DoD and ODNI Adopt New Software Licensing Approach to Enhance Information Sharing

Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced today a combined approach to managing certain computer software licenses – a move that will give authorized information technology users immediate, unobstructed access to information.

The initiative is outlined in a memorandum of agreement, recently signed by Dave Wennergren, DoD’s deputy chief information officer, and John Brantley, deputy associate director of national intelligence for Intelligence Community Technology Management in the ODNI/CIO. The approach supports the department’s Net-centric Data and Services Strategies, as well as the intelligence community’s Information Sharing Strategy.

Specifically, DoD and the ODNI will jointly negotiate with software vendors for licensing agreements that will allow the organizations’ components to access information and share it with any potential authorized user, regardless of the user’s organization.

These licenses are called “Net-centric.” Their primary purpose is to eliminate information-sharing roadblocks, such as institutional boundaries or license limitations. The licenses are designed to encourage sharing among people and organizations that defend the interests of the United States, its international allies, and the federal government’s state and local partners.

Source: U.S. Department of Defense

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