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Intelligence Community Making Progress On Its Version Of JIE, Official Says

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

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Following the Pentagon’s lead on creating a joint information technology environment, the Intelligence Community’s version is operational after several years of investment, its chief information officer said May 13. “What started out as a concept nearly 2.5 years is now operational and scaling to meet the needs of all the IC’s missions,” Al Tarasiuk, CIO for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said the AFCEA JIE Mission Partner Symposium in Baltimore, Md. Like DoD’s Joint Information Environment (JIE),…

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