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This section provides some essential documents and information on Horizontal Fusion and Net-Centricity.

Getting Started with Information Sharing

Sharing information with the Department of Defense is possible thanks to the availability of standards and a strong base of experience. The availability of web services and related technologies can radically improve the ability to share information. Improving information relevance in a dynamic Community of Interest is a key disruptive advantage in asymmetric conflict. Getting started is straightforward and allows existing applications and infrastructure to remain in place.

Fy05 Portfolio Archive

Part of the discipline of portfolio management is the ability to coordinate activities among a potentially large number of initiatives. Materials related to the FY05 Candidate Selection process are included here for management reference.

Horizontal Fusion FY2004 After Action Report

Horizontal Fusion has established itself on the cutting edge of Net-Centric operations and warfare for the Department of Defense (DoD) specifically, and for all U.S. Government Agencies, generally. Since Net-Centricity is the important basic component of the Global Information Grid (GIG), the Horizontal Fusion Portfolio Management Team envisions that this After Action Report for 2004 will contribute to a growing body of actionable knowledge for the DoD Information Technology (IT) community and other interested parties.

DoD Net-Centric Strategy

Across the Department of Defense, broad leadership goals are transforming the way information is managed to accelerate decision-making, improve joint warfighting, and create intelligence advantages. In support of these goals, the mission of the Department's Chief Information Officer is to lead the Information Age transformation by building the foundation for net-centric operations through policies, program oversight, resource allocation, and value-added support.

Horizontal Fusion Portfolio 2003 Year-end Report

Department of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration/DOD CIO, October 9, 2003

The purpose of this report is to document the performance of the Horizontal Fusion Portfolio in Fiscal Year (FY) 03 that included the first Quantum Leap Demonstration. Specifically, the report will:

1. Inform sponsors and stakeholders of the portfolio status and performance in FY 03
2. Provide a high level FY 04 outlook

Moving Power to the Edge

by John P. Stenbit
Networks and Information Integration/DoD Chief Information Office (ASD (NII)/DoD CIO)—CHIPS Magazine, Summer 2003, published by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), Charleston, SC

"Secretary Rumsfeld came to the Department of Defense two and a half years ago with a vision for transforming DoD to meet the changing, asymmetrical threats of a new and different world. True transformation can only be achieved by transforming the way we communicate, by making the network work for us, and by taking full advantage of Information Age technologies to ensure that our warfighters have immediate and direct access to the information they need. We are making great strides toward that goal.

...The Horizontal Fusion Initiative will provide the tools and means to integrate the smart pull of data with expert interpretation of the information. It will also provide tools to allow users to identify what data is available, access it, smartly pull and fuse it, and make sense of the data gathered."

What Is Transformational about Horizontal Fusion?

Manager Marian Cherry
August 2003White Paper, ASD/CIO Horizontal Fusion Portfolio Initiative

"Horizontal Fusion is a direct response to operationalize, integrate, and optimize technology and operations to achieve "Power to the Edge" in the new battlespace . . . Moving beyond former concepts of "plug and play wiring diagrams, or "one to one" interfaces, or "push" technology, Horizontal Fusion is built on a foundation of transforming the ways in which knowledge is available in the battlespace.".

Global Information Grid: Net-Centric Operations and Warfare

by John Osterholz
Reference Model v0.9 – 2 July 2003

PowerPoint presentation on Reference Model v0.9 and Net-Centricity.

Department of Defense Transformation Planning Guidance

April 2003—From the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's Forward to the Guidance:

"As we prepare for the future, we must think differently and develop the kinds of forces and capabilities that can adapt quickly to new challenges and unexpected circumstances. We must transform not only the capabilities at our disposal, but also the way we think, the way we train, the way we exercise and the way we fight. We must transform not only our armed forces, but also the Department that serves them by encouraging a culture of creativity and prudent risk-taking. We must promote an entrepreneurial approach to developing military capabilities, one that encourages people to be proactive, not reactive, and anticipates threats before they emerge."

Statement of John P. Stenbit before the House Armed Services Committee

Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities – April 3, 2003.

"As the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer it is my job to provide leadership and overall direction to create a secure, assured enterprise infrastructure needed to enable network centric operations in warfighting as well as business functions. The vision, one that is shared by my DoD colleagues here today, is to create an environment where 'people throughout the trusted, dependable and ubiquitous network are empowered by their ability to access information and recognized for the inputs they provide.'"

Power to the Edge: Transformation of the Global Information Grid

by Dr. Margaret Myers
Principal Director for the Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration, Department of Defense, Summer 2002, published by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), Charleston, SC

". . . Transformation from today's platform-centric environment to tomorrow's net-centric environment will create an information advantage . . . Net-centricity allows users to augment data available from their own systems and capabilities with data from other locations and other sources well removed from the normal range of the platform itself. In the net-centric environment, global information and local data sources will be fused to provide what we call 'power to the edge'. . . The real power of power to the edge comes from human ingenuity enabled by data and software applications. Communications networks are essential but are valueless without the ability to ensure that data are reliable and that operators have the ability to use the data in an integrated manner."

Network Centric Warfare

Department of Defense Report to Congress—27 July 2001

"NCW has the potential to increase warfighting capabilities by orders of magnitude. This view of the future is supported by accumulating evidence from a wide variety of experiments, exercises, simulations, and analyses . . . . NCW represents a powerful set of warfighting concepts and associated military capabilities that allow warfighters to take full advantage of all available information and bring all available assets to bear in a rapid and flexible manner. . . . The question is no longer if NCW makes sense, but how best to achieve it."— from the Executive Summary to the Report.