, and Defense Agencies) by reducing duplicative data entry and reporting requirement burdens. Socium will manage comprehensive and accessible information that enhances oversight and data-driven decision-making capability, and assessment, monitoring and evaluation requirements.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Security Cooperation Agency

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• Defense Security Cooperation Agency

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Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control