All government organizations create and use information to fulfill their roles in serving citizens.
Government organizations, just as informed citizens and commercial businesses, rely on access to information to increase their knowledge and improve their performance. Democratic governments moderate this need with the requirement to be open to the people and accountable to the legislature, as well as to protect the privacy of individuals, provide for the economic and defense security of the state, and assure fairness and equity. In this era of ever changing technology and requirements, the importance of central information sources, like DTIC, to organize information for others to locate is becoming more and more apparent. I've often said that one of the great values the World Wide Web has bestowed upon us is the symbiotic relationship created by bringing together computer science and information science. Daily this truism becomes more apparent.