NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

20040111447 Industrial Coll. of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC
Information Technology
Brown, Dolores; Frazier, Geo; Golden, Robert; Hennessy, David; Huss, J. R.; Jan. 2003; 32 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A425310; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
The information technology (IT) industry affects virtually every industry in the economy. During the late 90’s, the IT
industry contributed 30% to U.S. GDP growth. Additionally, military service transformation relies heavily on IT. An IT
advantage is truly a U.S. competitive advantage However, to maintain this advantage, several challenges must be addressed.
These include ensuring supply of skilled labor, maintaining an environment that encourages research and development (R&D)
innovation, increasing broadband deployment, and protecting intellectual property rights. Additional American society ‘s
growing reliance on IT also creates vulnerability that governments and the private security must solve together. Correcting this
vulnerability and maintaining world leadership in the IT industry crucial to maintaining a competitive advantage for the US.
Across all instruments of national power economic, military, diplomatic, and informational.
DTIC
Broadband; Economics; Information Systems; Security
20040111465 Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Empowering Marine Corps System Administrators: Taxonomy of Training
Hamilton, Brian K.; Mar. 2004; 106 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations
Report No.(s): AD-A425378; AFIT/GIR/ENV/04M-09; XY-HQMC-C4; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A06, Hardcopy
Organizations cannot protect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information in today’s highly networked
systems environment without ensuring that System Administrators are properly trained and meet a minimum standard that is
enforced enterprise-wide. Only with this ubiquitous benchmark training, will the System Administrators roles and
responsibilities become synchronous to achieving Defense in Depth in the IT realm. The goal of this research is to analyze
Marine Corps training methods to identify viable solutions that will produce consistent skill sets and meet requirements set
forth in mandates from DoD.
DTIC
Education; Security; Taxonomy
20040111493 Industrial Coll. of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC
2002 Industry Studies: Strategic Supply
Budd, Ann; Caudill, Marcus; Chambers, Michael; Clougherty, Karen; Dobson, Ernest; Jan. 2002; 27 pp.; In English; Original
contains color illustrations
Report No.(s): AD-A425463; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
Strategic Supply is a unique industry study that focused not on a single industry, but rather on a process common to many
industries known as Supply Chain Management (SCM). We found that the successful, global and innovative companies of
today leverage their supply chains to achieve competitive and comparative advantage in their chosen marketplace. Strategy
formulation and execution, affecting lasting change and knowledge management are achieved through the skillful application
of information systems. We discovered collaboration to be the synergistic force behind emerging SCM theory and practice and
a number of key business models and approaches that have promising application to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
logistics transformation.
DTIC
Chains; Industries; Information Systems
20040111496 Industrial Coll. of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC
Industrial College of the Armed Forces Industry Studies 2003: Biotechnology
Aichouche, Abdelaziz; Bergman, Michael D.; Blaschke, Brent E.; Brooks, Jeanne M.; Fellows, Charles R.; Jan. 2003; 29 pp.;
In English; Original contains color illustrations
Report No.(s): AD-A425466; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
Biotechnology is a discipline that integrates biology, chemistry, physiology, information technology, engineering, and
nanotechnology with the potential to revolutionize every aspect of modern life. This critical sector of USA industry is
developing products that will improve health care, agriculture, industrial processes, and environmental remediation and
provides the foundation of national biological defense. Millions of people worldwide benefit from revolutionary vaccines,
antibiotics, drug therapies, and new medical devices. Agricultural advances include crops engineered to be pest resistant, to
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