Achieving DoD's Net Centric Vision of Information Sharing While Overcoming Cultural Biases to Control Information

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Abstract : The Global War on Terrorism and countering other threats is increasingly dependent upon better information sharing within and between agencies. US national and agency information sharing strategies promote culture change as a critical enabler. A culture change from a need to know' to a need to share is the desired end state. This culture change is in contrast to known organizational and individual cultural biases to control information. Within the DoD key policies like the Net Centric Data Strategy (NCDS) promote accessibility. Other policies then place information assurance requirements upon implementers that allow interpretation for what to share. Instead of curtailing cultural biases and furthering desired information sharing objectives this policy tension between accessibility and information assurance enables information control. DoD policy as a part of DoD's ways and information sharing technology as part of DoD's means are examined using the USAWC Strategy Model of en

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