Download or read book Extending the User's Reach written by David C. Gompert and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is investing heavily in information systems to support net-centric military capabilities and joint operations. With such programs as Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE), Transformational Satellite Communications Systems (TSAT), Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), and Net Centric Enterprise Services (NCES), DOD is creating a global information backbone and striving to get useful bandwidth and information services to the warfighter. After declining in the 1990s, spending on communications and intelligence has grown by 50 percent since 2001. Yet, the investment in networks still is not enough to harness the full power of information for national defense ... if DOD aligns economic power with the joint community (the customer) in its processes; embraces the goals of deep integration, unobstructed access, and unbounded collaboration; draws the IT industry into its market; and elevates the role of the CIO, it can exploit the new user-responsive technologies and take a major leap forward in information integration, which is critical to a truly net-centric force."--Page 3.