Achieving Net-Centricity
The Vision Thing: Harnessing the power of information connectivity defines net-centricity. By enabling critical relationships between organizations and people, the Department is able to accelerate the speed of business processes, operational decision-making and subsequent actions.
Achieving the full potential of net-centricity requires viewing information as an enterprise asset to be shared and as a weapon system to be protected.
The foundation for net-centric operations is the Global Information Grid (GIG), a globally interconnected, end-to-end set of trusted and protected information networks. The GIG optimizes the processes for collecting, processing, storing, disseminating, managing and sharing information within the Department and with other partners.
What To Do: To move closer toward this vision and build on progress to date, the Department will:
* Strengthen its data strategy -- including the development of common data lexicons, standards, organization, and categorization -- to improve information sharing and information assurance, and extend it across a multitude of domains, ranging from intelligence to personnel systems.
* Increase investment to implement the GIG, defend and protect information and networks and focus research and development on its protection.
* Develop an information-sharing strategy to guide operations with Federal, state, local and coalition partners.
* Shift from Military Service-focused efforts toward a more Department-wide enterprise net-centric approach, including expansion of the Distributed Common Ground System.
* Restructure the Transformational Satellite (TSAT) program to "spiral develop" its capabilities and re-phase launches accordingly, and add resources to increase space-based relay capacity.
* Develop an integrated approach to ensure alignment in the phasing and pacing of terminals and space vehicles.
* Develop a new bandwidth requirements model to determine optimal network size and capability to best support operational forces.
