| Extending the User's Reach. Responsive Networking for Integrated Military Operations |
FEB 2006 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
David C. Gompert; Charles L. Barry; Alf A. Andreassen; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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 | The aim of this study is to identify a path for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to improve the responsiveness of military information networks for joint warfighters. This is not a technical treatise about bits and bandwidth; it proposes no architecture or standards. Rather, it looks at how military-operational information requirements relate to national strategy and at how those requirements are set and met. In particular, it considers how ... |
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| Unintended Consequences of the Network-Centric Decision Making Model: Considering the Human Operator |
FEB 2006 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS DIRECTORATE
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| Deception Detection in Expert Source Information through Bayesian Knowledge-Bases |
27 JAN 2006 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Santos Eugene; CONNECTICUT UNIV STORRS LAB FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH
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| The goal in this effort is to automatically detect deception by an individual or expert who is contributing to an information knowledge-base consisting of multiple experts. Contemporary decision makers often must choose a course of action using knowledge from several sources. Knowledge may be provided from many diverse sources, including electronic sources such as knowledge-based diagnostic or decision support systems, through techniques like data mining. As a decision maker's sources ... |
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| Nomex Supply Chain Total Asset Visibility |
10 JAN 2006 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph W. Kernodle; CLEMSON APPAREL RESEARCH FACILITY PENDLETON SC
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| Project to coordinate the collection of total asset visibility (TAV) across the extended military Nomex and one additional supply chain (SC). |
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| Data and Com Officers: Re-evaluating the Current 0602 MOS |
07-Jan-2006 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel Celotto; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| As the Marine Corps becomes more dependant on data systems to provide command and control for its operating forces as well as its supporting establishment, the responsibility to provide this type of connectivity has fallen on one individual, the communications officer. As technology expands and increases capabilities, the communications officer must adapt these technologies while maintaining proficiency in existing command and control platforms. This is too much for one population ... |
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| An Automated Tool for the Creation of Desired Emulated Topologies of a Mobile Ad-Hoc Network |
JAN 2006 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Binh Q. Nguyen; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD
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| This report documents a research effort that the U.S. Army Research Laboratory conducted in FY 2005 in support of the development of advanced technologies for tactical mobile ad hoc networks (MANET). The effort resulted in the creation of a visually appealing tool called TDFCreator. The purpose of the tool is to provide researchers with an automated tool and methods for creating desired topologies and generating topology scenario files through visual ... |
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| Embedded Diagnostic/Prognostic Reasoning and Information Continuity for Improved Avionics Maintenance |
2006 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Carl S. Byington; Patrick W. Kalgren; Robert Johns; Richard J. Beers; IMPACT TECHNOLOGIES LLC STATE COLLEGE PA
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| The authors are developing enhanced onboard and at-wing diagnostic technologies applicable to both legacy and new avionics. The paper identifies onboard information sources and automated reasoning techniques that build upon existing Built-in-Test (BIT) results to improve fault isolation accuracy. Modular software and data elements that combine BIT with contextual information, component usage models, and novel reasoning techniques are described. In addition, the authors identify candidate avionics component applications to implement ... |
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| Experience using Collaborative Technology with the United Nations and Multi-National Militaries: Rim of the Pacific 2000 Strong Angel Exercise in Humanitarian Assistance |
2006 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Adkins; John Kruse; Laurie E. Damianos; JoAnn Brooks; Robert Younger; Eric Rasmussen; Yelena M. Rennie; Beatrice Oshika; Jr. Nunamaker Jay F.; ARIZONA UNIV TUCSON CENTER FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION
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| The Center for the Management of Information (CMI) at The University of Arizona engaged in a joint research project with the U.S. Navy's Commander Third Fleet (Third Fleet) and The MITRE Corporation (MITRE) to use and evaluate collaborative technology during Strong Angel, a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) exercise. Strong Angel was a part of RIMPAC 2000, a five-week multinational exercise that involved seven nations with over 22,000 people, fifty ships, ... |
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| Understanding the Role of Context in the Interpretation of Complex Battlespace Intelligence |
2006 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Gerald M. Powell; Mieczyslaw M. Kokar; Christopher J. Matheus; David Lorenz; ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ENG CTR FORT MONMOUTH NJ INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION WARFARE DIRECTORATE
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| A key challenge presented by the increasing volume and complexity of information collectable from battlespace situations is the development of intelligent applications able to automatically analyze the information and identify critical enemy activities in a timely manner. What makes this information fusion problem particularly difficult is the strong contextual dependency of the interpretation of complex battlespace information. This paper examines the dimensions of intelligence information, establishes a framework for exploring ... |
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| 2006 NRL Review |
2006 |
222 pages |
| Authors:
NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| NRL's mission is to conduct a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and ocean, atmospheric and space sciences and related technologies. |
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| Spring 2006. Industry Study. Information Technology Industry |
2006 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC
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| The U.S. Information Technology (IT) industry is both a specific industry and a foundational element for all other major industries. While the industry is strong and can support current National Security Strategy (NSS) requirements, the U.S. must address upcoming challenges to continue enabling and protecting our current and future strategic capabilities. By building and promoting relationships among government, industry and academia, the U.S. government (USG) can overcome the challenges of ... |
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| Financial Services Industry |
2006 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Gullab Arezo; Willie D. Billingslea; James V. Brooks; Jeffery D. Brown; Cheryl Cotton; Deborah A. Determan; Monte S. Dzurenko; John Egentowich; Michael N. Greenwald; Matthew Keegan; INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC
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| The United States' position as a global economic leader rests on a financial infrastructure that is second to none in size, liquidity, complexity, and trust. The financial services industry impacts the daily lives of all Americans. They rely on it to save for their retirement and their children's education, pay their bills, insure against risks, and buy their homes and automobiles. Governments and businesses look to the industry to fund ... |
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| Global Grid for Large C2/ISR Aircraft with Joint STARS Example |
2006 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Kenneth Brayer; MITRE CORP BEDFORD MA
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| As an aid in describing the Air Force Global Grid and how it can be integrated into present and future systems the MITRE Corporation Global Grid Project has undertaken studies of various projects/systems/platforms, as they would be impacted by the Global Grid. In this paper the author reviews the basic Global Grid Tenets, extends them to C2/ISR airborne platforms and applies them to Joint STARS showing how Joint STARS can ... |
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| Detecting Malicious Insiders in Military Networks |
2006 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Maybury; MITRE CORP BEDFORD MA
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| Given that a network is only as strong as its weakest link, a key vulnerability to network centric warfare is the threat from within. This paper summarizes several recent MITRE efforts focused on characterizing and automatically detecting malicious insiders within modern information systems. Malicious insiders (MI) adversely impact an organization's mission through a range of actions that compromise information confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability. Their strong organizational knowledge, varying range of ... |
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| Guidelines for Coding and Entering Ground-Water Data into the Ground-Water Site Inventory Data Base, Version 4.6, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center |
2006 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
R. C. Lane; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESTON VA
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| This report establishes and documents the procedures used by the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center, to code and enter ground-water data into the Ground-Water Site Inventory database of the U.S. Geological Survey's Ground Water Site Inventory System. These guidelines are consistent with Version 4.6 of the system, but will be updated as each new version becomes available. This report establishes and documents a formal and consistent set of ... |
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| Landpower and Network-Centric Operations: How Information in Today's Battlespace can be Exploited |
2006 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis Murphy; Jeffrey L. Groh; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The concept and theories associated with Network Centric Warfare (NCW) have been bantered about since early in 1998. The data to support claims of increased mission effectiveness through robustly networked forces is now becoming available. This essay will examine the tenets of NCW in the context of the V Corps fight during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College, is scheduled to release a ... |
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| The C4ISR Architecture Framework: History, Status, and Plans for Evolution |
2006 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
P. K. Sowell; MITRE CORP MCLEAN VA
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| The Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Architecture Framework, Version 2.0, developed by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) C4ISR Architecture Working Group, provides guidance for describing architectures. It is intended to ensure that architectures developed by the Commands, Services, and defense Agencies are interrelatable between and among the organizations' operational, systems, and technical architecture views, and are comparable and integratable across Joint and multi-national organizational boundaries. The ... |
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| CyberCIEGE Scenario Illustrating Software Integrity Issues and Management of Air-Gapped Networks in a Military Environment |
DEC 2005 |
100 pages |
| Authors:
Chay Chua; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| The importance of Information Assurance (IA) in military operations cannot be overstated. It is a sine qua non that achieving IA requires the effort of all personnel in the organization; just a single untrained end-user is needed to defeat many well thought-out and well-executed security strategies This thesis demonstrated that CyberCIEGE, with its rich elements and tools, can be used to create game scenarios, mimicking real life IA issues, for ... |
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| A CyberCIEGE Scenario To Illustrate Classified Information Management in Multilevel Secure Systems for Military Command and Control |
DEC 2005 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Ng C. Mum; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Raising the awareness of information security has been the focus of DOD and other government agencies in recent years. There is a need for an effective means of educating and training personnel in the topic of Information Assurance. CyberCIEGE offers an approach to training by engaging the personnel in an interactive simulation-based network security game. Each game scenario in CyberCIEGE is designed to impart some network security principles and Information ... |
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| An Analysis of Department of Defense Business Systems Modernization Efforts and Recommendations for Improving the Process |
DEC 2005 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Elizabeth A. Guerra; Joseph E. Nicholas; Corey L. Scott; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) is in the midst of a transformation effort under the leadership of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. A large portion of military transformation is focused on DoD business practices. It has been estimated that up to 5 percent of the annual DoD budget could be saved by improving and streamlining defense business operations. This initiative is critical given the large numbers of legacy business systems ... |
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| Spiral System Implementation Methodology: Application of the Knowledge Web in the Security-Center Transformation Project |
DEC 2005 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Jeff Waters; Michael Stelmach; Marion Ceruti; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| This paper reports progress and practical experience in security-requirements engineering using the security center Knowledge Web (KWeb) as a case study. It describes the project, architecture, and the approach of the Spiral System Implementation Methodology (SSIM). This engineering approach is an example of rapid prototyping in which the requirements of the users in the security center are reviewed periodically and frequently with considerable user input. This method, which captures and ... |
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| Using Prospect Theory to Investigate Decision-Making Bias Within an Information Security Context |
DEC 2005 |
110 pages |
| Authors:
Neil J. Schroeder; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Information security is an issue that has increased in importance over the past decade. In this time both practitioner and academic circles have researched and developed practices and process to more effectively handle information security. Even with growth in these areas there has been little research conducted into how decision makers actually behave. This is problematic because decision makers in the Department of Defense have been observed exhibiting risk seeking ... |
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| Using Web Services to Enable the Reuse of DSTO Corporate Data Within Microsoft SharePoint: A Case Study |
DEC 2005 |
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| Authors:
Paul Prekop; Phuong La; Mark Burnett; Chris Chapman; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION EDINBURGH (AUSTRALIA) COMMAND AND CONTROL DIV
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 | This report discusses how Service Oriented Architectures and Web Services were used to make DSTO corporate information available within Microsoft's SharePoint. While the report focuses on exposing of information within SharePoint, the Service Oriented Architecture approach and Web Services technologies are likely to much have wider applicability across the Defence Information Environment. |
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| Human-System Technology |
10 NOV 2005 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Robert J. Hansen; FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINECOGNITION INC PENSACOLA FL
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| The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) is pleased to submit a report of progress on the continuation project Human Systems Technology for the 2004 fiscal year. This fiscal year work actually began on April 1, 2004 and was completed on September 30, 2005. Also called Human-Centered Computing, this multidisciplinary field exploits advances in cognitive research together with those in computer science and related areas to optimize the cognitive, ... |
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| Topics in Interoperability: Infrastructure Replacement in a System of Systems |
NOV 2005 |
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| Authors:
David Carney; James Smith; Patrick Place; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
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| This technical note examines the Common Operations System (COS) a large aggregation of independently developed systems, and the risks posed to it by an infrastructure upgrade. Many large organizations involved in critical government roles depend on the COS for planning their business operations. When such a large number of applications rely on a complex infrastructure an attempt to upgrade raises many interoperability issues. The risks involved, and their observed mititations ... |
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| Future Logistics Information Environment Best Practices: IBM Business Integration Modeler Advanced Edition |
NOV 2005 |
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| Authors:
Aaron Triantafyllidis; Egon Kuster; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION EDINBURGH (AUSTRALIA) COMMAND AND CONTROL DIV
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| IBM Business Integration Modeler Advanced Edition allows Future Logistics Information Environment task members to map business processes around existing systems and has been used to map processes surrounding the Movement Management System. During this mapping process a number of lessons were identified and to ensure that these are captured this document has been developed with a series of best practices and recommendations so that these lessons are learnt and future ... |
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| Coalition Information Assurance - Common Operating Picture (CIA-COP) |
OCT 2005 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Louis Scheiderich; NORTHROP GRUMMAN MCLEAN VA
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| This technical report summarizes and describes an effort under the subcontract task. It describes capability enhancements to the IPIB prototype decision support system, feasibility analyses, demonstration and technology transition efforts undertaken as efforts under this task. Task 19 is a continuation of the Intelligence Preparation of Information Battlespace (IPIB) research initially began in 1998 under the DARPA Cyber Panel Project, a part of the DARPA Information Assurance and Survivability project. ... |
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| Validation, Verification and Certification of Embedded Systems |
OCT 2005 |
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| Authors:
NATO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
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| This report is the final report resulting from the deliberations of the NATO Research Task Group on the Validation, Verification and Certification of Embedded Systems (IST-027/RTG-009). The report discusses the important role of embedded systems in both the civil and military contexts. Given the importance, the validation, verification and certification (VV&C) of such systems are of increasing concern. The report discusses the current landscape of VV&C, expected evolution, and also ... |
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| Fatality and Injury Rates for Two Types of Rotorcraft Accidents |
OCT 2005 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
David Palmerton; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROMEDICAL INST
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| An analysis of the frequency of four different types of rotorcraft accidents was conducted to determine if the number of fatalities and injuries between accident conditions was different. Accidents involving rollover, no rollover, fire, and no fire were studied to determine if accidents with a rollover or fire might be creating evacuation delays that contribute to the fatality and injury rates. A search of the FAA Accident Incident Data System ... |
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| Research on State of Art in System Architecture |
30 SEP 2005 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Peter P. Chen; LOUISIANA STATE UNIV BATON ROUGE DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| System architecture has emerged as one of the most important areas of research for the Air Force. Many past system failures or problems can be attributed to improper system architecture or no architecture at all. It is extremely critical to identify important research topics in this area so that researchers and funding agencies can focus their attention on these topics to make research investments most effective, and to produce the ... |
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| First Look at Important Issues in System Architecture |
30 SEP 2005 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Peter P. Chen; LOUISIANA STATE UNIV BATON ROUGE DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| System architecture has emerged as one of the most important areas of research for the Air Force. Many past system failures or problems can be attributed to improper system architectures or even no architecture at all. It is very critical to identify a set of important research topics in this area so that researchers and funding agencies can focus their attention to these topics to make the research investments most ... |
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| Littoral Geoacoustic Surveys Using an Adaptive Network of Gliders (Phase 1) |
30 SEP 2005 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Billy Jones; Gerald Denny; Marc Stewart; Gregory Anderson; WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
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| The goal of this multi-phased effort is to provide over-the-horizon characterization of the ocean water column and seafloor so that areas of safe operations can be identified and sonar performance can be accurately predicted. The tasks to accomplish this are: (1) use autonomous vehicles carrying wideband sensors to improve environmental measurement capabilities, (2) modify geoacoustic inversion algorithms to reduce solution ambiguity, (3) assess and characterize environmental geoacoustic variability and its ... |
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| DOD Business Transformation: Preliminary Observations on Defense Travel System |
29 SEP 2005 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DTS's development and implementation have been problematic, especially in the area of requirements and testing key functionality to ensure that the system would perform as intended. Thus, it is not surprising that critical flaws have been identified after deployment, resulting in significant schedule slippages. As originally envisioned, the initial deployment of DTS was to commence within 120 days after the effective date of contract award in September 1998, with complete ... |
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| Assessing Proposals for Interagency Reorganization |
28 SEP 2005 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Craig J. Alia; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan caused the U.S. Government to reassess its interagency capabilities. In the wake of these conflicts, Congress held hearings to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the interagency process and evaluate different remedies. Numerous organizations and national security experts testified and presented their studies analyzing the interagency process and its shortcomings. Using the body of evidence presented to them, Senators Lugar and Biden made ... |
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| The Impact of the Information Revolution on Policymakers' Use of Intelligence Analysis |
28 SEP 2005 |
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| Authors:
Lorne Teitelbaum; RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL SANTA MONICA CA
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| The goal of this dissertation is to examine how the U.S. intelligence community can provide the best support to American policymakers. With the information revolution coming from the combination of rapid technological advances in both computing power and communications power, intelligence analysis may be far less relevant to policymakers today than it has been traditionally. Policymakers since the end of World War II have relied on intelligence when they needed ... |
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| CHIME: A Metadata-Based Distributed Software Development Environment |
28 SEP 2005 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen E. Dossick; Gail E. Kaiser; BRITISH COLUMBIA UNIV VANCOUVER DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| We introduce CHIME, the Columbia Hypermedia IMmersion Environment, a metadata-based information environment, and describe its potential applications for internet and intranet-based distributed software development. CHIME derives many of its concepts from Multi-User Domains (MUDs), placing users in a semi-automatically generated 3D virtual world representing the software system. Users interact with project artifacts by "walking around" the virtual world, where they potentially encounter and collaborate with other users' avatars. CHIME aims ... |
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| Information Technology Management: Report on Defense Civilian Pay System Controls Placed in Operation and Tests of Operating Effectiveness for the Period October 1, 2004 Through June 30, 2005 |
15 SEP 2005 |
82 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| This report is intended for the use of Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) management, its user organizations, and the independent auditors of its user organizations. DoD personnel who manage and use the Defense Civilian Pay System (DCPS) will also find this report of interest as it contains information about DCPS general and application controls. DCPS is a pay processing system used to pay ... |
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| Selective Notification: Combining Forms of Decoupled Addressing for Internet-Scale Command and Alert Dissemination |
07 SEP 2005 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Jonathan C. Hill; John C. Knight; VIRGINIA UNIV CHARLOTTESVILLE DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| By using an information survivability control system, the survivability of critical networked information systems can be enhanced using a variety of fault-tolerance mechanisms. Essential to the effective implementation of such mechanisms is communication from the error detection component to the various application nodes in the network. In this paper, we introduce a technique called Selective Notification for the communication of commands and alerts in very large distributed systems. The technique ... |
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| Defense Management: DOD Needs to Demonstrate That Performance-Based Logistics Contracts Are Achieving Expected Benefits |
SEP 2005 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DOD program offices could not demonstrate that they have achieved cost savings or performance improvements through the use of performance-based logistics arrangements. Although DOD guidance on implementing these arrangements states program offices should update their business case analysis based on actual cost and performance data, only 1 of the 15 program offices included in GAO's review had performed such an update consistent with DOD guidance. In the single case where ... |
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| Authentication Scenario for CyberCIEGE |
SEP 2005 |
116 pages |
| Authors:
David S. Mueller; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Frequent media reports of the loss or compromise of data stored on computer systems indicate that attempts to educate users on proper computer security policies and procedures seem to be ineffective. In an effort to provide a means of education that will more fully engage users, the CyberCIEGE game was created. It is hoped that by playing CyberCIEGE users will absorb computer security concepts better than they have through more ... |
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| Redefining E-3 Core Competencies for Dominant Battlespace Knowledge in Future Combat Operations |
SEP 2005 |
73 pages |
| Authors:
David A. Kirkendall; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis explores how E-3 Air Battle Managers train for and perform their duties on board the Airborne Warning and Control System. The study focuses on how E-3 training is driven by the maintenance of a set of battle management core competencies rooted in the basics of aircraft tactical fluid control force accountability and aerial refueling. The advent of a revolution in Information Management technology in the form of the ... |
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| Automating Case Reports for the Analysis of Digital Evidence |
SEP 2005 |
235 pages |
| Authors:
Regis H. F. Cassidy; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The reporting process during computer analysis is critical in the practice of digital forensics. Case reports are used to review the process and results of an investigation and serve multiple purposes. The investigator may refer to these reports to monitor the progress of his analysis throughout the investigation. When acting as an expert witness, the investigator will refer to organized documentation to recall past analysis. A lot of time can ... |
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| Making IT Happen: Transforming Military Information Technology |
SEP 2005 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph N. Mait; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| The Center for Technology and National Security Policy has investigated how the Department of Defense can enhance its engagement with the commercial market while meeting requirements for operations. A chief complaint from information technology companies is that they do not know what the services need. This report is a primer for commercial providers to gain some understanding of the military's thinking about military information technology and some of the programs ... |
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| Ten Tales of Betrayal: The Threat to Corporate Infrastructure by Information Technology Insiders Analysis and Observations |
SEP 2005 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
Eric D. Shaw; Lynn F. Fischer; DEFENSE PERSONNEL SECURITY RESEARCH CENTER MONTEREY CA
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| This report offers an overview and analysis of 10 significant cases of trust betrayal. The cases in question were information technology (IT) insider events in which an insider or former insider, having had legitimate access to a critical information system, abused or violated that trust for personal advantage or to exact revenge on a person or organization. In each case the actions of a disgruntled or self-interested offender seriously damaged ... |
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| Secure Wireless Military Healthcare Telemedicine Enterprise |
SEP 2005 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Kenneth W. Lucas; VISUAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INC MCLEAN VA
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| The primary objective of this research effort is to integrate ViTel Net's MedVizerTM software and Division Tools with cross platform telemedicine systems, inclusive of computer based systems, handheld wireless PDA devices, and miniature computers, to existing DoD legacy and developing healthcare information systems, clinical repositories, and knowledge base systems for application at the point of care. This annual report reflects a number of projects wherein the tasks defined in the ... |
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| Calculation of Area and Volume for the South Part of Great Salt Lake, Utah |
SEP 2005 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Robert L. Baskin; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WASHINGTON DC
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| About 7.6 million depth measurements were collected along more than 930 miles (1,690 kilometers) of survey transects (fig.2) during the data-collection phase of this study. Sound-velocity profiles were obtained in conjunction with the bathymetric data to provide time-of-travel corrections to the depth calculations. Data were processed with commercial hydrographic software and exported into geographic information system (GIS) software for mapping and calculation of area and volume. Because of the shallow ... |
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| Performance Comparison of Relational and Native-XML Databases using the Semantics of the Land Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model (LC2IEDM) |
SEP 2005 |
315 pages |
| Authors:
Ian M. Denny; Dieter Jahn; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Efforts to improve the military decision and action cycle have centered on automating the command and control process and improving interoperability among joint and coalition forces. However, information automation by itself can lead to increased operator overload when the way this information is stored and presented is not structured and consistently filtered. The majority of messaging systems store information in a document-centric free-text format that makes it difficult for command ... |
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| Power Aware Remote Information System (PARIS) |
SEP 2005 |
108 pages |
| Authors:
Julius Boganowicz; RAYTHEON CO EL SEGUNDO CA
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| A sensor network is characterized as a set of locally powered sensors linked together via wireless communication with the objective to accurately assess activity within the sensor network field of regard and forward that assessment to command and control elements for appropriate action. To minimize power utilization within that network, each power consuming element must be evaluated for effectiveness to the overall network objective. An assessment of the overall sensor ... |
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| Security Ontology for Annotating Resources |
31 AUG 2005 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Anya Kim; Jim Luo; Myong Kang; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| Annotation with security-related metadata enables discovery of resources that meet security requirements. this paper presents the NRL Security Ontology, which complements existing ontologies in other domains that focus on annotation of functional aspects of resources. Types of security information that could be described include mechanisms, protocols, objectives, algorithms, and credentials in various levels of detail and specificity. The NRL Ontology is more comprehensive and better organized than existing security ontologies. ... |
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| Report on a System Architecture Workshop |
31 AUG 2005 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Peter P. Chen; LOUISIANA STATE UNIV BATON ROUGE DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| System architecture has emerged as one of the most important areas of research for the Air Force. Many past system failures or problems can be attributed to improper system architecture or no architecture at all. It is extremely critical to identify important research topics in this area so that researchers and funding agencies can focus their attention on these topics to make research investments more effective, and to produce the ... |
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