While appearing to be a simple activity, preparation and publication of the papers is actually a very involved process. The CPM system is designed to work in conjuction with the DILT Agenda application, which allows for automated scheduling of conferences and presentations. Therefore, this system will save a customer considerable time, effort, and resources. While the Internet is a terrific source of information, the problem is finding it. There are numerous free and commercial search engines one may use, but none cover everything.
Many sources publish their information but provide no method for searching.
Recently, with the advent of database driven sites, a new problem has arisen - there is nothing for these search engines to index. To solve this problem, the DILT initiated the Consolidated Search. Users specify their search criteria once and identify the sources to be included. The DILT search process then proxies the user's search to each specified source. The material being searched was previously indexed directly by the DILT or the external source's own search engine is called upon.