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(U//FOUO) Governing Data Flow: A Collaborative Solution
FROM: Janice Strauss, CSRC Office of Targeting and Mission Management
(S3C3), and
, ITD Global IT Operations Center
Run Date: 06/14/2006
(U//FOUO) Delivering SIGINT data to its intended customer is a complex task that requires the
joint efforts of ITD (Information Technology Directorate) and SID. Personnel in the ITD's Global
IT Operations Center (X23) and Global Enterprise Command Center (X22) and SID's Targeting
and Mission Management (S3C3) collaborate on establishing and monitoring the flow of SIGINT
data across the IT infrastructure and jointly seek solutions when obstacles threaten to delay or
halt this flow.
(U//FOUO) This partnership was strengthened in the fall of 2005, when the SID/ITD Transition
Tiger Team on Data Flow recommended that a joint ITD-SID Data Flow Governance Board
be created with the overall responsibility for the health and welfare of current and future data
flow procedures, functions and methodologies. The Directors of IT and SIGINT identified the
Chiefs of IT Operations (X2) and the Collection Strategies and Requirements Center (CSRC/S3C),
respectively, as their Directorate leads for Data Flow and charged them with joint stewardship of
mission data flow.
(U//FOUO) The Data Flow Governance Board's principal charge is to address issues that are
difficult to resolve at lower levels. Data Flow Governance will be carried out through standard
business practices within the current operating structure, using previously established
authorities and existing resources. Whenever possible, the Board will conduct business via staffs
that are already in place; however, working groups and other temporary bodies will be formed
as needed to address specific issues and initiatives.
(U//FOUO) ITD and SID are now teaming at the highest levels to handle corporate data flow
concerns as expediently as possible. The result is coordinated, efficient data flow management
that meets the needs of consumers of SIGINT data.
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