Other-Related Internet Resources

Asterisked (*) sites are those with which DTIC holds membership. Other resources are those that DTIC participates in joint ventures, has an affiliated interest, or which provides valuable information to the Defense community.

Acronym Finder: http://www.AcronymFinder.com/
This site provides a searchable database containing more than 100,000 common acronyms, abbreviations and their meanings. Covering all subject, the database collection focuses on computers, technology, government, telecommunications, and military acronyms (with an emphasis on DoD, Air Force, Army, Navy, and Coast Guard acronyms).

Air Force Research Lab for S&T Planning: http://stbbs.wpafb.af.mil/STBBS/index.htm
Within the Air Force Materiel Command, this site provides public access planning information that includes: News & Announcements; Documents/Reference Material; Planning & Requirements Documents; Process Improvement Programs; Publications, Regulations, and Specifications; as well as a listing of other S&T sites.

Air Force FARSite: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/
FARSite provides GSA's complete inventory (on one screen) of the various FAR parts--a quick and simple method of navigation.

Air Force History Support Office (AFHSO): http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/
The AFHSO is responsible for writing books, monographs, studies, and reports to preserve the history of the U.S. Air Force. Our office responds to requests for information from private organizations, government agencies, and the general public. The AFHSO also provides historical information, analysis, and perspective to Air Force leaders and their staffs to support planning, policy development, and decision making.

Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test Center (AATC): http://www.aatc-tus.com/
AATC is fully integrated as one of the Air Combat Command´s operational test centers (with the Air Warfare Center at Nellis AFB and Eglin AFB) with responsibilities identified in Air Combat Command regulations. AATC´s primary responsibility is for F-16 Blocks 10/15/25/30/32, but also conduct testing on A/OA-10, F-15A/B, HH-60 and electronic combat systems for those aircraft. AATC has also conducted testing in support of Air Mobility Command on C-130 and KC-135 aircraft.

* ASIDIC: http://www.asidic.org/
The Association of Information Dissemination Centers (ASIDIC) is a membershihp organization uniting the top decision makers froma diverse group of commercial, academia, and government organization with the objective of developing solutions for success in the production, distribution and use of electronic information products and services.

* ASIS: http://www.asis.org/
The American Society for Information Science (ASIS) Chapters are chartered as local vehicles for fostering continuous communication among members in geographically-defined areas.

* CENDI: http://www.dtic.mil/cendi/
CENDI is an interagency cooperative organization composed of the scientific and technical information managers from the Departments of Commerce, Energy, NASA, NLM, Defense, and Interior (National Biological Service). CENDI's mission is to improve the production of Federal science and technology programs through the development and management of effective scientific and technical information support systems.

* CODATA: http://www.cisti.nrc.ca/programs/codata/welcome.html
Working on an interdisciplinary basis, CODATA (the International Council of Scientific Unions' Committee on Data for Science and Technology) seeks to improve the quality, reliability, processing, management and accessibility of data of importance to science and technology.

Cold War Recognition Certificate: http://www.sdcw.army.mil/
The Secretary of Defense approved the awarding of a Cold War Certificate to recognize members of the Armed Forces and qualified federal government civilian personnel who faithfully served the United States during the Cold War era from 2 Sep 45 to 26 Dec 91. The Department of the Army was named Executive Agent for the Cold War Recognition Program. Beginning on 5 Apr 99, individuals may apply for the Cold War Recognition Certification if they apply. Additional information on qualification requirements are provided directly from the Cold War Recognition Certification site.

DLA Administrative Support Center (DASC): http://www.dasc.dla.mil/
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Administrative Support Center (DASC) is a business unit of the Defense Automated Printing and Support Center (DAPSC), located in the Headquarters Complex (HQC) at Fort Belvoir, VA. A few examples of the valuable service provided by DASC include: Support of personnel with telecommunications equipment in war zones in far off theatres of operation; supplying natural disaster victims with trucks full of emergency equipment and materials; and dealing with terrorist situations by expediting personnel support to personnel in those hazardous areas thousands of miles away.

DLA CAAE: http://www.caae.hq.dla.mil/
The CAAE site was created to provide the DLA, DoD, and private industry communities with information concerning the DLA environmental and safety program as well as other related sources. CAAE assures that Agency functions are performed in a manner which safeguards human health and the environment, provides safe and healthful working conditions for employees, and complies with applicable laws, regulations, and policies.

DLA Publishing System (DLAPS): http://www.dlaps.hq.dla.mil/
The DLAPS Homepage contains all DLA regulatory publications and select DoD publications. The DLA inventory of publications consists of 75,000 text pages and 12,000 images.

DLIS: http://www.dlis.dla.mil/
The Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS) is the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) field activity designated as the manager of the Federal Catalog System (FCS). The FCS is the official U.S. Government program under which equipment and supplies are uniformly named, described, classified, and assigned National Stock Numbers (NSNs). DLIS offers a range of products containing FCS information, as well as training classes and other services. Among other things, DLIS produces FED LOG and provides the Logistics On-Line Access (LOLA) service.

FedLaw: http://fedlaw.gsa.gov/
FedLaw has been developed to ascertain if hypertext links to legal Home Pages on the Internet could be a useful and cost-effective research tool for Federal lawyers and other Federal employees. Fedlaw has assembled a select group of references of particular use to those persons doing Federal legal research which can be accessed directly through "point and click" hypertext connections.

* FLICC: http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc/
The Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) was created in 1965 as the Federal Library Committee to achieve better utilization of federal library and information center resources and facilities through professional development, promotion of services, and coordination of available resources.

* ICSTI: http://www.icsti.org/
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) offers a unique forum for interaction among organizations that create, disseminate, and use scientific and technical information. Membership in ICSTI enables organizations to keep abreast of new technologies, understand and anticipate user needs, and develop common approaches to international standards for information exchange.

Information Assurance Support Environment (IASE): The IASE page is available from this listing of related sites.
The Information Assurance Support Environment site offers a web-based help environment for DoD Information Assurance (IA) professionals. There is an Information Desk with a network of more than 100 security specialists available to answer security related questions.

MANPRINT: http://www.manprint.army.mil/manprint/index.html
The U.S. Army's Manpower and Personnel Integration (MANPRINT) program is designed to ensure that the soldier and unit needs are considered throughout the entire system acquisition process and life cycle. MANPRINT is the Army's systematic and comprehensive program for improving the effectiveness of system performance at minimum costs for personnel, maintenance and repairs throughout their entire life cycle. This design objective is achieved by incorporating related considerations from seven key design areas.

MARS: http://www.asc.army.mil/mars/
The Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) is a DOD sponsored program, established as separate managed and operated programs by the Army, Navy and Air Force. The program consists of licensed, amateur radio operators who are interested in mlIitary communications. They contribute to the MARS mission providing auxiliary or emergency communications on a local, national and international basis as an adjunct to normal communications.

Militaryinfo: http://militaryinfo.hypermart.net/
The Militaryinfo web site provides military personnel with a source for finding free, online, and bestselling military information such as books, periodicals, news, images, and multimedia.

Military USA: http://www.militaryusa.com/
Military USA is an interesting new web site that is dedicated to locating U.S. veterans worldwide. This unique site contains numerous resources to help find veterans, either for reunions, to renew old friendships, or to obtain statements for VA claims. The site will also be of assistance to those who are preparing family histories of military veterans.

NARDIC: http://nardic.nrl.navy.mil/
The Navy Acquisition, Research & Development Information Center (NARDIC) site provides public access information relevant to Navy Research and Development . Information at this site includes: News & Announcements, Organizations/Points of Contact, Acronyms, Information Sources, Major Acquisitions, Briefings, Budget Documents, Publications/Regulations, Technical Reports, other S&T sites, and How to do Business with the Navy.

Naval Technology: http://www.naval-technology.com/
This is a generic web site for naval defence industries. From this site you will find news on current projects and developments, an equipment catalogue, products and services guide, exhibition and conference listings, an industry associations directory, as well as links to other relevant naval resources.

* NFAIS: http://www.pa.utulsa.edu/nfais.html
The National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) is an organization of more than sixty of the world's leading publishers of databases and information services in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, arts, and humanities, representing the for-profit, non-profit, and government sectors. NFAIS members are the international leader in information collection, organization, and dissemination, collectively providing a broad range of information products in traditional and electronic media. NFAIS Member Organizations.

* NISO: http://www.niso.org/
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is a nonprofit association accredited as a standards developer by the American National Standards Institute, the national clearinghouse for voluntary standards development in the U.S. NISO's voting members and other supporters include a broad base of information producers and users including libraries, publishers, government agencies and companies that provide information services.

NTERMS: http://nterms.mugu.navy.mil/
NTERMS is the Navy Test and Evaluation Repository for Models and Simulations and a node of Navy Modeling and Simulation Information System (NMSIS) and DMSO Modeling and Simulation Resource Repository (MSRR). NTERMS is an online searchable catalog containing models and simulations operational information. The purpose of NTERMS is to avoid duplication of development efforts and aid in the reuse of existing models.

OSS Inc.: http://www.oss.net/
Open Source Solutions (OSS) Inc. is an educational and information services corporation founded in 1992 to assist government intelligence producers and consumers in understanding the full range and value of open sources of information and intelligence. Its Web site contains a training section and over 5,000 pages from the over 400 authorities who have spoken at the annual open source intelligence training conference, with all but the current year's publications being freely accessible.

The Pentagon Library: http://www.hqda.army.mil/library/
The Pentagon Library fosters excellence by fulfilling the research requirements of DoD personnel serving at the Pentagon and in locations without library service in the National Capital Region. Their reference and information services include General Reference, Law, and Military Documents.

* SLA: http://www.sla.org/
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) encompasses a diverse group of information resource experts dedicated to putting knowledge to work to attain the goals of their organizations. They are employed most frequently by corporations, private businesses, government agencies, museums, colleges, hospitals, associations and information management consulting firms. Today's special librarians do far more than locate and collect data. Using the Internet and other current technology, they also evaluate, analyze, organize, package, and present information in a way that maximizes its usefulness.

U.S. Army Armor Center & Fort Knox: http://147.238.100.101/
The U.S. Army Armor Center & Fort Knox has become one of the premier training centers in the world. They're a team leading the Army into the 21st century by developing cutting edge technology which enhances training, readiness, and the nation's warfighting capabilities.