Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration (abbreviated ASD(NII)) serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and provides management and oversight of all DoD information technology, including national security systems.

The ASD(NII)/DoD CIO is the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense on networks and network-centric policies and concepts; command and control (C2); communications; non-intelligence space matters; enterprise-wide integration of DoD information matters; Information Technology (IT), including National Security Systems (NSS); information resources management (IRM); spectrum management; network operations; information systems; information assurance (IA); positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) policy, including airspace and military-air-traffic control activities; sensitive information integration; contingency support and migration planning; and related matters.

The ASD(NII)/DoD CIO has responsibilities for integrating information and related activities and services across the Department of Defense. The ASD(NII)/DoD CIO also serves as the DoD Enterprise-level strategist and business advisor from the information, IT, and IRM perspective; Information and IT architect for the DoD enterprise; and, DoD-wide IT and IRM executive.

The Director, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), reports to the ASD(NII)/DoD CIO.

Leadership

HON John G. Grimes was nominated by President George W. Bush on June 17, 2005and sworn in as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (ASD NII) / Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (CIO) on November 14, 2005.

ee also

* Federal Enterprise Architecture
* Global Information Grid
* Net-centric
* Clinger-Cohen Act

External links

* [http://www.dod.mil/cio-nii/ ASD(NII)/DoD CIO website]


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