On October 7, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) issued a sources sought notice for foreign information environment characterization. Responses are due by 12:00 p.m. Eastern on October 21.
DTRA’s Information Resilience Office (IRO) is responsible for ensuring the Agency and its partners have the necessary knowledge and capabilities to maintain information resilience in the global Information Environment (IE) against threats to DTRA’s countering weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) mission. The IRO focuses on proactively anticipating, preparing, and adapting to changing IE conditions to better defend the Agency, its people, and partners in the face of Foreign Malign Influence (FMI).
Understanding and characterizing foreign malign narratives, tactics, and techniques is essential for the IRO to effectively synchronize Agency efforts to mitigate FMI risks to mission assurance and enhance information resilience among the workforce. The IE consists of shared information (e.g., multimedia social media messaging, news, documents, and structured information) and the technology that facilitates information creation, consumption, and sharing (e.g., apps, social media platforms, and networks).
The IRO is seeking an integrated capability to meet IE characterization and information advantage requirements. This will enable DTRA to understand emerging FMI threats, inform information resilience training content, and ensure alignment of DTRA messaging with its Operations, Activities, and Investments (OAIs). An integrated solution should address the following capabilities: (1) data provisioning (2) narrative detection, sensemaking, and tracking (3) narrative resonance characterization (4) narrative triage (5) narrative knowledgebase creation and (6) program management. Information must be available via an interactive user interface capable of searching and viewing on map-based, timeline and other relevant displays.
Proposed work should focus on the DTRA IRO specific use case of detecting FMI relevant to DTRA equities. The capabilities should generalize to any foreign country of potential interest, but offerors should describe which capabilities they would initially focus on, what data they can provide, and how their efforts would scale to additional countries. Of particular interest are those countries that are non-aligned, as they may be potential targets of FMI to undermine potential US Government partnerships.
Review the DTRA foreign information environment characterization sources sought.
Source: SAM
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By Loren Blinde
October 8, 2024
