In addition to the Research & Analysis services and Core Analysis Tasks that the BCOs offer DoD IAC customers, the BCO also:
– Invest up-front resources for discovering and covering areas of strategic and tactical importance
− Keep abreast of current and emerging areas of DoD STI by collaborating with scientists and other SMEs around the globe including the Unified Combatant Commands, Defense research laboratories, other DoD entities, U.S. Intelligence organizations, as well as engineers, technologists, and other experts from various non DoD government organizations (Department of State, OMB, DHS, FBI, etc.), and private industry
− Maintain awareness, relevance, and value of emerging issues
− Combat and enable military strategic surprise by conducting trend analyses and capacity building
− Enable rapid response to existing and emerging threats through proactive knowledge development
– Maintain and expand the DoD’s Scientific and Technical Information (STI) repository
– Develop IAC products such as Journals, State-of-the-Art-Reports, Webinars, Podcasts, etc.
– Develop and maintain an expansive network of subject matter expert (SME) and build a community of experts and stakeholders across government, industry, and academia in all technical focus areas and yet-to-be identified subjects falling within the DoD IAC’s technical domain
– Support Communities of practice (CoPs) by providing a combination of technical content (reports, resources and related STI) and social networking functionality that allows practitioners to directly communicate with one another on a variety of topics relevant to one or more Technical Focus Areas
− Develop strategic capabilities by analyzing trends and recommending improvements to the acquisition community
− Increase the productivity of the DoD Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) community, as well as other scientific and engineering groups
− Facilitate the use of STI
− Transfer technology information within the U.S. Government and from the U.S. Government to authorized customers; and
− Promote standardization within the fields of Defense Systems, Homeland Defense, and Cyber Security and information systems; for example, supporting exchanges of information among Scientists, Engineers, and practitioners of various disciplines
