Information Systems & Services

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Information Systems & Services (ISS) was a cluster within Strategic Command Top Level Budget of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence.{{cite web |title=A Short Guide to the Ministry of Defence |url=https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/A-Short-Guide-to-the-Ministry-of-Defence1.pdf |website=www.nao.org.uk |publisher=National Audit Office UK, June 2015 |accessdate=10 June 2018}} ISS was replaced by Defence Digital in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-digital |title=Defence Digital |date=23 January 2020 |website=gov.uk |publisher=Defence Digital |access-date=23 January 2020 |quote=Defence Digital brought together and replaced a number of organisations, including Information Systems and Services (ISS) in 2019.}}

History

ISS was created from the former Defence Communication Services Agency (DCSA) on 1 April 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.dasa.mod.uk/publications/UK-defence-statistics-compendium/2009/2009.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140116144937/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/publications/UK-defence-statistics-compendium/2009/2009.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2014|title=UK Defence Statistics Compendium 2009|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=3 December 2018}}

The organisation was spread across a number of sites, but in 2010 a £690 million programme was announced to unite ISS at MoD Corsham, Witshire in a modern office complex with 1,874 workspaces.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/corsham-project-will-make-defence-connections-more-efficient |title=Corsham project will make Defence connections more efficient - Announcements - Inside Government |publisher=GOV.UK |date=2010-08-13 |accessdate=2013-04-07}}

In 2019 ISS and a number of organisations were brought together as Defence Digital, with an annual budget of over £2 billion and about 2,400 staff including military, civil servants and contractors, led by Ministry of Defence chief information officer Charles Forte.{{cite news |url=https://www.cio.com/article/3525212/ministry-of-defence-cio-charles-forte-interview-digitising-warfare-in-the-information-age.html |title=Ministry of Defence CIO Charles Forte interview - Digitising Warfare in the Information Age |last=Qualtrough |first=Edward |work=CIO |date=16 December 2019 |access-date=5 April 2020}}

Role

Information Systems & Services provided the procurement and support functions for integrated information and communication services across the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence and to overseas bases, operations and ships.{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmdfence/106/10605.htm|title=MoD networks, assets and capabilities|publisher=Hansard|date=9 January 2013|accessdate=3 December 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/joint-forces-command/about|title=About us - Joint Forces Command|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=17 December 2017}}

References

Category:Defence agencies of the United Kingdom

Category:Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom

Category:Organisations based in Wiltshire

Category:Organizations established in 2007

Category:Science and technology in Wiltshire