0. Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) Status
Rex Cobb, CDR/USN
Lead, Customer Outreach Team
13 April 2006
UNCLASSIFIED

1. What is NCES?
NCES enables information sharing by connecting people/systems who have information* with people/ systems who need information
For people who have information, NCES provides global information advertising and delivery services
For people who need information, NCES provides global services to find and receive information
* Information – data and services (web services)

2. NCES Product Lines and Capabilities
Core Enterprise Services
Needed Capabilities
Collaboration
Web Conferencing
Instant Messaging
SOA Foundation
DOD Web Services Profile
Web Service Profile Update
Service Discovery
Service Registry Integration
Metadata Registry Integration
Service Security
Attribute access control
Service Management
Alerts
Automated Failover & Recovery
Identity Management
Metadata Services
Service Mediation
Orchestration
Machine-to-Machine Messaging
Content Discovery & Delivery
Federated Search Service
Enterprise Catalog Service
Data Source Integration
Content Delivery
Portal
Collaboration
Product Lines
Mediation
IA / Security
Collaboration
Discovery
Portal
Service Management
Content Discovery &
Delivery
Storage
Application
SOA Foundation
Messaging
User Assistant

3. The First of Our ‘Managed Service’ Buys
Collaboration Status
Acquisition Goal: Provide “2-button” collaboration solution to DoD enterprise via commercial managed service providers
One year contracts w/ two one year extensions
Unclassified (NIPRNet) and Secret (SIPRNet) versions
Lessons learned from previous pilot & draft NCES Capability Development Document determined source selection criteria
Currently in Source Selection
The First of Our ‘Managed Service’ Buys 3

4. CD&D and SOA Foundation Status
Content Discovery and Delivery (CD&D): Existing Content Staging Program (deployed worldwide) transitioning to CD&D
Google Pilot providing Content Discovery
Akamai Pilot providing Content Delivery
Planned managed services buy after Milestone B
SOA Foundation (SOAF): Early Capabilities Baseline established at DECC-Columbus, Ohio in September 2005)
Available on NIPRnet and SIPRNet (capacity limited)
Provides reference implementation for other DOD programs to learn along with DISA/NCES prior to future acquisition via service provider(s)
Released Service Oriented Architecture Foundation (SOAF) Web Service Standards on 27 Dec 05
Defines current commercial standards for use including: Web Services, Mediation formats, Service Registry, Security, Messaging, etc.
FirstResponders:
NIPR MSE/GIG Gateway:
NIPR DECC-Europe: 4

5. Acquiring Managed Services for CD&D / SOAF
FedBizOpps Announcement Posted 27 Feb 06 for NCES Industry Day and Market Research Questionnaire
NCES Industry Day held 10 Mar 06 to provide overview of NCES requirement for CD&D and SOAF managed services
Inform Industry of our NCES vision and requirements
Began a constructive dialog with industry to ensure that the goals of this acquisition are clearly understood and achievable
Solicit industry inputs on issues and contracting strategy to make this a successful effort
Draft RFPs May 2006
Final RFPs July 2006

6. Portal Status Convergence to Defense Knowledge Online (DKO)(

7. To Learn More About NCES
To participate, please visit gesnew.dod.mil. If you follow the link on the left hand side to the NCES home, it contains information on the NCES program, and how to register to “Get Involved” with us!
The DOD community can get involved by becoming a Pilot Participant: a Data Provider, a Service Provider, a Service Consumer, or an End User (details are in NCES Pilot Participants Guide); by being designated as an Early Adopter or by attending WIPT / Working Group meetings.
Pilot participants and Early Adopters are integrating their services to utilize NCES Service Discovery and Service Security
Our current participants include:
NCCP
Communities of Interest: (CoI)
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
Defense Strategic Integration Decision Environment (D-SIDE)
Air Force:
GCSS-AF
SAF/XCI
Rapid Acquisition Incentives for Net-Centricity (RAI-NC) Advanced Requirements Management (ARM) Project
81 Users Registered in NIPRNET Pilot Participant Workspace (7 Active Developers). Also 40 D-SIDE users on SIPRNET
Our "best user representative" today is NCCP; we absolutely depend on NCCP (and JC2) to use the Core Enterprise Services when provided C2 users with Services such as UDOP. No formal agreements, we stay in synch via biweekly "brotherhood meetings.“
We’ve been working with the ISR COI and have worked to develop a project plan that highlights planned integration and demonstration activities. GE has been providing support to address questions related to PKI and Directory Services.
There is a 22 November Enterprise Services Roundtable meeting at which the Early Adopter plan (for integration and demonstration with NCES) will be discussed.
NCCP – actively integrating NCES Service Security and Service Discovery with NCCP C4ISR services– will reuse NCES service security software to provide authentication for NCCP services and will make services discoverable.
Defense Strategic Integration Decision Environment (D-SIDE) - actively integrating their web services with NCES Service Security and Service Discovery
Space Situational Awareness (SSA) CoI – Plan to share DSCS and GPS Situational Awareness information and use NCES Service Security and Service Discovery to support a pilot beginning in Dec 05
GCSS-AF – In coordination to integrate with NCES Service Security and Service Discovery and to become a service provider
SAF/XCI – Established partnership with USAF CIO office as our central point of contact for USAF engagement as we investigate Pilot candidates
Rapid Acquisition Incentives for Net-Centricity (RAI-NC) Advanced Requirements Management (ARM) Project – Posting information; OSD/AT&L (DUSD/Logistics sponsored with execution by US Army Logistics Center/Ft Lee funded effort to improve supply chain management by sharing information across DOD about upcoming procurement actions.

8. To Learn More About NCES – Public Web Site

10. Pilot Environment – To Become a ‘Pilot Participant’
To participate, please visit gesnew.dod.mil. If you follow the link on the left hand side to the NCES home, it contains information on the NCES program, and how to register to “Get Involved” with us!
The DOD community can get involved by becoming a Pilot Participant: a Data Provider, a Service Provider, a Service Consumer, or an End User (details are in NCES Pilot Participants Guide); by being designated as an Early Adopter or by attending WIPT / Working Group meetings.
Pilot participants and Early Adopters are integrating their services to utilize NCES Service Discovery and Service Security
Our current participants include:
NCCP
Communities of Interest: (CoI)
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
Defense Strategic Integration Decision Environment (D-SIDE)
Air Force:
GCSS-AF
SAF/XCI
Rapid Acquisition Incentives for Net-Centricity (RAI-NC) Advanced Requirements Management (ARM) Project
81 Users Registered in NIPRNET Pilot Participant Workspace (7 Active Developers). Also 40 D-SIDE users on SIPRNET
Our "best user representative" today is NCCP; we absolutely depend on NCCP (and JC2) to use the Core Enterprise Services when provided C2 users with Services such as UDOP. No formal agreements, we stay in synch via biweekly "brotherhood meetings.“
We’ve been working with the ISR COI and have worked to develop a project plan that highlights planned integration and demonstration activities. GE has been providing support to address questions related to PKI and Directory Services.
There is a 22 November Enterprise Services Roundtable meeting at which the Early Adopter plan (for integration and demonstration with NCES) will be discussed.
NCCP – actively integrating NCES Service Security and Service Discovery with NCCP C4ISR services– will reuse NCES service security software to provide authentication for NCCP services and will make services discoverable.
Defense Strategic Integration Decision Environment (D-SIDE) - actively integrating their web services with NCES Service Security and Service Discovery
Space Situational Awareness (SSA) CoI – Plan to share DSCS and GPS Situational Awareness information and use NCES Service Security and Service Discovery to support a pilot beginning in Dec 05
GCSS-AF – In coordination to integrate with NCES Service Security and Service Discovery and to become a service provider
SAF/XCI – Established partnership with USAF CIO office as our central point of contact for USAF engagement as we investigate Pilot candidates
Rapid Acquisition Incentives for Net-Centricity (RAI-NC) Advanced Requirements Management (ARM) Project – Posting information; OSD/AT&L (DUSD/Logistics sponsored with execution by US Army Logistics Center/Ft Lee funded effort to improve supply chain management by sharing information across DOD about upcoming procurement actions.

11. OSD (NII) Identified COIs
C2 Space Situational Awareness (C2 SSA) Pilot [AFSPACE]
Development & Integration work in progress
Piloting Security, Svc Discovery, ESM, Messaging, Metadata Registry, Portal, CD&D services
Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) [NORTHCOM/USCG]
OSD(NII)/NORTHCOM/USCG/NCES Kick-off Mtgs during Feb 06
COI to conduct initial Pilot demo during October 2006
Expect to pilot SOAF, Collaboration, Portal, and CD&D services
Time Sensitive Targeting (TST) [AFC2ISRC/JFCOM]
Coordinated with DISA NECC Program Office
Expect to pilot Service Registry, Content Delivery, DoD Metadata Registry and Messaging
IT Management Data [DoD CIO & Business Transformation Agency (BTA)]
Initial Info Exchange meeting with BTA conducted 03 April
BTA determining specific pilot candidates/objectives
Asset Visibility [DLA/TRANSCOM]
Standing by for coordination
AFSPACE – USAF Space Command
C2 – Command and Control
USCG – US Coast Guard
NMIC – National Military Intelligence Center
AFC2ISRC – USAF C2 Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance Center
ESM – Enterprise Service Management
BTA – Business Transformation Agency
DLA – Defense Logistics Agency

12. OSD (NII) Identified COIs (cont’d)
Finance [USD(C)]
Standing by for coordination
Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance (ISR) [USD(I), JFCOM, STRATCOM, DCGS, GEOScout, NGA, et al.]
Designated as NCES ‘Early Adopter’ – NII #7 COI Priority
Supporting OSD(NII) finalization of project plan
Expect to pilot Security, Svc Discovery, and CD&D services
Met with DCGS-N Program Office 21 March
Network Operations (NetOps) [Army(NETCOM)/DISA/STRATCOM]
Blue Force Tracking (BFT) [Army]
NCES participated in COI meeting 05 April
NCES will continue to track & participate in COI and WGs

13. Summary
NCES is essential to the Department’s ability to implement a network-based information environment that will meet the requirement for information superiority and decision superiority
NCES will provide the core common utility services that Community of Interest capabilities developers will use in the development of mission applications
NCES is soliciting feedback on current capabilities in order to refine capabilities for Increments I and II.
NCES is the foundation for improved knowledge sharing
and future knowledge creation 13

14. Point of Contact View on Internet: https://dko.us.army.mil/ Write:
Directly to:
CDR Rex Cobb (NE421)