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Overview
Information and information technology (I/IT) can significantly
increase the likelihood of success in stability operations—
if they are engaged as part of an overall strategy that coordinates
the actions of outside intervenors and focuses on generating effective
results for the host nation. Properly utilized, I/IT can help
create a knowledgeable intervention, organize complex activities,
and integrate stability operations with the host nation, making
stability operations more effective.
Key to these results is a strategy that requires that 1) the
U.S. Government gives high priority to such an approach and
ensures that the effort is a joint civilian-military activity; 2) the
military makes I/IT part of the planning and execution of the
stability operation; 3) preplanning and the establishment of I/IT
partnerships are undertaken with key regular participants in stability
operations, such as the United Nations and the World Bank;
4) the focus of the intervention, including the use of I/IT, is on the
host nation, supporting host-nation governmental, societal, and
economic development; and 5) key information technology capabilities
are harnessed to support the strategy. Implementing the
strategy will include 1) development of an information business
plan for the host nation so that I/IT is effectively used to support
stabilization and reconstruction; 2) agreements among intervenors
on data-sharing and collaboration, including data-sharing on
a differentiated basis; and 3) use of commercial IT tools and data
provided on an unclassified basis.
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