Site Information

Welcome

Welcome to the public access web site of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (abbreviated ASD(NII)). The home page of this web site is located at http://www.dod.mil/nii/index.html.

At the top of each page in this site is a navigational banner and at the bottom is a footer to help you navigate the site. Additional tools to navigate the site are in the Site Directory.

This page contains information on our web site's purpose, recent transition, and our management team. Also included here are statements about privacy and security and external links.

This web service is registered with the Government Information Locator System (GILS).

Purpose

The purpose of this web site is to support the overall mission of the OASD(NII) through the dissemination of public information related to the missions and responsibilities of our organization. This information is posted on this site to satisfy the information needs or mission objectives of one or more audiences, while taking into account operational security, privacy considerations, and force protection.

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The World Wide Web provides the Department of Defense with a powerful tool to convey information quickly and efficiently on a broad range of topics. It has allowed the Department to embrace a Revolution in Business Affairs and re-engineer many of its business practices, such as paper-free contract administration and finance, Internet-based commerce, and Internet-based publishing. The global reach of the Web makes information, whether a press release or a statistical chart, easily available to everyone from individual Service members to the international community.

At the same time, the Department has recognized that the Internet may provide potential adversaries with a potent instrument to obtain, correlate, and evaluate an unprecedented volume of aggregated information on defense personnel and activities. The Department now assesses information posted on public DoD Web sites to ensure national security is not compromised or personnel placed at risk. On September 23, 1998, the Deputy Secretary of Defense outlined this problem and described the Department's efforts to balance customer needs with a concern for preserving security and privacy.

While we are examining Departmental criteria and procedures for posting materials on the internet, we are also updating and improving our own web site. In November 1998 the site moved to a new server, with a new IP address. As an ongoing project, we have been developing a new "look and feel," reorganizing and updating most of the pages, adding new content, and ensuring Section 508 compliance. Should you find a page not in compliance, please notify us as soon as possible.

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The public access web site of the ASD(NII) is managed by the OASD(NII) Information Systems Directorate. Each of the major organizational elements within the OASD(NII) has the opportunity to contribute information and make suggestions for this web site.

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This web site is provided as a public service by the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration) and the Defense Technical Information Center.

Information presented on this web site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.

For site management, information is collected for statistical purposes. This government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration guidelines.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

If you have any questions or comments about this web site or its contents, information about contacting us can be found on the ASD(NII) Feedback page.

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The appearance of links to external information does not constitute sponsorship, endorsement, or verification of accuracy by the ASD(NII) of the linked web sites, or the information, products or services contained therein. The ASD(NII) does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. All links are provided as a service to visitors to our site and are selected based on their consistency with the stated purpose of this web site.

Please let us know about existing external links which you believe are inappropriate, and about specific additional external links which you believe ought to be included.

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The Government Information Locator System (GILS) is intended to help citizens identify, locate and retrieve information about their government. In accordance with DoD web policy, the public web site of the ASD(NII) is registered with GILS.

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Disclaimer for Non-U.S. Goverment Sites. The appearance of ".com" hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the OASD(NII) of these websites or the information, products or services contained therein. The OASD(NII) does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this DoD Web site.