Title: John Hoyt Branch Chief, Knowledge Management Command, Control and Interoperability Division Science
1Knowledge Management
John Hoyt Branch Chief, Knowledge
ManagementCommand, Control and Interoperability
DivisionScience and Technology Directorate
October 29, 2008
2Command, Control and Interoperability
CNR Annual Program Status Review 8 February 2005
Mission Through a practitioner-driven approach,
the Command, Control and Interoperability
Division (CID) creates and deploys information
resources to enable seamless and secure
interactions among homeland security
stakeholders.
Vision Stakeholders have comprehensive,
real-time, and relevant information to create and
maintain a secure and safe Nation.
3 CID Organization
Managed by the Department of Homeland Securitys
(DHS) Science and Technology Directorate, CID
delivers on its mission through five thrust
areas.
Command, Control and Interoperability (CID)
Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Investigative
Technologies
Cyber Security
Communication, Interoperability and Compatibility
Knowledge Management Tools
Basic/Futures Research
4Knowledge Management Tools
- Provides knowledge management capabilities to
reduce the risk of terrorist - attacks and to prepare for and respond to
natural and man-made disasters.
- Develops tools and methods to process and
analyze massive amounts of - information that are widely dispersed and in
multiple forms. - Works collaboratively to complement efforts in
the intelligence, law enforcement, - and homeland security communities.
5Regional Information Sharing and Collaboration
EHC IS-FY09-01 Real-Time Data Processing and
Visualization
Gap ISG-07-07v1 Require on-demand management,
analysis, and visualization of information in
multiple forms and from diverse, distributed
sources
- Product Description
- Develop and evaluate information sharing
technologies to support cooperative efforts of
local, state, and Federal government entities.
Transitioned Regional Information Sharing and
Collaboration products include temporal and
criminal activity network visualization tools and
wireless federated query applications - Deliverable Type New Technology
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Conduct interstate photo sharing
pilot with North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia law enforcement agencies FY 2008-2009 - Deliverable 2 Evaluate handhelds and wireless
federated query applications in integrated local,
state, and Federal law enforcement information
sharing environments (Automated Regional Justice
Information System, AZLink) FY 2008-2010 - Transition 3 Interconnect fragmented regional
systems using existing public safety network
infrastructure and non-proprietary software
components FY 2009-2012
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Improves ability of law enforcement and other
emergency agencies to protect U.S. citizens
against terrorism, national disasters, and
criminal acts - Customers Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 250
other local, state, and Federal law enforcement
organizations via Nlets (International Justice
and Public Safety Network), Automated Regional
Justice Information System, and AZLink - Stakeholders Other law enforcement organizations
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6National Information Exchange Model
EHC IS-FY09-02 Threat Dissemination Standards
Gap ISG-07-18av1 Lack of standards and
protocols for rapidly sharing information within
sectors and across sectors to defeat terrorist
threats
- Product Description
- Support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
implementation team with the identification,
refinement, and evaluation of development tools
and other technologies to support NIEM data model
utilization across the homeland security
community - Deliverable Type Technical Report, Requirements
Generation
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Draft technical report for current
and planned state with recommended approach to
follow-up work FY 2008 - Deliverable 2 Conduct market survey provide
improved tool recommendations FY 2008 - Deliverable 3 Develop NIEM tools requirements
analysis FY 2009 - Deliverable 4 Design technology specifications
for threat assessment and mitigation exchange
standards FY 2010 - Deliverable 5 Pilot information exchange
standards and protocols in development
environments FY 2011 - Deliverable 6 Conduct impact study on current
NIEM model recommend development strategy for
element-level tagging FY 2012
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Improves NIEM development tools to provide a more
robust information exchange process across the
DHS enterprise - Customers DHS Chief Information Officer and
Enterprise Data Management Office - Stakeholders DHS-wide users of NIEM and
Information Exchange Package Documentation
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7Critical Infrastructure Inspection Management
System
EHC IS-FY09-02 Threat Dissemination Standards
Gap ISG-07-18av1 Lack of standards and
protocols for rapidly sharing information within
sectors and across sectors to defeat terrorist
threats
- Product Description
- Prototype information management system for law
enforcement aviation units to effectively manage
critical infrastructure inspection
prioritization, data collection, data storage,
and intelligence interfacing - Deliverable Type New Technology, Requirements
Generation
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Deploy Critical Infrastructure
Inspection Management System (CIIMS) to the
Maryland State Police and Los Angeles Police
Department (LAPD) Aviation Support Division FY
2008 - Deliverable 2 Develop functional requirements
report for broader applications of CIIMS FY
2008-2009 - Deliverable 3 Develop plan and recommendations
report to evolve CIIMS for broader applications
FY 2009 - Deliverable 4 Evolve CIIMS to support the
broader law enforcement community and function on
other platforms (e.g., cars, boats, on foot) FY
2010-2013
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Assists aerial law enforcement in protecting
Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources through
structured monitoring, data collection, and
information sharing within the local, state, and
Federal intelligence communities - Customers Maryland State Police and LAPD
- Stakeholders Office of Infrastructure Protection
and National Protection and Programs Directorate
(NPPD)
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8Identity Management Testbed Knowledge Products
EHC IS-FY09-03 Network Identity Management
Gap ISG-07-08v1 Lack of scalable technologies,
standards, and policies to manage identities,
rights, and authorities in an organization's
networks
- Product Description
- Test, pilot, and validate an ongoing stream of
technology, process and policy concepts, and
solutions related to an Identity Management (IdM)
infrastructure. - Based on the operational needs of components,
provide guidance on synchronizing IdM approaches
across DHS - Deliverable Type Knowledge Products
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Identity Management Test Bed
established at Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory to test, pilot, and validate
IdM concepts FY 2008 - Deliverable 2 Test and evaluate emerging IdM
technologies topics include extensible access
control markup language, access control, secure
token service, fine grained authorization, and
malicious internal user simulation FY 2009-2014
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Enhances security of DHS information sharing
environments by improving authentication for
persons, hardware devices, and software
applications - Customers ICE, Transportation Security
Administration, United States Coast Guard, DHS
Office of Intelligence and Analysis (IA),
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Status Signed
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9Sea, Lake, Overland Surge Due to Hurricane
EHC IS-FY09-05 Data Fusion Technologies
Gap ISG-07-02v1 Lack integrated technologies
and standards for fusing data from multiple
sensors to support threat identification and
decision analysis
- Product Description
- Model and analyze the National Hurricane Centers
legacy software for hurricane surge prediction to
enable modernization and to improve the
efficiency and capability of the Sea, Lake,
Overland Surge Due to Hurricane (SLOSH) system - Deliverable Type Modeling and Simulation,
Technical Reports, Technical Studies
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Broaden Universal Markup Language
model of software FY 2008 - Deliverable 2 Analyze alternative methods to
improve SLOSH software system FY 2008 - Deliverable 3 Publish specification/design for
enhancements to SLOSH model and display program
FY 2008 - Deliverable 4 Update code FY 2008
- Deliverable 5 Enhance display program FY 2009
- Deliverable 6 Automate verification/validation
process FY 2010
- Homeland Security Payoff
- 30 performance improvement of SLOSH model
- Enables faster turn-around in surge height
prediction output, covering more specific
landfall locations and incorporating forecasting
updates more quickly into the emergency
management decision process - Customer FEMA
- Stakeholders National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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10Emergency Operations Center
EHC IS-FY09-05 Data Fusion Technologies
Gap ISG-07-02v1 Lack integrated technologies
and standards for fusing data from multiple
sensors to support threat identification and
decision analysis
- Product Description
- Determine core EOC requirements, review solution
options, and produce an Emergency Management
Operations Toolkit - Deliverable Type Requirements Generation
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Develop Mid-Atlantic Region
Requirements Communications and Interoperability
White Paper FY 2008 - Deliverable 2 Develop Emergency Operations
Center Resource Management Requirements-based
White Paper FY 2008 - Deliverable 3 Develop EOC Command and Control
Requirements White Paper FY 2008 - Deliverable 4 Develop Emergency Operations
Analysis Paper FY 2008 - Deliverable 5 Develop Emerging Requirement
Analysis Papers FY 2009-2010
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Provides and supports interoperability framework
and integrates multiple information sharing
systems - Supports situational awareness and innovative
exercise concepts and exercise platforms - Customers Local, state, and Federal EOCs
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11Fusion Center Concept Pilot
EHC IS-FY09-05 Data Fusion Technologies
Gap ISG-07-02v1 Lack integrated technologies
and standards for fusing data from multiple
sensors to support threat identification and
decision analysis
- Product Description
- Conduct operational evaluation of current fusion
center technologies to baseline existing
capabilities and needs - Develop catalogue of common fusion center tools
for information sharing, geospatial analysis,
suspicious activity reporting, and case
management requirements - Deliverable Type Knowledge Product
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Assess and prioritize IT tool
requirements with fusion centers FY 2009 - Deliverable 2 Evaluate current fusion center
technologies aligned with prioritized operational
requirements FY 2009 - Deliverable 3 Structured evaluation of the
ability of existing GOTS/COTS tools to fill
fusion center needs, with leave behind FY 2009 - Deliverable 4 Identify gaps/needs for future RD
FY 2009
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Establishes technical need/capability baseline
that improves the future development and
integration of technologies within the fusion
centers - Customer DHS IA State and Local Fusion Center
Program Office
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12Systems Integration and Engineering for Regional
Awareness
EHC IS-FY09-05 Data Fusion Technologies
Gap ISG-07-02v1 Lack integrated technologies
and standards for fusing data from multiple
sensors to support threat identification and
decision analysis
- Product Description
- Establish capabilities to support end-user
situational awareness and interoperability-related
needs through the facilitation of incident
management and policy coordination within the
National Capital Region (NCR) - Deliverable Type Technical Studies, Technical
Report, Requirements Generation
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Identify functional requirements
to establish a 24/7 Federal Coordination Center
(FCC) for the FEMA Office of NCR Coordination
FY 2008 - Deliverable 2 Develop operational checklist for
the FCCs first hour of operation FY 2008 - Deliverable 3 Develop a Concept of Operations
document that details how to use FCC technologies
FY 2009 - Deliverable 4 Develop Mission Blueprint with
core system requirements, future technical
requirements, and recommendations of technical
needs for Response Coordination Centers FY
2009-2010
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Ensures that incident information, including
situational awareness and resource status
information, is shared across local, regional,
state, and Federal organizations - FEMA has obligated funding for this project
150K in FY 2008 and 300K in FY 2009 - Customer FEMA Office of the NCR
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13Multiple Visualization Initiative
EHC IS-FY09-08 Law Enforcement and Intelligence
Sensor Fusion
Gap ISG-07-02cv1 Comprehensive sensor fusion
between law enforcement and intelligence partners
in support of the Common Operational Picture
(COP) for threat identification and decision
analysis
- Product Description
- Demonstrate an open standards-based information
sharing solution for multiple visualization
(Geospatial Information System GIS)
environments - Deliverable Type Requirements Generation, New
Technology
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Analyze requirements review
applicable GIS standards FY 2009 - Demo 1 Conduct proof of principal for Google and
MS Virtual Earth integrated environment FY
2009 - Demo 2 Expand proof of principal to other
visualization environments FY 2009 - Demo 3 Demonstrate data interoperability at all
levels of selected GIS environments FY 2009 - Transition Path Other
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Demonstrates the ability to share geographic
information through an open standards-based
solution, independent of the type of GIS products
used - Customer NPPD
- TTA Status Pending
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14Community Safeguard
EHC IS-FY09-08 Law Enforcement and Intelligence
Sensor Fusion
Gap ISG-07-02cv1 Comprehensive sensor fusion
between law enforcement and intelligence partner
in support of COP for threat identification and
decision analysis
- Product Description
- Pilot a range of technologies integrated with a
GIS. Technologies include Smart Closed Circuit
television (CCTV), Automatic License Plate
Recognition (ALPR), digital dashboard,
infrastructure inspection, Automatic Vehicle
Locator (AVL), and link analysis software - Deliverable Type Requirements Generation, New
Technology
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Analyze requirements FY 2009
- Deliverable 2 Conduct technology survey develop
recommended implementation plan for select
technologies FY 2009 - Demo 3 Establish functional, integrated pilot at
Beverly Hills Police Department (CCTV, ALPR,
Digital Dashboard) FY 2009 - Demo 4 Demonstrate additional data sources
integration (AVL, Radio Over Wireless Broadband)
FY 2010
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Demonstrates visualization technologies,
information sharing protocols, and communications
standards in a GIS context to improve situational
awareness and incident response - Customer Beverly Hills Police Department
- Memorandum of Agreement Status Draft with
Beverly Hills Police Department
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15Keeping Schools Safe
EHC IS-FY09-08 Law Enforcement and Intelligence
Sensor Fusion
Gap ISG-07-02cv1 Comprehensive sensor fusion
between law enforcement and intelligence partners
in support of COP for threat identification and
decision analysis
- Product Description
- Optimize the application of current technologies
to existing school safety procedures. Consists of
a requirements capture effort, technology
assessment of applicable school safety
technologies, proof of principal in an
integration lab, and final demonstration - Deliverable Type Requirements Generation, New
Technology
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Analyze requirements FY 2009
- Deliverable 2 Conduct technology survey develop
recommended implementation plan for select
technologies FY 2009 - Demo 1 Conduct proof of principal for selected
technologies at Space and Missile Defense Command
Integration lab FY 2009 - Demo 2 Conduct field demonstration of
operational school environment FY 2009
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Identifies areas where added technology will
provide timely information to decision makers and
senior officials in the school system - Customer Alabama Department of Education
- Stakeholders Other state and local educational
and public safety organizations
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16Threat Probability Distribution Mapping
EHC IS-FY09-09 Cross Target Threat Awareness
Gap IS-07-03v1 Lack of technologies for
correlating information regarding terrorist
attack attempts across potential targets to
create broad terrorist threat awareness
- Product Description
- Demonstrate the ability to discern patterns and
inter-relationships between factors or events
counteract threats and identify trends in
terrorist or criminal Tactics, Techniques, and
Procedures - Deliverable Type Decision Support Tool,
Situational Awareness, and Response Technology
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Provides actionable intelligence and the ability
to synthesize data across the agency for improved
situational awareness and critical decision
making - Correlates existing law enforcement data with
hypothesized threat scenarios - Anticipates national security threats
- Customer DHS IA State and Local Fusion Center
Office
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transition
- Deliverable 1 Design analytic techniques and
pattern recognition concept of operations and
technical architecture FY 2009 - Deliverable 2 Synthesize predictive analytics
and spatial terrain for pre-determined data sets
(consequence modeling) FY 2009 - Deliverable 3 Deploy trained analysts to fusion
centers for operational Predictive Analytics Cell
FY 2009 - Transition 4 Conduct operational tests and
evaluations transition to customers FY 2010
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17Data Privacy and Policy Technology
EHC IS-FY09-10 Data Privacy Protection Technology
Gap ISG-07-12v1 Need to protect U.S. citizens
data to ensure compliance with intelligence
oversight and privacy regulations
- Product Description
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
data use policy evaluation tool analyzes policies
associated with data from disparate sources and
provides feedback on policy issues - Use MIT tool and scenarios to evaluate a
state/urban area fusion centers information
sharing policy guidelines for products developed
using local, state, Federal, and private sector
data - Evaluate whether local, state, Federal, or
private sector policies impact information
sharing by a fusion center - Deliverable Type Knowledge Product
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Assess policy tool and scenario
FY 2009 - Deliverable 2 Identify/develop process to
identify policy impediments to information
sharing in a multi-information flow (local,
state, Federal, and private sector) environment
FY 2009
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Proposes a process for identifying policy
impediments to information sharing - Customers Program Manager Information Sharing
Environment, DHS IA State and Local Fusion
Center Program Office - MOU Status Draft with ST
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18Data Privacy Preserving Technology
EHC IS-FY09-01 Cross-Agency Information
Distribution
Gap ISG-07-12v1 Need to protect U.S. citizens
data to ensure compliance with intelligence
oversight and privacy regulations
- Product Description
- Identify, validate, and prioritize engineering
and technology - Develop a tool/coding capability that can be
inserted into existing systems and automate
privacy rule sets - Identify and tag Personally Identifiable
Information
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Generate privacy tool requirements
FY 2009 - Deliverable 2 Develop privacy tool system FY
2009 - Deliverable 3 Test and evaluate privacy tool
system FY 2009
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Provides DHS analysts with the ability to use
U.S. citizens data to ensure compliance with
intelligence oversight and privacy regulations - Customer DHS IA
- Stakeholders DHS Privacy Office
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19CUI Implementation Framework Test and Evaluation
EHC IS-FY09-11 Secure Multilevel Information
Dissemination
Gap IS-07-29v1 Advanced techniques are
required to support distribution of intelligence
products to local, tribal, state, and industrial
homeland security mission partners
- Product Description
- Assess capabilities of Controlled Unclassified
Information (CUI) producers/consumers to meet
safeguarding requirements and estimate costs of
addressing safeguarding shortfalls - Evaluate the CUI framework and the
applicability/clarity of specified dissemination
instructions across multiple types of CUI
information, communication channels, and end-user
communities - Deliverable Type Knowledge Products, New
Technology
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Demo 1 Include CUI element in Golden Phoenix
training event FY 2008 - Demo 2 Include CUI element in Dam Sector
exercise FY 2008 - Deliverable 1 Conduct comparative scenario-based
exercises to evaluate implementation of the CUI
framework FY 2008-2009 - Deliverable 2 Provide CUI implementation
support conduct multilevel security technology
pilots FY 2010 -2013
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Enables secure, accurate, timely, thorough
distribution of DHS-developed intelligence
products to external homeland security partners - Improves coordinated threat assessment and
mitigation activities - Customers NPPD, CBP, DHS Office of Security
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20Symbology Standardization Support
EHC IS-FY09-06 Maritime and Law Enforcement
Information Sharing Protocols
Gap ISG-07-02dv1 Poor Infrastructure in place
to effectively share information that would build
the collective situational awareness between
maritime, law enforcement, and intel partners
- Product Description
- Survey and document DHS symbology requirements
for the Geospatial Management Office. Currently,
only point symbols in an emergency response
context exist for DHS - Deliverable Type Technical Services
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Survey and formally document DHS
symbology requirements provide implementation
recommendations FY 2009 - Deliverable 2 Implement recommendations FY 2010
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Builds a common symbology base for use across the
DHS enterprise - Customers DHS Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Office of Applied Technology - Terms of Agreement Status Signed
- Stakeholders All DHS components
21Generalized Data Driven Analysis and Integration
EHC IS-FY09-01 Real Time Data Processing and
Visualization
Gap ISG-07-07v1 Require on-demand management,
analysis, and visualization of information in
multiple forms and from diverse, distributed
sources
- Product Description
- Develop link analysis, relational data cube,
geo-spatial visualization, and statistical
analysis technology components for the ICE
Pattern Analysis and Information Collection
System (ICEPIC) - Deliverable Type New Technology
Graphic
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Transition 1 Implement Everest visualization
tool, LeadTrack proximity query, and Student and
Exchange Visitor Information System data cube
FY 2008-2009 - Transition 2 Integrate handheld access, anomaly
detection, and cube-to-link analysis rollout to
field FY 2009-2010 - Transition 3 Conduct spatial/temporal trend
analysis FY 2010-2011 - Transition 4 Conduct entity extraction from
reports, trend visual analytics, semi-automatic
view discovery FY 2011-2012 - Transition 5 Conduct entity disambiguation,
deploy analysis to field, integrate
multi-directional tool FY 2012-2013
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Enables discovery of hard-to-find or previously
undiscovered relationships across ICE enterprise
data repositories - Improves field personnel resource management
capabilities - Customer ICE
- Stakeholders Office of Operations Coordination,
United States Coast Guard
22Mission-Based Analysis of Departmental SAR
EHC IS-FY09-04 Suspicious Activity Reporting
Gap IS-054 Lack of visibility, in real time,
across agencies of specific encounters of
individuals on watch lists and other suspicious
activities
- Product Description
- Evaluate existing Suspicious Activity Reporting
(SAR) methodologies and provide a mission-based
assessment for an integrated and more effective
approach to sharing and analyzing SAR data - Demonstrate an enterprise SAR analytics
Proof-of-Concept - Deliverable Type Knowledge Products, Technical
Evaluation
Graphic
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Develop SAR component and
enterprise technical capability reports FY
2008-2009 - Deliverable 2 Leverage analysts/analytic
software for cross-component SAR analysis FY
2009 - Transition 1 Develop enterprise SAR technical
proof-of-concept FY 2009 - Deliverable 3 Create SAR Virtual Fusion Cell
FY 2010-2011 - Transition 2 Extend SAR Pilot to support major
cities (LA, Miami, Chicago, Boston) FY 2012-2013
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Sustains a capability that recognizes, tracks,
and accurately assesses the significance of
patterns and trends in suspicious activity
reports - Enables DHS law enforcement personnel to rapidly
report, review, and analyze SARs - Customer DHS IA, Office of Operations
Coordination - Stakeholders Law enforcement entities
23Text/Data Analytics with Geospatial Extension
EHC IS-FY09 Integrated Data Processing and
Analysis
Gap ISG-07-025 Require single, scalable
framework for analysis of structured,
unstructured and streaming data
- Product Description
- Refinement and deployment of unstructured text
and data analytics technologies to support ICE
Document Exploitation missions and unstructured
text sources. Pilot IN-SPIRE/Assessment Wall at
ICE demonstrate integration of text analysis
within Geospatial contexts - Deliverable Type New Technology
- Planned Demos/Deliverables/Transitions
- Deliverable 1 Develop IN-SPIRE/Assessment Wall
FY 2008 - Deliverable 2 Assess requirements
(Geospatial/Location extraction from text and
architectural approaches) FY 2009 - Demo 3 Pilot system with integrated
geospatial/text analytics visualizations FY
2009 - Deliverable 4 Transition text analysis/geospatial
capability to production environment FY 2010
- Homeland Security Payoff
- Supports ICE requirements for improved text
analysis capabilities and information sharing in
a geospatial context. Supports technology need
for integrated text and data analysis techniques - Customer ICE
- Stakeholders CBP, DHS IA, United States Secret
Service
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