The Defense Information Systems
Agency plans to meet its customers' needs by providing more
bandwidth to warfighters and military decision-makers, the agency's
director said today.
"We're taking bandwidth and putting it in the hands of the
warfighter in an assured way," he said. "Information has to be
there, and it has to be there in abundance."
"It has to be power to the edge," he said. "We want to create
Web-smart, wisdom-rich users. Power to the edge can also mean
providing information to the secretary of Defense so he can make the
right decision."
He said DISA is taking steps to keep track of day-to-day tasks while
managing transformation of the agency in response to changing
customer needs. Raduege has created two "500-day" plans to guide
change at DISA, based on his discussions with commanders and defense
agency leaders.
Another of Raduege's goals is envisioning applications for emerging
technology. "Today in DOD we are looking to pierce the fog of war
with the light of information," he said. DISA also seeks to foster
intercommunication across the Defense Department, Raduege said, and
prevent stovepipes by using systems that have been approved by
Pentagon command and control authorities.
© GCN.com |