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Dear Colleague, Effective
quantitative analysis depends on the availability of credible data.
Each of the Services, the Joint Staff, and the many organizations within
the Office of the Secretary of Defense have established a variety of procedures
to gather, generate, maintain, transform and use military data to support an
array of analytic activity, from budget programming, to strategic planning, to
wargaming. In fact, the collection and application of credible data is a
major part of every analytic effort and a key contributor to the value of every
final product. In order to better
support strategic analyses conducted by the Department, Defense Planning Guidance, Fiscal Years 2004-2009, May 2002, tasked
the Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation to establish policy and assign
responsibility for generating, collecting, developing, maintaining, and
disseminating data associated with current and future U.S. and non-U.S. forces.
Existing directives and pending instructions provide general policy for
accomplishing this task. To manage,
gather, create and apply analytic data, the Services and defense organizations
currently employ a wide variety of methodologies, many resulting from several
years of evolution. At the same
time, commercial enterprises and the academic community have generated many new
alternative methodologies for handling data within their disciplines to include
new technologies that could be applicable to the military.
The
Military Operations Research Society has organized a workshop entitled
"Improving Defense Analysis Through Better Data Practices."
The workshop will review current
data processes used by DoD to support analysis, identify best data practices
throughout the DoD and broader community, and recommend, where appropriate, best
practices that could be implemented to improve the analytic data processes used
by the Department. For further discussion of the
workshop, please read the enclosed Terms of Reference. This workshop will be held
25-27 March 2003 at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia.
Registration will begin at 0700 on Tuesday, the 25th.
A continental breakfast will be available each day. You are invited to apply to
participate in this special meeting. Attendance
will be limited by the space available. A
specific number of slots will be reserved for issue leaders, working group
chairs, and synthesis group members. Other
participants will be selected using a combination of the criteria below:
The
workshop will be classified with participation limited to US Citizens with a
clearance and need-to-know certification. Please fill out a copy of the enclosed
Personal Security Form (226 A or B) and submit it to the MORS Office.
If you do not have a MORS ID Card, please fill out the attached ID card
form, attach a photo and submit it with your Security Form. If you make a presentation, you must fill out a Disclosure Form (Form 712 A or B) and submit it to the MORS Office. A Disclosure Form is attached. An application form to attend the workshop also is enclosed. Registration
fees are: US Federal Government
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$210; All others -
$420. Please fill out the attached Working Group Preference Form and return it
with your application form. There will be a catered buffet lunch on Tuesday.
The cost of the lunch is $14.00. Please include this fee with your
registration fee. Lunch will be
available in the IDA cafeteria on Wednesday and Thursday.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the
Sheraton Pentagon South Hotel, 4641 Kenmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304; phone 703-751-4510.
The rate is $150.00 + 10% tax + $1.00 occupancy fee.
The cut-off date for reservations in the block is 24 February 2003. For more information about this workshop, you can visit the MORS web site at “www.mors.org” or contact the MORS office by phone at (703) 933-9070, FAX at (703) 933-9066, or email at morsoffice@mors.org. |
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