Army Data Strategy, February 2016 – Information Architecture Division, Army Architecture Integration Center HQDA CIO/G-6 Version 1.

“As an architectural paradigm, the Army network, which is the Army’s portion of the DoD Information Network, is changing from a loose federation of stove piped IT systems to a single, integrated, service- oriented, information – sharing environment. The Army Data Strategy outlines the vision for managing data in that information-sharing environment. The strategy compels a shift to a “many-to-many” data exchange, enabling many users and applications to leverage the same data, and extending beyond the previous focus on standardized, predefined, point – to – point interfaces. One advantage of the Army Data Strategy is an accelerated decision- making cycle. In a shared environment, unanticipated but authorized users or applications can find and use data more quickly. One of the CIO’s goals is to populate the network (i.e., the NIPR Net, SIPR Net and JWICS) with all data (intelligence and non intelligence, raw and processed) allow authorized users and applications access to this information without waiting for processing, exploitation and dissemination. All posted data will have associated metadata (i.e., to enable users and applications to discover and evaluate the utility of the data themselves and sharing the data…”