As we anticipate the release of the National Defense Strategy, it is incumbent on each of us to think about, and address, what impact transregional threats will have to our Enterprise over the course of the next several years. We see a future when ISR will continue to be conducted in, from and through all domains, in all phases of operations and in increasingly complex operating environments ranging from permissive to highly-contested. During...

Effective Data UsageAccording to recent estimates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day. By the year 2020 it’s widely estimated there will be 40 zettabytes of data and government agencies will own much of it. This data comes from everywhere including sensors used to gather climate information, public safety and emergency management organizations, healthcare systems and more. The value of making this data open and available...

Leveraging Data as an Enterprise AssetThere is no lack of data in government and the challenges of managing data, how to leverage it and make good organizational decisions about it are increasingly on the minds of government leaders everywhere. Government leaders are continually asking themselves how they can use data efficiently, maximize the value of data, and leverage data on demand to better serve their mission – especially in the ar...