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30 January 1995-The ADO issues the
Army Digitization Master Plan, stipulating
that it is to be a living document that will be
updated annually. 53
February 1995-The Army submits a report
to Congress, prepared by the ADO, on
Army Digitization in response to requirements
specified in the FY 95 National Defense
Authorization Act 54
31 March 1995-Mr. Decker, ASA(RDA) ,
approves the Army Technical Information
Architecture for implementation. 55
April 1995-Army Science Board 1994
Summer Study Final Report on Technical Information
Architecture for Army Command,
Control, Communications and Intelligence
is published 56
May 1995-MG Rigby publishes an article
in Army magazine detailing the Army's
efforts to digitize its experimental force for
the Force XXI AWEs.57
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19 June 1995-Mr. Decker, as AAE, issues
a policy memorandum on Army Digitization
standards, enj oining on all involved
in acquisition adherence to the standards
spelled out in his 31 March 1995 memorandum
approving the Army Technical Information
Architecture 5S
29 November 1995-The General Accounting
Office (GAO) issues a report criticizing
the Army's plan to digitize the battlefield
as expensive, containing many risks,
and lacking specific, measurable goals for the
series of large-scale experiments that are to
be conducted for Force XXI,5s
7 December 1995-The ADO forwards
a proposed response to the GAO report to
the AAE for his approval and forwarding to
the Under Secretary of the Army for signature
and dispatch to the GAO. The response
largely rebuts the GAO's allegations that connoted
sloppiness or poor deSign, supervision,
or evaluation of the Army's digitization
and experimentation plans 60
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