| Military and the Media - What's Next After Embedding? |
08-May-2009 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas C Jr; Beane; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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 | The Department of Defense made a breakthrough in the military-media battlefield relationship during Operation Iraqi Freedom through the use of embedded media. The Embedded Media Program allowed journalists to be on the front lines with the different services prior to, during and after military combat operations. Both the military and media's initial feedback deemed the program a success and believe all future military operations will use embedded media. This paper ... |
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| SeaPort Enhanced Program |
06-May-2009 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AUDITING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Our overall audit objective was to review the award and administration of the SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) program. Specifically, we determined whether SeaPort-e contracts and task orders were consistent with Federal and DoD acquisition and contracting policies. Refer to Appendix A for a discussion of scope and methodology and prior coverage. |
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| Assessment Tools for Basic Army Noncommissioned Officer Training |
May-2009 |
104 pages |
| Authors:
Gary Riccio; Frederick Diedrich; Jason Sidman; Robert Semmens; Alexandra Geyer; Courtney Dean; APTIMA INC WOBURN MA
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| The Army Research Institute Ft. Benning Research Unit and the Henry Caro Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Ft. Benning identified the need to create an objective assessment scheme for the Infantry Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course (BNCOC). The intent was to produce an assessment instrument that could be used for formative and summative assessment both of different versions of BNCOC and also of different research interventions into BNCOC. Assessment instruments were developed ... |
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| An Analysis of the U.S. Pilot Population From 1983-2005: Evaluating the Effects of Regulatory Change |
May-2009 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Paul B Rogers; Stephen J Veronneau; Connie L Peterman; James E Whinnery; Estrella M Forster; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROMEDICAL INST
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| The size of the U.S. civil aviator community has been of interest to researchers, policy makers, and special interest groups. A strict definition for membership in the U.S. pilot population was used that was based on Scientific Information System principles. This approach provides methods for scientists to describe, quantify, and predict changes in this population over the 23-year study period. The Bioinformatics Research Team at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ... |
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| Augmented Cognition Transition |
May-2009 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
Michael C Dorneich; Stephen D Whitlow; Santosh Mathan; Patricia M Ververs; James B Sampson; HONEYWELL INC GOLDEN VALLEY MN TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY CENTER
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| This report details the work done by Honeywell Aerospace Advanced Technology to address two key challenges in the transition of Augmented Cognition (AugCog) technology to the Army's Future Force: 1) integration of the Honeywell AugCog system into the Future Force Warrior (FFW) Soldier system and 2) deployment and evaluation of the dry electrodes for the collection of electroencephalogram (EEG) data under the helmet in an operational environment. Separate evaluations were ... |
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| Design Issues of a Mind Snaps Implementation |
May-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Hua Li; Rafael Alonso; SET CORP ARLINGTON VA
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| The intelligence analysis process consists of a complex, iterative, highly-branched sequence of information gathering and processing steps. Throughout the process, the analyst needs to refer to the hypotheses and information he or she was manipulating at previous points in the process. A key enabler for the analytic process would be to provide analysts with semantic bookmarks, i.e., a mechanism that would allow them to return to a particular point in ... |
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| Air Force Flight Test Center Engineering Logistics Plan Preparation Guide. Technical Information Handbook |
May-2009 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Mark T Packer; TEST WING ( 412TH) EDWARDS AFB CA
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| The Air Force Flight Test Center Engineering Logistics Plan Preparation Guide provides established guidelines to assist authors in preparing technically accurate and clearly written transition and turnover documents for acquisition projects. The guide format allows the plan author the flexibility to tailor the engineering logistics plan for various reasons, such as project size and type of system under development. The goal is to turn over a fully functional and documented ... |
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| Database Creation for Information Processing Methods, Metrics, and Models (DCIPM3) |
May-2009 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Sean Murray; Frank Small; Michelle C McVey; Kevin King; Christine Slocum; Will Tanenbaum; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD COMPUTATIONAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES DIR
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| One challenge of tactical information processing within the demanding net-centric environment is the fusion of data extracted from various free-form message databases. The development of high-level data fusion products addresses this challenge; however, development relies heavily on the availability of large, accurate data sets. This report documents the Database Creation for Information Processing Methods, Metrics, and Models (DCIPM3) project that creates, from a U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL)-designated context, a ... |
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| Contingency Contracting. DOD, State, and USAID Are Taking Actions to Track Contracts and Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan |
01-Apr-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
John P Hutton; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Departments of Defense (DOD) and State (State) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have relied extensively on contractors to support troops and civilian personnel and carry out reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. While recognizing the benefits of using contractors, GAO and others have noted the risks and challenges associated with relying on contractors. To help increase contractor oversight, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year ... |
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| Virtual Environments Overview |
Apr-2009 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Susan U Stucky; Ben Shaw; Wendy Ark; IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER SAN JOSE CA
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| This report provides a research-based schema called A Framework for Designing with Virtual World Technologies. It is shown how, by using this framework, virtual world technologies can be used to radically transform how intelligence analysts encounter data, frame their stories, and review their analyses with both their customers and other analysts. The report explores what analysts can accomplish by doing some of their work in environments that can be created ... |
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| Dynamic Gaming Platform (DGP) |
Apr-2009 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Sergey Malinchik; Janet E Wedgewood; LOCKHEED MARTIN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LABS CHERRY HILL NJ
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| The objective of the ProActive INTellience (PAINT) team's efforts was to construct two models of an example target system, consisting of leaders who controlled pathways that required resources and time to execute. Lockheed Martin designed strategies that represented probes that were ultimately implemented as changes to the model inputs. The degree to which the outputs of the two models differs is considered the diagnosticity of the probe(s). A Strategy Engine ... |
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| Social Software and National Security: An Initial Net Assessment |
Apr-2009 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
Wells; Linton II; Mark Drapeau; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| Social software connects people and information via online, informal Internet networks. It is appearing in increasingly diverse forms as part of a broad movement commonly called Web 2.0. Resulting social connections are typically serendipitous and can bring unexpected benefits. New social software technologies offer organizations increased agility, adaptiveness, interoperability, efficiency and effectiveness. Social software can be used by governments for content creation, external collaboration, community building, and other applications. The ... |
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| Portable Language-Independent Adaptive Translation from OCR. Phase 1 |
Apr-2009 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Prem Natarajan; BBN TECHNOLOGIES CAMBRIDGE MA
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| The objective of MADCAT is to produce a robust, highly accurate transcription engine that ingests documents of multiple types and produces English transcriptions of their content. For addressing the technical challenges implicit in that goal, the BBN-led team proposed a system that embodies integration of five major operations: (1) pre-processing and image enhancement, (2) page segmentation, (3) text recognition, and (4) metadata extraction. In Phase 1 of the MADCAT effort, ... |
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| High Performance Computing Innovation Service Portal Study (HPC-ISP) |
Apr-2009 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Suzy Tichenor; Brian Schott; Robert Graybill; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARINA DEL REY INFORMATION SCIENCES INST
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| This project was a study by the Information Sciences Institute (ISI), the Council on Competitiveness (Council), Pratt & Whitney (P&W), Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), and Georgetown University (GU) intended to: 1) identify why companies that do not currently employ HPC for advanced modeling and analysis have failed to adopt this technology when the benefits have been showcased so compellingly, and 2) develop technical and business concepts that could help enable ... |
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| Synergist: Collaborative Analyst Assistant |
Apr-2009 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Munirathnam Srikanth; Marta Tatu; Adriana Badulescu; Guillaume Bailey; Marian Olteanu; Christine Clark; LYMBA CORP RICHARDSON TX
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| Intelligence Analysts work with a significant amount of information expressed in natural language. The textual information that Analysts work with or generate provide important clues on what is known to them, what are their immediate and long term needs, and what aspects are typically explored or missed in the context of a particular topic. For CASE, Lymba developed Synergist: Collaborative Analyst Assistant, an automated system that understands unstructured content, extracts ... |
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| Creating a Knowledge Management Strategy |
26-Mar-2009 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey J Lepak; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Army needs to reaffirm Knowledge Management as the means to supporting its Strategic Strategy for the 21st Century of transforming itself into a network-centric knowledge-based force. The best way to do this is for the Army to write an Army Knowledge Management Strategy that lays out a vision to shape the entire Army into a knowledge-based force for the next 20 or 30 years. The strategy would provide a ... |
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| Knowledge Centric Warfare: An Introduction |
25-Mar-2009 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Robert B Sofge; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| On 15 January 2009, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) published his Concept for Joint Operations, calling it the most fundamental of all US military concepts while signaling an expansion of and shift in focus within in the military domain. Knowledge Centric Warfare, an evolutionary step beyond Network Centric Warfare, provides a conceptual underpinning to propel this fundamental shift in the joint force. Built upon the philosophical ... |
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| Information Technology. Challenges Remain for VA's Sharing of Electronic Health Records with DOD |
12-Mar-2009 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Valerie C Melvin; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| For over a decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) have been engaged in efforts to improve their ability to share electronic health information. These efforts are vital for making patient information readily available to health care providers in both departments, reducing medical errors, and streamlining administrative functions. In addition, Congress has mandated that VA and DOD jointly develop and implement, by September 30, ... |
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| Global Ocean Forecast System (GOFS) Version 3.0 (User's Manual) |
12-Mar-2009 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
E J Metzger; O M Smedstad; S N Carroll; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The User's Manual describes the sequence of scripts for the Global Ocean Forecast System (GOFS) Version 3.0 that consists of the 1/12 degree global HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) and uses the Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation scheme that is run daily in the normal processing stream at the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). It is geared toward NAVOCEANO operators rather than a scientific researcher using HYCOM. The appendices contain the ... |
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| Cognitive Coordination on the Network Centric Battlefield |
06-Mar-2009 |
64 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher Myers; Nancy J Cooke; COGNITIVE ENGINEERING RESEARCH INST MESA AZ
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| Cognitive coordination is the timely and adaptive sharing of information. Command and control, particularly on the network-centric battle space, requires extensive coordination among a group of cognitive entities (humans and agents). The goal of the proposed research was to better understand cognitive coordination and the impact of mode of communication, presence of synthetic teammates, and training regime on team performance and coordination. We proposed a three-year effort to conduct two ... |
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| Technology Transfer: User of Federally Funded Research and Development |
02-Mar-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Wendy H Schacht; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The federal government spends approximately one third of its annual research and development budget for intramural R&D to meet mission requirements in over 700 government laboratories (including Federally Funded Research and Development Centers). The technology and expertise generated by this endeavor may have application beyond the immediate goals or intent of federally funded R&D. These applications can result from technology transfer, a process by which technology developed in one organization, ... |
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| Increasing Information Sharing Among Independent Police Departments |
01-Mar-2009 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
Phillip L Sanchez; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The events of September 11, 2001, clearly demonstrated the need for law enforcement agencies at the local, state, and federal levels to increase their capacity to share information with one another. The 9/11 Commission asserted that the World Trade Center attacks occurred, in part because law enforcement was unable to connect the dots, which may have provided the opportunity to disrupt the terrorists? mission. However, upon reflection and further investigation ... |
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| Applying Modern Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model to DoD's Information Technology Investments |
01-Mar-2009 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Pringle; Sammie Jr; Marc A VanOrden; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Program Managers (PMs) throughout the Department of Defense (DoD) were directed by the DoD Chief Information Officer to manage information technology (IT) investments as portfolios (to include Mission Areas, Subportfolios, and Components) within the DoD Enterprise. Managing portfolios of capabilities aligns IT with the overall needs of the warfighter, as well as the intelligence and business activities which support the warfighter. This thesis provides the detailed steps that PMs and ... |
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| Optimizing Uncertainty in Dempster-Shafer Detectors Fusing Multi-Sensor Data |
Mar-2009 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Nasser M Nasrabadi; Kenneth I Ranney; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD SENSORS AND ELECTRON DEVICES DIRECTORATE
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| Fusion algorithms based on the Dempster-Shafer (DS) Theory of Evidence lack a universally standard method for automatically assigning probability mass to the don't know hypothesis for a particular input. For example, when fusing automatic target detection (ATD) algorithm outputs from multiple sensors, one must associate a measure of uncertainty with the output from the ATD algorithm of each sensor. We describe such a fusion algorithm, developed using the DS formalism, ... |
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| Adaptive Multi-Modal Data Mining and Fusion for Autonomous Intelligence Discovery |
Mar-2009 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Edward J Wegman; GEORGE MASON UNIV FAIRFAX VA
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| This proposal addressed the autonomous discovery of relevant information in massive, complex, dynamic text and imagery streams. We began development of a prototype system to mine, filter and fuse multi-modal data streams and dynamically interact with the analysts to improve their efficiency through feedbacks and autonomous adaptation of the algorithms. The plan was to implement four core capabilities: 1) Text and image mining for feature extraction, 2) Multi-modal data fusion, ... |
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| The Components Necessary for Successful Information Sharing |
Mar-2009 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey M Dulin; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The need for information sharing is a growing concern for many agencies in the homeland security field. As communities struggle to prepare for and respond to major incidents, information sharing between agencies is vital. Fusion centers developed around the law enforcement community, which has led to an information-sharing network that is exclusive. Non-law enforcement agencies such as Fire, EMS and Public Health that are charged with preparing for and responding ... |
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| Hizbullah's Culture Wars -- Understanding Hizbullah through Social Movement Theory and Its Media Usage |
Mar-2009 |
205 pages |
| Authors:
Jacqueline S Kiel; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis uses social movement theory to examine how Hizbullah frames its message to its various target audiences. The growth and influence of different Hizbullah media over the past two decades suggest that Hizbullah has been successful in shaping a popular message, both inside Lebanon and in the larger Arab world. Hizbullah's successful media campaign has paralleled its growth as perhaps the single most important political party in Lebanon today. ... |
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| Critical Accountability: Preventing and Interdicting Terrorist Activity in the U.S. By Effectively Utilizing State and Local Law Enforcement |
Mar-2009 |
113 pages |
| Authors:
Keith D Squires; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The events of 9-11 illustrated to U.S. government and law enforcement agencies the critical need for definitive, cooperative and accountable gathering and sharing of intelligence for terrorist interdiction/prevention. Despite billions spent annually for this endeavor, huge gaps in communication sharing and accountability remain. This thesis illustrates the realities of these current issues facing homeland security, and proposes a conceptual model: Homeland Security Regional Cooperation Areas (HSRCAs), based on proven, cooperative, ... |
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| Exploring the Lack of Interoperability of Databases within Department of Homeland Security Interagency Environment Concerning Maritime Port Security |
Mar-2009 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey S Olk; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Federal agencies that are within The Department of Homeland Security have many missions to support the security of the United States. One mission concurrent with this thesis topic is Maritime Interdiction Operations, which protects America's maritime borders from all intrusions by halting the flow of illegal drugs, aliens, and contraband into the United States through maritime routes. All government agencies within The Department of Homeland Security are continuing to focus ... |
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| Transforming Counterterrorism Training in the FBI: Preserving Institutional Memory and Enhancing Knowledge Management |
Mar-2009 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Kristen C Paulling; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) remains committed to working seamlessly with its international, federal, state and local partners to counter terrorism, the number one priority of the FBI. In order to more effectively equip personnel to meet and counter the ever-evolving threat, it is critical that inefficient practices that cause counterterrorism practitioners to recreate the wheel are quickly transformed to promote the most efficient counterterrorism knowledge management, knowledge transfer, ... |
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| Optimizing Citizen Engagement During Emergencies Through Use of Web 2.0 Technologies |
Mar-2009 |
138 pages |
| Authors:
van; Laurie J Leuven; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Emergencies and disasters create hardships for citizens. To speed up recovery, local governments need to engage with citizens in an interactive information sharing system to convey information while the incident is still developing and to help mitigate and recover from damages. Lack of effective communication can decrease public trust and engender stress and anxiety of the survivors. As service delivery becomes more complicated during an emergency, responders can also benefit ... |
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| An Analysis of Defense Information and Information Technology Articles: A Sixteen-Year Perspective |
Mar-2009 |
108 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel K Smith; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Over the past two decades, information and information technology (IT) have evolved significantly and have become increasingly important to the United States Air Force and the Department of Defense (DoD). Information is a strategic asset and is crucial to national security. Leadership depends on information and information systems to support integrated operations. The rapid evolution of technology and its potential vulnerabilities has transformed the ways in which wars are conducted ... |
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| The United States Army Medical Department Journal, January - March 2009 |
Mar-2009 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
Janet Aquino; Richard Burton; Eric B Schoomaker; Russell J Czerw; W J Luciano; Terrence E Flynn; ARMY MEDICAL DEPT CENTER AND SCHOOL FORT SAM HOUSTON TX
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| Clinical and non-clinical professional information designed to keep U.S. Army Medical Department personnel informed of health care, research, and combat and doctrine development information. |
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| Drafting a New Strategy for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication |
Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy J Loney; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In May 2007, the United States Government published its U.S. National Strategy for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication. The strategy, authored by the Policy Coordinating Committee (PCC) on Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication, is the first attempt at coordinating Strategic Communication efforts across the interagency community. Although a good start, the current strategy is preoccupied with the war on terror, presents a miss match in mission and objectives, fails to ... |
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| An Investigation of Knowledge Transfer and Retention in a Government Procurement Office |
Mar-2009 |
137 pages |
| Authors:
Garland T Mobley; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| There is no measure for the loss of corporate memory. Organizations build a reservoir of knowledge in its employees, and this knowledge becomes a critical ingredient in an organization's ability to carry out its mission. Knowledgeable people are extremely valuable, and once they leave, their organizational knowledge leaves with them. This study introduces specific knowledge attributes that significantly impact tacit and explicit knowledge transfer and retention. The loss of corporate ... |
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| Contingency Contracting and the IT Manager: Today's Challenges and Future Implications |
Mar-2009 |
139 pages |
| Authors:
Randall; Derek A Jr; Charles M Seaberry; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This qualitative case study examines the relationship between Information Technology management and contractor management within the context of the Iraq and Afghanistan contingencies. The case study presents a historical context of United States defense contracting along with another to illustrate the chronological advances made in Information Technology management. Finally, the case study presents a description of the defense contingency along with a multiple source characterization of contingency contracting. The case ... |
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| Sequential Pattern Detection and Time Series Models for Predicting IED Attacks |
Mar-2009 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
William B Stafford; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Improvised explosive device (IED) attacks are a significant threat to coalition forces. Defeating IEDs as weapons of strategic influence has become a major objective of Combatant Commanders and their respective Joint Task Forces. This thesis attempts to identify new approaches that can help operational forces mitigate the risk of IED attacks by identifying common sequences of events that occur before an IED attack and forecasting the number of attacks in ... |
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| A Business Case Analysis (BCA) of the One Box - One Wire (OB1) Joint Combined Technology Demonstration (JCTD) |
Mar-2009 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Slaybaugh; Paul J Jr; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The One Box One Wire (OB1) Joint Combined Technology Demonstration (JCTD) is a United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) initiative that has been approved by congress for a FY 2009 rolling start. The primary goal of the JCTD Program is to demonstrate, operationally assess, and transition capability solutions and innovative concepts to address the joint, coalition and interagency operational gaps and shortfalls in meeting the needs of the warfighter. Since inception ... |
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| Operational Information Sharing: Working to Bring the Benefits of the Net-Centric Data Strategy to the Warfighter |
Mar-2009 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Susan Cox; Ron Kelly; Tricia Spencer; BOOZ-ALLEN AND HAMILTON INC MCLEAN VA
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| Program Decision Memorandum III directed DoD CIO to report on implementation of the Net-Centric Data Strategy. One finding was to increase efforts to bring the advantages of information sharing to the warfighter. In response, DoD CIO has identified early adopters and collaborated to understand the challenges and possible solutions for Operational Information Sharing. The report describes efforts underway by the following organizations to improve information sharing: Defense Technical Information Center ... |
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| Communication Free Robot Swarming |
Mar-2009 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
Zachary C Gray; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
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| As the military use of unmanned aerial vehicles increases, a growing need for novel strategies to control these systems exists. One such method for controlling many unmanned aerial vehicles simultaneously is the through the use of swarm algorithms. This research explores a swarm robotic algorithm developed by Kadrovach implemented on Pioneer Robots in a real-world environment. An adaptation of his visual sensor is implemented using stereo vision as the primary ... |
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| Task-Technology Fit Assessment of an Expertise Transfer System |
Mar-2009 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
Daphne R McGill; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Organizations today are using information technology to capture knowledge from experts and disseminate this knowledge to decision makers. Having the right information to the right person at the right time facilitates more effective and efficient decisions. This study uses Goodhue's (1998) Task-Technology Fit (TTF) theoretical model to evaluate an Expertise Transfer Forum (ETF) developed by the Oklahoma State University for the Defense Ammunition Center's quality assurance personnel. The preliminary findings ... |
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| Achieving Alignment: An Analysis of Enterprise Architecture Best Practices within the United States Air Force |
Mar-2009 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
Michael A Fetters; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| This research uncovers areas of best practices that support achieving alignment between an organization's Information Technology (IT) and its business processes. One principal finding of this effort revealed that the means used to achieve alignment exists within the effective application of Enterprise Architecture (EA), a common practice found throughout the Federal Government, Department of Defense, and the Air Force. EA is the tool used to achieve alignment; likewise, the reason ... |
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| An Assessment of the Air Force Weather Agency's Readiness for Knowledge Management Initiatives |
Mar-2009 |
90 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel Tucker; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| The successful implementation of knowledge management (KM) initiatives requires a level of commitment and preparedness by the organization that is commensurate with the expected results. An organization must be willing to allocate the necessary resources to ensure its readiness to undertake new KM projects. The purpose of this study is to review the Air Force Weather Agency's organizational culture and measure its propensity for accepting KM initiatives. The study uses ... |
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| A Communication Framework for Collaborative Defense |
28-Feb-2009 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Konstantinos Anagnostakis; INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH (SINGAPORE)
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| The goal of this project has been to implement a collaborative automated signature generation system for deep packet inspection systems. In this report they summarize the results at the conclusion of this project. Briefly, the primary goal of achieving a significant level of automation was successfully achieved, although it proved to be more complex than originally perceived. They have been able to provide sufficient automation to be able to build ... |
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| Automated Ontologically-Based Link Analysis of International Web Logs for the Timely Discovery of Relevant & Credible Information |
28-Feb-2009 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Brian Ulicny; Christopher J Matheus; Mieczyslaw M Koar; Kenneth P Baclawski; VISTOLOGY INC FRAMINGHAM MA
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| The blogosphere provides a novel window into an important segment of public opinion, but its dynamic nature makes it an elusive medium to analyze and interpret in the aggregate, where it is most informative. We have developed new techniques for open-source blog mining employing ontologies. These techniques enable the evaluation of blog posts individually, and bloggers aggregatively, along the orthogonal dimensions of blog post topicality, specificity, timeliness and credibility. We ... |
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| Information and Motion Pattern Learning and Analysis Using Neural Techniques |
28-Feb-2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Brad Rhodes; Neil Bomberger; Majid Zandipour; Denis Garagic; James Dankert; BAE SYSTEMS ADVANCED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC BURLINGTON MA
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| This work addressed the development and application of neural models for higher-level information fusion at Levels 2+/3 according to the JDL Data Fusion Group Process Model. We explored several new concepts based on insights from neural processing, learning, and representation. Building on some initial prior work under AFOSR sponsorship, we continued investigation of mechanisms to rapidly and incrementally learn models of normal behavior exhibited by moving tracked entities. These models ... |
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| Dynamic Scheduling for Web Monitoring Crawler |
27-Feb-2009 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
John Salerno; Byeong Ho Kang; Paul Compton; Hiroshi Motoda; TASMANIA UNIV HOBART (AUSTRALIA)
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| Web monitoring systems report any changes on the target web pages by revisiting them frequently. As they are operated under significant constrains such as network and computing, it is necessary to minimize revisits with minimal delay and maximum coverage. Various statistical scheduling methods were proposed to resolve this problem. However they are static and cannot easily cope with events in the real world. This paper proposes a new scheduling method ... |
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| DoD Cost of War Reporting of Supplemental Funds Provided for Procurement and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation |
27-Feb-2009 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Richard B Jolliffe; INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| We reviewed the processes that comptroller personnel in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Defense Finance and Accounting Service-Indianapolis (DFAS-IN) used to prepare sections of the cost of war report pertaining to procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation funds to determine whether management effectively prepared those reports. We determined that the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/DoD Chief Financial ... |
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| Application of Real Options Theory to DoD Software Acquisitions |
20-Feb-2009 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
A Olagbemiro; J Mun; M Shing; CENTER FOR EDGE POWER MONTEREY CA
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| The traditional real options valuation methodology, when enhanced and properly formulated around a proposed or existing software investment employing the spiral development approach, provides a framework for guiding software acquisition decision-making by highlighting the strategic importance of managerial flexibility in managing risk and balancing a customer's requirements within cost and schedule constraints. This article discusses and describes how an integrated risk management framework based on real options theory, could be ... |
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| Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) Version 4.0 (User's Manual) |
06-Feb-2009 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Clark Rowley; Paul J Martin; Charlie N Barron; Lucy F Smedstad; TImothy J Campbell; Alan J Wallcraft; Robert C Rhodes; Tamara L Townsend; Suzanne N Carroll; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The version 4 series of the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) has been developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and transitioned to the Navy Oceanographic Office. New capabilities include a general vertical coordinate (GVC) option in addition to the sigma-z coordinate vertical grid, Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF) compliance, and several other compile time options that increase the flexibility of the model code. NRL has also begun maintaining NCOM ... |
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