The Defense Information Systems Agency wants some really smart folks to help it, the Central Command, the State Department and the Agency for International Development to build an information communications technology infrastructure for Afghanistan.
The work will be performed for the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, which works out of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and DISA says it wants senior-level expertise to jump start a commercial communications industry in Afghanistan.
This includes a mess of policy and governance stuff as well as a regulatory framework that undoubtedly will require inflicting the Afghan government with reams of Power Point slides.
Bob Brewin
Bob Brewin joined Government Executive in April 2007, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience as a journalist focusing on defense issues and technology. Bob covers the world of defense and information technology for Nextgov, and is the author of the “What’s Brewin” blog.
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