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DISA Reorganizes
The information agency streamlines to serve network-centric transformation.
by Robert K. Ackerman
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has reorganized to become what its director describes as “the Department of Defense’s provider of end-to-end global net-centric solutions.” The realignment creates a new organizational structure comprising strategic business units along with special mission units and services units. A number of organizations are being consolidated into other organizations with similar functions to streamline the agency’s overall structure.
Lt. Gen. Harry D. Raduege Jr., USAF, DISA director, explains that the reorganization focuses on five big opportunities: acquisition, engineering, operations, finance and governance. Activities related to these opportunities have been underway since the end of September, and all aspects of the realignment are slated to be in place by December 1.
The first new element is DISA’s component acquisition executive, or CAE. The CAE, which stood up on October 1, addresses the agency’s joint acquisition obligations. It is designed to enable DISA to smoothly handle large joint information technology acquisitions for the U.S. Defense Department, and it will have program oversight responsibilities for DISA’s program management offices, which will reside in strategic business units.
DISA officials state that the CAE will implement consistent processes to improve the quality of the agency’s acquisition. It will ensure a consistent way of evaluating the cost, schedule and performance of agencywide acquisition. Under the realignment, the CAE and the program director for the Global Information Grid (GIG) bandwidth expansion program report directly to Gen. Raduege.
Meanwhile, DISA’s GIG effort now consists of three separate strategic business units: GIG Enterprise Services (GES) Engineering; GIG Combat Support; and GIG Operations. The GES Engineering organization, which is absorbing the agency’s interoperability organization, is tasked with implementing end-to-end systems engineering solutions for the GIG. The GIG Combat Support element is responsible for fielding and sustaining network-centric products and services. And, GIG Operations manages, operates and defends the GIG infrastructure.
The agency also has organized special mission units, such as those dedicated to the White House Communications Agency and the White House Situation Support Staff. Another category is shared services units, which support the work of the entire agency.
Among these is the new Strategic Planning and Information Directorate (SPI), which is in charge of developing strategy and ensuring consistency in programs and information across all of DISA. The Chief Information Office (CIO) is becoming part of this newly expanded directorate. The SPI may absorb other groups such as the Strategic Plans, Programs and Policy Directorate; the Customer Advocacy Directorate; and the Command Information Division.
DISA officials emphasize that the realignment details are not yet finalized, and some organizational aspects remain to be determined.
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