| Iran and the Strait of Hormuz: Saber Rattling or Global Energy Nightmare? |
31-Oct-2008 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Rodney A Mills; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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 | The Strait of Hormuz is widely viewed as one of the most important maritime chokepoints in existence today -- certainly it is the most important in terms of the global energy system, with one fifth of the oil consumed worldwide flowing through it each day. Iran has repeatedly threatened to disrupt the flow of oil through the strait, particularly in response to an attack, with potentially dire consequences for the ... |
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| More Than a Hand Shake: Synchronizing Public Affairs Operations with Information Operations in the 21st Century |
31-Oct-2008 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Brendan C McPherson; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Unprecedented advancements in communication technology (i.e., higher quality, lower cost, and greater access) have greatly changed the way people (and nations) communicate in the 21st century. It takes little more than a laptop or cell phone today to publish information for public consumption. This provides both significant challenges and new opportunities for a U.S. military intent on achieving and maintaining information superiority. To be successful in such an environment, where ... |
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| The Fourth Factor: The Case for Parity of Information as an Operational Factor With Space, Time & Force |
31-Oct-2008 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher S Moore; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Operational Art as defined in U.S. Joint Doctrine is an accepted process for use by operational commanders to visualize how to most efficiently and effectively employ military capabilities to achieve a desired objective. Within Operational Art are three accepted factors in which all other considerations are defined and employed. They are space, time and force. This paper argues that there is a fourth operational factor integral to the process, that ... |
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| Damage Control: Leveraging Crisis Communications for Operational Effect |
31-Oct-2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew J Gebara; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Despite the lopsided nature of contemporary air operations in combat against Islamo-fascism, the enemy has gained a measure of protection from air attack by savvy utilization of Information Operations. This protection is due to a concerted propaganda effort to discourage coalition air forces from utilizing a valuable weapon: air power in all its forms. In considering methods to ensure freedom to employ friendly air and space power, this paper examines ... |
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| Iraq Reconstruction Project Terminations Represent a Range of Actions |
27-Oct-2008 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Peter Lee; George Salvatierra; Frank Slayton; Richard McVay; David R Warren; Lovell Walls; OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL ARLINGTON VA SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
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| Since 2003, the U.S. government has appropriated more than $50 billion for Iraq reconstruction. Approximately $46 billion was appropriated through four Iraq reconstruction accounts, which were managed primarily by two Department of Defense (DoD) agencies: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division (GRD) the Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan (JCC-I/A) As of July 2008, approximately $38.37 billion of this amount had been obligated, much of it SIGIR has often been ... |
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| QCCM Center for Quantum Algorithms |
17-Oct-2008 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Richard Cleve; SIMON FRASER UNIV BURNABY (BRITISH COLUMBIA)
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| The goals of this project are as follows: discover new quantum algorithms, develop novel paradigms for constructing quantum algorithms, develop complexity-theoretic results that relate to quantum algorithms, and develop theoretical approaches for the implementation of quantum algorithms. Building on the pioneering work of Shor and Grover, the field of quantum algorithms has developed substantially, providing numerous insights about the mechanisms underlying quantum algorithms, as well as the limitations of these ... |
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| DoD Information Security Program and Protection of Sensitive Compartmented Information |
09-Oct-2008 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC
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| The purpose of this Instruction is as follows: (1) Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 5200.1 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) in accordance with the guidance in DoDI 5025.01 (Reference (b)) and the authority in DoDD 5143.01 (Reference (c)); (2) Cancels DoDD 8520.1 (Reference (d)); (3) Updates policy and responsibilities for collateral, Special Access Program (SAP), and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), and controlled unclassified information (CUI) within an overarching DoD ... |
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| Evaluation of New Visualization Approaches for Representing Uncertainty in the Recognized Maritime Picture |
Oct-2008 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
Lisa Rehak; Julie Famewo; Michael Matthews; Tamsen Taylor; Jeremy Robson; HUMANSYSTEMS INC GUELPH (ONTARIO)
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| This report documents the literature review and experimentation used to develop and assess visualization options to represent uncertainty in the Recognized Maritime Picture (RMP), which is the visual representation of the surface vessel picture for the Canadian maritime Area of Interest (AOI). Specifically, visualization options for the uncertainty with regards to the identity, spatial position and time lateness of surface contacts and the quality and time lateness of the sensor ... |
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| Innovative GIS and Information Technologies Supporting Wide Area Assessment of UXO Sites |
Oct-2008 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Jack Foley; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| Demonstration of Innovative GIS and Information Technologies for Wide Area Assessment of UXO Sites documents the development and use of Geographic Information Systems and Information Technologies for the management, analysis and communication of data for Wide Area Assessment surveys. Funding for this project was provided by the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program Office. This project offered the opportunity to develop and standardize procedures to manage, manipulate, process and visualize the ... |
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| Improvements to a Major Digital Archive of Seismic Waveforms from Nuclear Explosions: Borovoye Seismogram Archive |
30-Sep-2008 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Won-Young Kim; Paul Richards; Howard Patton; George Randall; COLUMBIA UNIV PALISADES NY LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY
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| We are in the second year of a three-year project to generate in modern form an easily usable archive of digital seismograms derived from regional waveforms recorded at the Borovoye Observatory (BRV), northern Kazakhstan, over a thirty-year period going back to 1966 and spanning the time when state-of-the-art sensors and dataloggers were introduced at this site by several different western groups. The BRV seismograms, which include multichannel regional signals from ... |
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| Information Technology: DOD and VA Have Increased Their Sharing of Health Information, but Further Actions Are Needed |
24-Sep-2008 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Valerie C Melvin; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 required the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accelerate the exchange of health information between the departments and to develop systems or capabilities that allow for full interoperability (generally, the ability of systems to use data that are exchanged) and that are compliant with federal standards. The act also established an interagency program office to ... |
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| Magnetic Properties of the DNA-Quaternary Ammonium Surfactant Complexes Studied by EMR Spectroscopy and SQUID Measurement |
24-Sep-2008 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Young-Wan Kwon; Eui D Do; Dong H Choi; Jung-Il Jin; Chang H Lee; Eui K Koh; James G Grote; KOREA UNIV SEOUL
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| Due to their unique chemical structures and versatile functionalities associated with their structural characteristics many research groups are studying the materials science aspects of natural and synthetic DNA. In particular, interest in nanoscience and nanotechnology is accelerating the exploration of DNA for various properties such as electrical conductivity electron or hole transport and optical properties. In contrast, study on the magnetic properties of DNA is still in the infant stage. ... |
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| Baiting Inside Attackers using Decoy Documents |
16-Sep-2008 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Shlomo Hershkop; Salvatore J Stolfo; Angelos D Keromytis; Brian M Bowen; COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK OFFICE OF PROJECTS AND GRANTS
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| The insider threat remains one of the most vexing problems in computer security. A number of approaches have been proposed to detect nefarious insider actions including user modeling and profiling techniques, policy and access enforcement techniques, and misuse detection. In this work we propose trap-based defense mechanisms for the case where insiders attempt to exfiltrate and use sensitive information. Our goal is to confuse and confound the attacker requiring far ... |
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| Hierarchical High Level Information Fusion (H2LIFT) |
15-Sep-2008 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Moises Sudit; Adam Stotz; Rakesh Nagi; John Crassidis; Aggamemnon Crassidis; Tracy VonGonten; CALSPAN UB RESEARCH CENTER BUFFALO NY
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| The primary objective of this effort was the progression of Level 2/3 fusion of informational content to obtain an advanced multi-intelligent system for hierarchical high-level decision making processes. The goal was to develop an information integration mechanism to simplify human decision making solving operational problems. As technology continues to advance and the proliferation of sensors in all platform increases, human decision makers are being overwhelmed with data. In this research, ... |
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| The Department of Defense, Science and Technology Program: An Analysis, FY1998-FY2007 |
12-Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
John D Moteff; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | Every year Congress appropriates billions of dollars for the Science and Technology Program of the Department of Defense. Besides deciding on how much money to appropriate, Congress must also decide on how best to allocate those resources. Over the last ten years, the Science and Technology program has grown to historic levels in inflation-adjusted dollars. However, the funding increases appear to have peaked. In light of growing federal budget deficits, ... |
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| Test Operations Procedure (TOP) 1-1-062 Environmental Effects Data Collection |
12-Sep-2008 |
147 pages |
| Authors:
ABERDEEN TEST CENTER MD
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| This Test Operations Procedure (TOP) describes a process for collecting environmental effects data from Army weapon systems and materiel during the developmental test and evaluation process. Environmental quality data requirements are identified, along with data collection methods and data analysis tools. |
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| DOD Systems Modernization: Maintaining Effective Communication Is Needed to Help Ensure the Army's Successful Deployment of the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System |
08-Sep-2008 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Brenda S Farrell; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DOD has taken some recent steps to improve communications with the Army about DIMHRS's capabilities in an effort to better prepare the Army for deployment of the system in March 2009. However, Army officials still have some concerns about the extent to which Army requirements are being incorporated into DIMHRS. In addition, DOD has not established a clear, well-defined process for maintaining effective communications to better prepare the Army to ... |
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| The Specialty Metal Provision and the Berry Amendment: Issues for Congress |
02-Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
Valerie B Grasso; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Congress took action in the FY2007 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 109-364) to move the specialty metal provision from the Berry Amendment (Title 10, United States Code [U.S.C.] 2533a) into a separate section of Title 10 (10 U.S.C. 2533b). Section 843 of P.L. 109-364 directed the Secretary of Defense to establish a Strategic Materials Protection Board to determine, analyze, and recommend strategies to ensure the domestic availability of materials designated ... |
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| Automated Ontology Alignment with Fuselets for Community of Interest (COI) Integration |
01-Sep-2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
James Starz; Joe Roberts; LOCKHEED MARTIN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LABS CHERRY HILL NJ
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| Discusses the ontology alignment problem by presenting a tool called Ontrapro-the Ontology Translation Protocol, which allows users to apply a myriad of ontology alignment algorithms in an iterative fashion. This particular work explores the specific cases where a human can augment the capabilities of the machine. The report also discusses situations where the current state of the art in semantic interoperability research can be applied to solve real world problems. ... |
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| Congressionally-Direct Homeland Defense and Civil Support Threat Information Collection |
01-Sep-2008 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey Addicott; SAINT MARY'S UNIV OF SAN ANTONIO TX
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| The objective of this effort was to collect and analyze all applicable non-release statutory provisions associated with the "open government" laws of all 50 states since September 11, 2001, in order to create a full understanding that will not only inform the public as to the actions of the states in this regard but also to assist federal, state, and local government employees, to include policy makers, in better safeguarding ... |
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| 'ISM' Analysis: A Necessity for Effective Strategic Communication |
01-Sep-2008 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Joshua J Norris; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Ideas have consequences. This simple yet sufficient principle comes from a philosophical work of the same name by Richard M. Weaver, published in 1948. In this book, Weaver refers to the "channels of information and entertainment" as the "Great Stereopticon." The purpose of this "machine" is to "project selected pictures of life in the hope that what is seen will be imitated." According to Weaver, the audience is growing and ... |
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| An Approach for Developing and Validating Libraries of Temporal Formal Specifications |
01-Sep-2008 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Sordi; James J Jr; Collen A Sybor; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis examines the role of independent validation in the development of software systems. As software systems become increasingly larger and more complex the role of software validation becomes crucial. In particular, one must make sure that the specification of a software system is correct with respect to customer expectations. We introduce an approach for developing and validating reuse libraries of temporal formal specifications. These libraries include UML statechart based ... |
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| Optimizing Navy Information Warfare: A Systems Engineering Approach |
01-Sep-2008 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Chad M Smith; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In today's information age, Information Warfare has gained prominence as an effective means of waging war. From a service perspective, the Naval Network Warfare Command and specifically the Navy Information Warfare Community has been tasked to lead in providing manning, training, and equipment to make this form of warfare a reality. While this relatively new requirement brings tremendous opportunity to the community, it has also presented many challenges. Specifically, effective ... |
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| Conversation Thread Extraction and Topic Detection in Text-Based Chat |
01-Sep-2008 |
191 pages |
| Authors:
Paige H Adams; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Text-based chat systems are widely used within the Department of Defense, but the standard systems available do not provide robust capabilities for search, information retrieval, or information assurance. The objective of this research is to explore methods for the extraction of conversation threads from text-based chat systems in order to enable such tasks. As part of the research, we manually annotated over 20,000 Internet Relay Chat posts with conversation thread ... |
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| Detection and Tracking Based on a Dynamical Hierarchical Occupancy Map in Agent-Based Simulations |
01-Sep-2008 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Dietmer J Teufel; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Agent-Based Models in military simulation need a model for detection and tracking other agents. It has been suggested that statistical models, such as occupancy maps or particle filters, can be used for that purpose. An occupancy map is one possibility for this task. The more volume of space, however, in a simulation, the more the computational demand of using occupancy maps grow and the more benefit could be obtained by ... |
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| Information Sharing for Computing Trust Metrics on COTS Electronic Components |
01-Sep-2008 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
William J McMillon; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) has become highly reliant on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology in mission-critical unclassified systems to reduce both the cost time to acquire a system, and standardize support for deployed systems. It is challenging for the DoD to determine whether and how much to trust in COTS components, given uncertainty and incomplete information about the developers and suppliers of COTS components as well as the capabilities provided by ... |
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| Net-centric Information Sharing: Supporting the 21st Century Maritime Strategy |
01-Sep-2008 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel M Green; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis analyzed Joint Vision 2020 and DoD Transformation technical concepts in the context of the "Cooperative Maritime Strategy for the 21st Century." It hypothesizes that Decision Superiority requires a renewed emphasis on the fundamentals of decision making. The thesis introduces the concept of Ignorance Management as a risk reduction concept to help focus decision makers, and the IT professionals who support them, on getting the "right information, to the ... |
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| Smart Caching for Efficient Information Sharing in Distributed Information Systems |
01-Sep-2008 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Dirk Ableiter; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Remarkable technical advances in cell phones and smart phones have resulted in a worldwide marketplace permeated by mobile devices. These capabilities, in combination with increasing consumers demand to share information show the need for utilizing the mobile devices more efficiently. But, within a distributed network of mobile devices like TwiddleNet, the two most limiting resources are still battery power and bandwidth. By distributing only small sets of data that represent ... |
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| The Holistic Targeting (HOT) Methodology as the Means to Improve Information Operations (IO) Target Development and Prioritization |
01-Sep-2008 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher S Ieva; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Joint Publication 3-13 Information Operations (IO) states that both IO planning and targeting should be fully integrated with all joint planning and targeting efforts. However, this thesis research with IO Subject Matter Expertise (SME) on IO targeting and practice suggests the existence of a fracture in the integration process. The most challenging doctrinal, technical, and practical integration challenge stems from the second phase of the Joint Targeting Cycle: Target ... |
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| Leveraging Service Oriented Architecture to Enhance Information Sharing for Surface Transportation Security |
01-Sep-2008 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
Ash Chatterjee; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis determines the technology and architecture best suited for sharing security information among mass transit systems (MTS), their security partners, and TSA. The architecture would enable TSA to enhance the security of MTS and surface transportation. It incorporates existing security practices between MTS, their regional security partners, and TSA. Existing practices were determined through interviews and case reviews of regional information sharing networks. These were analyzed to identify gaps ... |
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| Army Medical Command Handbook for the Government Purchase Card Program |
01-Sep-2008 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
Angelene Decker; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This project provides a MEDCOM supplemental to the AR-715 to assist the GPC Program Manager in doing their job. A supplemental is needed to interpret and clarify the current policy for the GPC Program Manager. This Joint Applied Project will be organized in a report and a project. The project will provide an AR-715 supplemental handbook specific to the MEDCOM activity. A supplemental is needed to interpret and clarify the ... |
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| Analysis of Satellite Communication as a Method to Meet Information Exchange Requirements for the Enhanced Company Concept |
01-Sep-2008 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew A Senn; James D Turner; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In the Global War on Terrorism and future irregular battlefields, the Marine Corps will not only fight in large-scale conventional war against sizable military forces but it will also engage adversaries that utilize smaller sized units dispersed asymmetrically over vast geographical locations. To address this emerging threat, the Marine Corps is developing the Enhanced Company (EC) concept, with the aim of providing the company commander with the tools necessary to ... |
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| A Revitalized Information Assurance Training Approach and Information Assurance Best Practice Rule Set |
01-Sep-2008 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
James A Pappas; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| As the Information Age emerges to become the next great technological movement of modern civilization, the passion for information dominance will ultimately lead to the possession of information superiority, yet inferiority could prevail in the same breath if not carefully examined. Unlike wars of the past, the DoD faces a new dimension to modern warfare, against a novel adversary: the faceless foe. This faceless foe can come from abroad, domestically, ... |
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| Traffic Analysis for Network Security using Learning Theory and Streaming Algorithms |
Sep-2008 |
149 pages |
| Authors:
Shobha Venkataraman; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| A recurring problem in network traffic analysis is to automatically distinguish legitimate traffic from malicious or spurious traffic. This problem arises in several guises in network security (e.g., spam mitigation, worm detection), and is, at core, a machine learning or data mining problem. However, traffic analysis for network security has many fundamental challenges that are not present in typical machine learning or data mining problems, and a blackbox application of ... |
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| What Does (Should) an Analyst Do? A Brief Introduction for New Analysts |
Sep-2008 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
David A Clawson; NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN DIV VA
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| What does an analyst do? A common misperception among nonanalysts (including some managers and sponsors) is that the analyst's job consists of three tasks: enter data into a computer, run a computer model, and provide tables or plots to summarize the numbers that the model spits out. Unfortunately, the source of this misperception is all too often the analysts themselves. So perhaps a better question to ask is What should ... |
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| Using Spiral Development to Reduce Acquisition Cycle Times |
Sep-2008 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
William Lucyshyn; Jacques S Gansler; Adam Spiers; MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
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| The U.S. military's mission expanded significantly following the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01 and with the subsequent Global War on Terror (and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq). In order for the military to effectively respond to, and counter, these rapidly evolving asymmetric and irregular threats, the military needs an acquisition system that will provide the required weapons quickly, efficiently, and with low risk. Unfortunately, rather than becoming more efficient, the ... |
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| Conflict and Security Indices: A Summary of Open-Source Data |
Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
Nada J Pavlovic; Kristen Blackler; David R Mandel; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| This DRDC Toronto technical memorandum contains summaries of a select number of widely used conflict and security indices freely available as open-source databases on the World Wide Web. It provides a succinct description and purpose of each project, information about the supporting organization, principal investigators, data sources used, temporal coverage, the number of countries included, indices/variables, methodology, web link, and data format. The summaries represent a focused extension of DRDC ... |
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| Indicators and Indices of Conflict and Security: A Review and Classification of Open-Source Data |
Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
Nada J Pavlovic; David R Mandel; Lisa C Hoshino; A W Dorn; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| With the advent of the World Wide Web (WWW), there has been a proliferation of readily accessible open-source databases on conflict and security indicators and indices. The sheer proliferation and diversity of information sources, however, demands an increasing level of knowledge management to maximize the utility of the available information for end users. Part of that function involves discovering what data and information sources currently exist, as well as classifying ... |
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| Target Picking Methods for Magnetic Data |
Sep-2008 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
AETC INC ARLINGTON VA
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| Due to the large numbers (up to tens of thousands) of possible targets identified in nominal unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys, efficient and reliable machine-aided target pickers should be used to identify targets for subsequent characterization. When selecting anomalies, the goal is to identify all anomalous features that may be caused by UXO, while minimizing operator time and eliminating operator bias. To facilitate advanced physics-based modeling, however, the target pickers should ... |
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| The Human Terrain System: Achieving a Competitive Advantage Through Enhanced Population-Centric Knowledge Flows |
Sep-2008 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
Eric X Schaner; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The United States military must fundamentally evolve its strategy and capabilities to better meet the unconventional challenges that define the post 9/11 era. Two principal requirements of this evolution are: (1) adopting a population centric strategy for counterinsurgency and nation building, and (2) developing capabilities that better integrate U.S. forces and Host Nation civilians, leadership, and security forces. This thesis shows how a new Army initiative called the Human Terrain ... |
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| Web Access of Meteorological and Oceanographic Data |
Sep-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Roy Ladner; Frederick E Petry; Bruce Lin; Richard Sween; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS MAPPING CHARTING AND GEODESY BRANCH
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| Web Services are becoming the standard technology used to share data for many Navy and other DoD operations. These enable an automated capability to obtain and integrate data for data fusion. However assimilation of data from Web-based sources means that differences in schema and terminology prevent simple querying and retrieval of data. Thus, machine understanding of the Web Services interface is necessary for automated selection and invocation of the correct ... |
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| DRDC Toronto Guidelines for Compensation of Subjects Participating in Research Studies |
Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
Matthew Duncan; Allan Keefe; Megan M Thompson; David Eaton; Tonya Hendriks; Tom M McLellan; Robert D Michas; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| DRDC Toronto is the Agency's research centre that provides guidance, innovation and knowledge about the human's response to the complex and stressful environments that impact CF members in preparation for, during and following humanitarian, peace-keeping and warfighting operations. The Agency has invested in DRDC Toronto to ensure that we can simulate and study these responses with human experimentation conducted by our scientists during in-house laboratory or field experimentation. Central to ... |
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| Status of the Air Force's Improved Technology Maturity Assessment Project (TD-1-12) |
Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
Kyle Yang; James Bilbro; William Nolte; Robert Frueholz; Duane Sauve; Greg Barnette; Mark Wilson; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB
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| The Improved Technology Maturity Assessment Project (TD-1-12) consists of 1) Training for TRL Assessments, MRAs, future RI3; 2) Software TRL definition clarification; and 3) Risk Identification: Integration & 'ilities (RI3) methodology. This briefing discusses 1) improving existing techniques, 2) methodology for integration and 'ilities, and 3) worksheet and tool concepts. The goal of the program is to reduce schedule slip and cost growth due to immature technology by reducing the ... |
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| Research on a Mathematical Framework and Practical Applications of System Architecture |
30-Aug-2008 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Peter P Chen; LOUISIANA STATE UNIV BATON ROUGE
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| In this project, we have studied several critical issues of system architecture including: a new mathematical framework and operators of system architecture, practical applications of mathematical framework to new system architecture for the next generation of database/information systems and to profiling problems in anti-terrorism and cyber security. |
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| U.S. Reliance on Foreign IT: Mitigating Risks Associated with Foreign Sources of Hardware Components, Summer 2008 - Project 08-03 |
Aug-2008 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin Johnson; JAMES MARTIN; Amanda Jokerst; Kristen Rodgers; Keith Roland; Erica Tesla; Hudson; John G II; Stephanie Silva; STRATEGIC COMMAND OMAHA NE GLOBAL INNOVATION AND STRATEGY CENTER
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| The focus of this project is to answer the question, How should the United States government address the risks associated with dependence on foreign supplied IT hardware in critical United States networks? Methodology included both outreach to government, security, and IT professionals, as well as independent research. The team first investigated the reasons behind the shift toward offshore hardware suppliers, finding that foreign tax benefits and incentives drive offshoring in ... |
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| Accountability for Defense Security Service Assets With Personally Identifiable Information |
24-Jul-2008 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Paul J Granetto; Antwan Jackson; David A Palmer; Andrew R MacAttram; Robert P Goldberg; Rhonda L Ragsdale; Patricia A Papas; Kimberley A Caprio; Robert F II; Prinzbach; Marlene Cruz-Freire; Bridgette A Seebacher; INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| The management at the Defense Security Service (DSS) and personnel concerned with property accountability should read this report because it discusses accountability for assets that contain personally identifiable information (PII) and the requirements for reporting unauthorized disclosure of PII. DSS provides the Secretary of Defense, DoD Components, and Defense contractors security support services. In February 2005, DSS transferred responsibility for the personnel security investigation function to the Office of Personnel ... |
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| Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement |
23-Jul-2008 |
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| Authors:
Ted Dagne; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Sudan, geographically the largest country in Africa, has been ravaged by civil war intermittently for four decades. More than 2 million people have died in Southern Sudan over the past two decades due to war-related causes and famine, and millions have been displaced from their homes. There were many failed attempts to end the civil war in southern Sudan. In July 2002, the Sudan government and the Sudan People's Liberation ... |
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| The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program: Background and Current Developments |
23-Jul-2008 |
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| Authors:
Jonathan Medalia; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Most current U.S. nuclear warheads were built in the 1970s and 1980s and are being retained longer than was planned. Yet they deteriorate and must be maintained. To correct problems, a Life Extension Program (LEP), part of a larger Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP), replaces components. Modifying some components would require a nuclear test, but the United States has observed a test moratorium since 1992. Congress and the Administration prefer to ... |
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| Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 110th Congress |
21-Jul-2008 |
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| Authors:
Harold C Relyea; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Enacted in 1966 after 11 years of investigation, legislative development, and deliberation in the House and half as many years of such consideration in the Senate, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) displaced the ineffective public information section of the Administrative Procedure Act. The FOIA was designed to enable any person - individual or corporate, regardless of citizenship - to request, without explanation or justification, presumptive access to existing, identifiable, ... |
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| Commander's Handbook for Security Force Assistance |
14-Jul-2008 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
JOINT CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Current military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many future operations will center on developing capability and capacity of host nation (HN) or other foreign security forces. In February 07, the U.S. Army stated in a message to all Army activities the mission of the transition teams (security force assistance) is the Army's top priority. Similarly, the U. S. Marine Corps stated in a January 2007 Lessons Learned report, this ... |
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