1 Department of Defense Stability Operations Community of Interest for: Unclassified Information Sharing in Stability Operations, Humanitarian Assistance.

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Department of Defense Stability Operations Community of Interest for: Unclassified

Information Sharing in Stability Operations, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief

Operations

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration

OASD(NII) and the DoD Chief Information Officer

Mr Bill BarlowDeputy Director, Integrated Information Communications Technologies (ICT)

Support (IIS) Directorate

March 2009

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Schedule

• Introductions

• Introduction to the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer’s Stability Operations Community of Interest

– Purpose– Organizational composition– Stability Operations COI Pilot Test– How you can help

• Working Group Wrap up / Closing Remarks

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Purpose of the COI

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Community of Interest: A collaborative group of users that must exchange information in pursuit of its shared goals, interests, missions, or business processes and therefore must have shared vocabulary for the information it exchanges. - DoD Directive 8320.02

• Establish common understanding of data elements and make them discoverable and accessible across multiple domains, agencies and applications

• Enable members of the community to perform their respective missions more efficiently through the sharing of unclassified information amongst those in the community.

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Integrated ICT Support (IIS) Directorate Mission

 " The Integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Support (IIS)Directorate provides policy, oversight and

guidance for ICT elements for stability operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts (HADR), building

partnership capacity (BPC), and contingency operations with particular emphasis on unclassified information sharing as a

key enabler for these missions. The IIS Directorate assists in identifying technologies that enable information exchange and

communications support for rapid demonstration, experimentation, and fielding. IIS leads the ASD/NII and DoD

CIO outreach for Stability operations."

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The Problem Set

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The Problem Set:Lessons learned and relearned

Regarding support for May 2006 Indonesia Earthquake: “JFCOM will do whatever it takes to support current operations in this area.  In the mid term, we need to figure out how to disseminate unclassified data with the same priority we do classified data - perhaps more given the complexity of the long war and our need to communicate with non-traditional actors.  It is key to how we interact with other nations, OGAs, IOs, and NGOs at all levels of conflict.  Let’s work together to fix this shortfall with policy, technology, and processes that support rather than present obstacles. “

General Lance SmithCommander, U.S. Joint Forces Command, 29 May 2006

Regarding 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami lessons learned : Effective coordination, partnership and stewardship are necessary to reach all children affected by an emergency.

UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report, 2008

Regarding the 2008 Georgian Crisis: Department of State and USAID identified info sharing improvement recommendations to Department of Defense:

– Need easier access to Civ-Mil Coordination Doctrine, reference documents, and Guidelines – Use of common terminology, standards (data, humanitarian i.e. Sphere) and interoperable software– Synchronize inter-agency training and education in civil-military coordination, information/

knowledge management, and cross-cultural understanding – Knowledge map and humanitarian “social network” analysis to identify existing sources of

information, and key USG, UN, NGO, donor and host government actors and their contact info

Dept. of State Humanitarian Information Unit, August 2008

DoD Geographic combatant commands identify unclassified info sharing with coalition, interagency, international and non-governmental organizations as part of “top ten” priorities.

FY2010-2015 Integrated Priority Listings7

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The Problem Set: Complex dynamics of interagency operations

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IOIGO

NGO

UN

Academia

DoDCC/S/A

SJFHQ/JTF

USAIDDCHA

OFDA (AT, DART, RMT)

OTIRegion Bureaus

DoSPRM

S/CRS (HSRTand ACT)

HIU

Multi-NationalMilitary

MultinationalInteragency

HostNation

InternetInformation

SharingEnvironments

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Sri LankaSri Lanka20042004

Over 270 Over 270 Groups active Groups active

in Tsunami in Tsunami relief activities. relief activities.

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Stab Ops Unclassified Information Sharing Framework

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STABILITY OPERATIONS

Phase 0(Shape)

Phase 2(Seize Initiative)

Phase 5(Enable Civil Authority)

Phase 1(Deter)

“The ability to conduct seamless knowledge sharing among DoD elements, USG agencies,and multinational partners prior to, during, and after the completion of SSTR ops” is a

critical capability of the Military Support to SSTR Ops Joint Operating Concept

MIL SPT TO SSTR OPS

Phase 3(Dominate)

Phase 4(Stabilize)

• Secr Asst Prgm Mgmt (DSAMS, DSCA 1000,,

DISAM)• FMS (SCIP)

• IMET (DISAM, ISAN)

SECURITY COOPERATION

EDUCATION

• Jt/Svc Mil Ed & Trng• Links to IMET

• Current Doctrine & Opnl Application

INFORMATION SHARING SERVICES

IO/NGO/PO Partner Capability

BPC/Reconstruction (“Development Gateway”)

Opnl Spt/Sit Awareness (iMMAP)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONAL TACTICAL

Unclas Info Sharing

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• JFCOM (HarmonieWeb)• PC (APAN, SharePoint, WebEOC, UCOP, Info Rsc

Ctr)• SC (WebEOC, intellink)

• N-NC (DSE, Chat, COP, Portal)

• CC (HarmonieWeb)• EC (HarmonieWeb,

NCE)

• Civil-Military & Academia• Rgnl Intl Outreach (RIO)

• Rgnl ctrs w/ NPS and NDU• Center for Complex Opns

BPC & Development Outside of STAB OPS

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Direction from the DoD CIO

• Form the COI Working Group• Focus on Humanitarian assistance and disaster

response– US Government Interagency willingness to support these events

• Develop a pilot to foster the information sharing• Build on that success to include additional agencies and

additional missions

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COI Membership

Not limited to but should include:

• International Organizations (IO): UNOCHA, WFP, UNDP• NGOs• Coalition/Multinational: NATO, ISAF, OIF Coalition, OEF Coalition• US Government Interagency: USAID, DoS, DoD

– DoS: S/CRS, HIU– USAID: OFDA– DoD: USD(P), Joint Staff, Services, OASD(NII), National

Defense University, Civil Affairs, Geographic COCOMs• Industry

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Desired membership: All producers and consumers of information relative to this COI are welcome and encouraged to participate.

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Strive to Establish a Common Understanding

• Obtain a common understanding of the problems• Familiarity with the COI framework• Harmonized view on way ahead across the community

regarding:– Agreement on the beginning of a data model thru a

vocabulary– Concepts for Web Services– Governance- structure fleshed out– Pilot program– Overall timeline

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Framework

• DoD Directive 8320.02 – accessible, visible, understandable, trusted– Tag data and expose- move away from silos and bad data

mining capabilities– Web enabled sources- move away from off-line applications;

decouple data from applications– Shared vocabularies- move away from mediation techniques to

enhance inherent interoperability• Services: video, chat, email, wiki, blog, secure transactions,

encryption, Real Simple Syndication, publish and subscribe• Software: goal is to wind up with open source, open standard

products that can be made universally available• Pilot Program

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Pilot Program

• Limited Scope to prove concepts• USAID Field Operations Guide outlines ten assessment

types- the COI agreed to use 3 (to limit the scope and prove the concepts)– Food– Fuel– Water

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COI Pilot POA&M

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High-level Graphic with dependencies, decision points, and final demonstrated illustrated.

KickoffCOI

1 OCT 08

Stand upWGs

3 DEC 08

SelectPilot

CapabilitiesPlan

VocabDefined

InterimPilot

Capability 1st COIAnniversary

ServicesInventory

2d COI Steering Committee

Meeting

3rd SCMeeting

4th SCMeeting

O&MPlan

IntegratePilot

into Ops

PotentialAgencyBudgetInputs

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COI Feedback

1. Imagery + Assessment Report most useful - Geospatially coordinated information is most desirable

2. Assessment reports based upon an agreed vocabulary

3. Common data model for the Community is a must

4. Information sharing capabilities must cross from 3G cell phones to PC and MAC computers

5. Goal is to make the information sharing process compliant with DoDD 8320.02: accessible, visible, discoverable, understandable, trusted by any COI member. Operations shall not be hampered or obstructed for want of information if it is available.

6. Logistics needs assessment should be the focus of the pilot program (Reduce scope to Food, Fuel, Water for purposes of the demonstration)

7. NGO involvement is problematic in the COI as there is no compelling reason for participation.

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Division of Labor Governance(Proposed)

WGsAdditional

Working Groupsas needed

Executive Board (FO/GO) Chair or Co-Chair

2 or 3 star level

1 star level Chair with 0-6/GS-15

membership

• Develop repeatable process to demonstrate COI products (e.g, COI vocabulary)

• Leverage core enterprise services

• Execute as risk reduction for next Pgm of Record (PoR) spiral

Steering Committee Forum (Chair or Co-Chair)

Joint ImplementationWorking Group(Appropriate

Lead/Co-Lead)

• Define & implement high level COI capability roadmap and schedule milestones

• Stand up Pilot WG as needed• Synchronize COI products with

existing processes (e.g., JCIDS, Acquisition, PPBE)

Mission Area & Domain Portfolio Managers

Data Management Working Group(Appropriate

Lead/Co-Lead)

• Develop shared vocabulary for a given problem area in accordance with the DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy

• Promote & review COI activities • Resolve cross-COI discrepancies

• Ensure appropriate participation• Act as primary COI POC• Track milestones & success criteria

Pilot Demonstration Working Group(Appropriate

Lead/Co-Lead)

May be collapsed

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• Next COI working group is 1 April 2009• Contacts:

– Mr William (Bill) Barlow, Tel: +1(703) 601-2437; email: [email protected]

– Mr. Paul Chlebo, Tel: +1(703) 601-0564; email: [email protected]

– (Primary) Mr. Gerry Christman, Tel: +1(703) 697-8195; email: [email protected]

– (Alternate) Mr. Sean McCarthy, Tel: +1(703) 601-2438; email; [email protected]

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Next Steps