Fort Belvoir's DirectA,Aorate of Information Management was recently rewarded for its hard work and dedication when Lt. Col. Anthony Evans and Army Knowledge Online each received DoD Chief Information Officer awards. Evans received a first place individual award, while AKO and Defense Knowledge Online were given a third place team award.
AKO provides users with a centralized location for file management, informaA,Ation sharing and a directory of everyone in the military. It also allows users to conA,Asolidate resources and spending to one specific loA,Acation.
Both winners were seA,Alected from nominations reA,Aceived from across the world.
According to a DoD news release, teams and individA,Auals are awarded for outA,Astanding performance in improving information deA,Alivery, management capaA,Ability and process delivery, while reducing costs, savA,Aing resources and enhancA,Aing DoD's net-centric capacity across multiple mission areas.
Awards are given based on outstanding achieveA,Ament in at least one of seven key areas: acquisiA,Ation; architecture and inA,Ateroperability; information assurance; management and standards; applications (technology or process); capital planning and investment; information management and informaA,Ation technology work force; and data management and data sharing.
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for NetA,Aworks and InformaA,Ation Integration and Department of Defense Chief Information Officer John Grimes announced the awards at a September 30 ceremony at the Pentagon.
'DKO is becoming the primary entry point for most DoD components to share the same infrastrucA,Ature, security mechanisms, presentation layer and acA,Acess date,' Grimes said in the award's citation. 'The team's superb efforts have resulted in AKO and DKO becoming the premier site that provides tools enabling DoD organizations to comA,Amunicate and collaborate securely and effectively.' According to an AKO reA,Alease, there are 2.1 million users registered on the AKO portal, which hosts DKO. On any day, 350,000 people login it use the servA,Aices offered by the secure site.
Four billion messages went through the portal last year alone and on any given day, 80 percent of the Army's email goes through the AKO.
AKO and DKO received their award for improving information delivery and saving DoD millions of dolA,Alars by providing a site with the capability to become standard throughout all DoD agencies.
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