ISE Mission Partners: Department of Defense

Department of Defense Overview

The mission of the Department of Defense is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country. The department's headquarters is at the Pentagon.

The Secretary of Defense is the principal defense policy advisor to the President. Under the direction of the President, the Secretary exercises authority, direction, and control over the Department of Defense.

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Resource Links

The Department of Defense is a critical ISE mission partner. Please visit these websites to learn more about their information sharing efforts.

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Department of Defense Performance Metrics

The table below contains results from the 2010 ISE Performance Assessment and were self-reported by the ISE Mission Partners. These results map to the ISE Framework Goals and Sub-Goals. The next ISE Performance Assessment is scheduled to take place in the spring of 2011, and results will be published in the 2011 ISE Annual Report to the Congress, which is scheduled for release in early summer.

Measurement Objective 2010 Response
Add information sharing elements to employee performance appraisals Under Development
Ensure all ISE departments and agencies are developing information sharing and collaboration related mission-specific training. Yes
Ensure all ISE departments and agencies are recognizing the potential to share training practices with other agencies/partners. Yes
Make information sharing a factor in awards and incentive programs. Yes
Work toward systems security reciprocity among federal/state and private sector entities Yes
Incorporate CISS Technical Standards. Yes
Implement ISE Shared Spaces concept. Yes
Ensure privacy protection across the ISE. Yes
Make available to appropriate personnel tools & mechanisms for the negotiation of terrorism-related agreements & arrangements. Yes
Further integrate their IT management structures by mapping at least one IT investment to information sharing architectures Yes
Further integrate their IT management structures by representing all major ISE IT investments in enterprise transition plans Yes
Further integrate their IT management structures by including at least one information sharing measurement indicator Yes
Adopt ISE standards by completing approved information sharing segment architecture Yes
Adopt ISE standards to reference the ISE section of the federal Transition Framework Catalog Yes
Adopt ISE standards by incorporating CISS Functional Standards into their ISE-related mission business processes Yes
Adopt ISE standards by incorporating CISS Functional Standards into enterprise architecture and IT capability Yes
Further integrate ISE investment and performance management initiatives into department and agency management structures Yes

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Department of Defense on Facebook

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Concerning threats to individual safety and security, anyone can be a victim. But the Family Readiness Office of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa is trying to help even those odds by offering Marine spouses a rape prevention and self-defense class at MARFOREUR headquarters last week. Along with Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques, [...]
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Annette Daniel, a 21-year-old soldier from Tiffin, Ohio, is a chaplain assistant and part of the Unit Ministry Team with Task Force Corsair. Daniel said she became a chaplain assistant because she wanted to make a difference in the lives of soldiers. “Sometimes soldiers just want to be heard. They want to know that someone [...]
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Various medical components assigned to Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, conduct a health fair for service members. Those who attended learned about various health risks facing them while deployed including concussions and traumatic brain injuries, insect bites, and food storage and preparation. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the [...]
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Lt. James Fish, the gunner for the G-3 Division of the Weapons Department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), fires an M-14 rifle during a weapons qualification on the ship•s fantail. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by [...]
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Join us today at 15:10 EST as President Barack Obama posthumously awards U.S. Army Specialist Leslie Sabo the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in Vietnam. (Live) [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]
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DeptofDefense: LIVE NOW: Watch #SecDef speak at @USMC Marine Aviation Centennial http://t.co/jh1r5rpW
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DeptofDefense: #Military members and #milfam get free access to @NatlParkService parks for a year, starting May 19. Details: http://t.co/oMLXMQuW
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DeptofDefense: Watch #SecDef speak live at 6:30 pm EDT at @USMC Marine Aviation Centennial http://t.co/jh1r5rpW
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DeptofDefense: LIVE NOW: The President presents posthumous Medal of Honor to Army Spc 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr., a Vietnam veteran http://t.co/VqnVpQ36
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DeptofDefense: LIVE @ 3:10 pm: The President presents a posthumous Medal of Honor to Army Spc 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr., a Vietnam veteran http://t.co/VqnVpQ36
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The U.S. Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps buglers perform during the Friday Evening Parade at the Marine barracks in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2012. (DoD photo by Cpl. Dengrier Baez, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

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U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos posted a photo:

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kevin A. Kohl, right, and Cpl. Mark B. Fentress, both with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice searching and scanning techniques with a surface-to-air missile launcher aboard the amphibious assault ship USS...

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U.S. Sailors man the rails aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) as it departs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 11, 2012, in support of Pacific Partnership 2012. Pacific Partnership is an annual deployment of forces designed to strengthen...

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Guatemalan divers adjust their dive masks before a familiarization dive with U.S. Navy divers assigned to Company 2-1, Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, May 11, 2012. The divers were participating in Navy Dive-...

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U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Adams, left, with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, checks his scores with Canadian army Cpl. Michael Dube after completing an international pistol competition during the 2012 Australian Army...

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