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0201 - CogNexus Institute                                                                                                                                                 O-00000786 0101
020101 - Dr. Jeff Conklin                                                                                                                                                 O-00000786 0101

SUBJECTS
SDS Explicit Links Fast Easy Add Intelligenct to Information Comply w
Accurate Understanding From Meetings Organizational Memory Require Co
New Way Working Paperless Office SDS Not Necessary Print Paper Save T
Computer Not for Managers Want to Show Up and Rely on Whatever Pops i
FAR Requires Accurate Record Organizational Memory Which Only SDS Can
Microsoft Programs DCMA Likes Attractive Professional Web Sites 5% Fe
Explicit Links Make Creating Connections to SDS Fast and Easy, Stuart
3-layer Architecture Transitions from IT to Culture of Knowledge Usin
Explict Links Make Connections to SDS Record Fast and Easy
SDS Makes Good Management Required by FAR Fast and Easy Using Explici
Circle of Advocates Foster Culture of Knowledge Report to Colleagues
Learning Explicit Links Fast Easy Makes Good Management Fast Easy Com
Action Item Reviewing POIMS in Relation to FAR Requirements for Good
Harrow, Stuart Cites Factiva Semi-automatically Organizes Content of

4116 -
4116 -    ..
4117 - Summary/Objective
4118 -
411801 - Follow up ref SDS 31 0000, ref SDS 30 0000.
411802 -
411803 - Stuart's letter shows that SDS work product makes compliance with FAR
411804 - requirements for "documentation" fast and easy.  Stuart used explicit
411805 - links to show that SDS support for traceability to original sources
411806 - aligns with FAR requirements for good management to save time and
411807 - money, as explained in POIMS. ref SDS 0 4T6N   Stuart notes other
411808 - products claim to support Knowledge Management. ref SDS 0 HH71  He
411809 - reports that pilot testing SDS explicit links revealed a novel
411810 - solution, ref SDS 0 HH92, for managing work to meet FAR requirements
411811 - for documenting adherence to contract, also, called "organizational
411812 - memory." ref SDS 0 HH98  Since DOD staff do not have authority to
411813 - change FAR, the SDS program enables DCMA to strengthen contract
411814 - management by empowering people to comply with FAR. ref SDS 0 HH64
411816 -  ..
411817 - Submitted ref DIP 3 0001 thanking Stuart for work and investing time
411818 - to demonstrte that creating a connected record of intelligence is fast
411819 - and easy using SDS explicit links.
411820 -
411821 -     [On 020919 Stuart frustrated by challenge of leadership to help
411822 -     people in DOD undertand opportunity for using SDS to save time and
411823 -     money. ref SDS 33 0001
411824 -
411825 -
411826 -
411828 -  ..
4119 -
4120 -
4121 - Progress
4122 -
412201 - Leadership Takes Vision to See and Courage to Act
412202 - POIMS Supports FAR Requirements for Good Management
412203 -
412204 - Received ref DRP 2 0001 responding to the letter, ref DIP 2 0001
412205 - issued on 020906 that confirms discussion on 020905 where Stuart
412206 - demonstrated that creating a connected record to comply with FAR
412207 - requirements for good management is fast and easy to learn and to
412208 - implement when using SDS explicit links. ref SDS 30 V59N  The letter
412209 - today accomplishes the first action item for Stuart to comment on SDS
412210 - support for FAR requirements, shown in the letter on 020906,
412211 - ref SDS 31 4GGP, which was discussed on 020905, ref SDS 30 LM3F, but
412212 - does not appear to accomplish the 2nd action item to engage colleagues
412213 - in developing a a circle of advocates, ref SDS 30 LM3M, called out by
412214 - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, reported on 020131. ref SDS 19
412215 - 6L5K
412217 -  ..
412218 - Stuart says today...
412219 -
412220 -   1.  I've had a chance to review the eight paragraphs in PLAN,
412221 -       ORGANIZE, INTEGRATE, MEASURE (POIMS) beginning with,
412222 -       ref OF 1 8536...
412223 -
412224 -         http://www.welchco.com/03/00050/01/09/01/02/00030.HTM#8536
412226 -        ..
412227 -       "The complexity of knowledge," ref DRP 2 0001, and ending with
412228 -       "the price people pay for failing to pay the cost of good
412229 -       management." ref OF 1 CZ8O
412230 -
412231 -         http://www.welchco.com/03/00050/01/09/01/02/00030.HTM#CZ8O.
412233 -  ..
412234 - The letter to Stuart says...
412235 -
412236 -     Thanks for your letter today demonstrating the power of explicit
412237 -     links to enable a new way of working. ref SDS 0 L64O This is a
412238 -     first step in building a community, i.e.,  a circle of advocates,
412239 -     for transformation from information to a culture of knowledge that
412240 -     saves time and money at DOD.  The fact, that somebody on the job,
412241 -     at long last, is discussing the distinction between information
412242 -     and knowledge, and further is adding connections to relevant
412243 -     context to strengthen communication, is important progress.
412244 -     ref DIP 3 0001
412246 -          ..
412247 -         [On 020919 Stuart frustrated by challenge of leadership to
412248 -         help people in DOD undertand opportunity for using SDS to save
412249 -         time and money. ref SDS 33 JY4G
412251 -      ..
412252 -     Your effort investing time to study the opportunity of improving
412253 -     management, ref DIP 3 ZA75, presented by SDS, as set out in POIMS,
412254 -     ref OF 1 0001, accomplishes the first action item we discussed on
412255 -     020905, ref SDS 30 LM3F, and confirmed in my letter on 020906.
412256 -     ref SDS 31 4G3L  Investing time to "study" aligns with the record
412257 -     on 980307 reviewing Andy Grove's ideas at Intel, who maintains
412258 -     that the first step to discovering how to save time and money is
412259 -     "study." ref SDS 6 3620
412260 -
412262 -        ..
412263 -       Finding Relevant Experience Takes Skills Honed by Experience
412264 -
412265 - Stuart cites other technologies that aid organizational memory...
412267 -        ..
412268 -   2.  Looking beyond immediate events has become a hallmark of
412269 -       leadership.  Knowing how to identify relevant experience from
412270 -       personal and organizational memory is a skill that unfortunately
412271 -       is hard won through experience. ref DRP 2 HH71  We have talked
412272 -       about how SDS can help in this.
412274 -  ..
412275 - The letter to Stuart says...
412276 -
412277 -     Your explanation of "leadership" as looking forward to anticipate
412278 -     future needs, can be expanded to include the courage to act and
412279 -     the will to persist in the face of resistance to improvement, as
412280 -     Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld noted in his remarks to the War
412281 -     College on 020131. ref SDS 19 6L5K
412283 -          ..
412284 -         [...below, courage to act entails spreading the word wide as
412285 -         the waters at DOD. ref SDS 0 TY3O
412287 -      ..
412288 -     Notice line 552082 refers to the record on 960403 where General
412289 -     Hatch reported having read NWO three (3) times, ref DIP 3 1O8K, in
412290 -     order to understand a new way of working "intelligently"
412291 -     ref SDS 4 5592, that is enabled by the eight (8) steps for using
412292 -     SDS reported on 001219. ref SDS 10 4W4L
412293 -
412295 -        ..
412296 -       Factiva, Inxight Catalog News and Develop Taxonomy
412298 -  ..
412299 - Stuart continues...
412300 -
412301 -       Others, such as Factiva
412302 -
412303 -          http://www.factiva.com/infopro/
412305 -              ..
412306 -             This location says in part....
412307 -
412308 -                 Factiva.com can provide you and your entire workforce
412309 -                 with powerful tools for searching and monitoring, so
412310 -                 you can make better-informed business decisions and
412311 -                 keep abreast of industries, competitors and clients.
412313 -                  ..
412314 -                 Increase your organization's competitiveness by
412315 -                 accessing the world's best collection of current and
412316 -                 archived global news, business and company
412317 -                 information.
412319 -                  ..
412320 -                 Increase your productivity by finding relevant
412321 -                 information faster. Use free-text searching, lists of
412322 -                 indexed terms and advanced filtering techniques to
412323 -                 pinpoint accurate results. - The standard search
412324 -                 screen makes searching more intuitive
412326 -                  ..
412327 -                 Search and display information the way you want in the
412328 -                 language you want. Choose the publications most
412329 -                 important to your business, track your competitors and
412330 -                 partners and bring it all together on your personal
412331 -                 news pages. - Industry and Regional news pages
412332 -                 available for you to choose from - Quickly scan the
412333 -                 front pages of the world's top newspapers and
412334 -                 magazines - English, French, German, Italian and
412335 -                 Spanish Interfaces. Russian and Japanese interfaces
412336 -                 coming soon.
412338 -        ..
412339 -       ...and Inxight,
412340 -
412341 -          http://www.inxight.com/
412343 -              ..
412344 -             This location says in part....
412345 -
412346 -                 The new standard for enterprise information retrieval.
412347 -
412348 -                 Inxight... software for organizing, understanding,
412349 -                 finding and effectively using unstructured data in all
412350 -                 major languages.  With intelligent and proven natural
412351 -                 language processing technology, Inxight's solutions
412352 -                 are unmatched in speed and accuracy for automating
412353 -                 data discovery and delivery.
412355 -                  ..
412356 -                 With key features including taxonomy management,
412357 -                 enterprise-class categorization and a guided
412358 -                 information retrieval environment, Inxight
412359 -                 SmartDiscovery is the only solution that truly
412360 -                 exploits the wealth of information - MS-Office files,
412361 -                 intranet pages, email - available to the enterprise
412362 -                 today. SmartDiscovery seamlessly integrates with other
412363 -                 enterprise systems - document management, Web content
412364 -                 management, portals - offering a platform for
412365 -                 analyzing information in precise detail and delivering
412366 -                 the accurate results that enable organizations to
412367 -                 realize even greater return on previous technology
412368 -                 investments.
412370 -  ..
412371 - Stuart continues explaining advantages of Inxight...
412372 -
412373 -       ...claim the ability to semi-automatically catalog the content
412374 -       of a news piece, and by setting up a taxonomy called Factiva
412375 -       Intelligent IndexingTM,
412376 -
412377 -           http://www.factiva.com/content/intindexing.asp?node=content-link1
412379 -        ..
412380 -       ....can make the relevant information available "as quickly as
412381 -       possible."  See their white paper at...
412382 -
412383 -           http://www.factiva.com/infopro/indexingwhitepaper.pdf.
412384 -
412386 -  ..
412387 - White papers on tools that help people get information quickly when
412388 - needed demonstrate demand for context management, which Stuart has
412389 - seen from experience is enabled by SDS, that makes organizational
412390 - memory a powerful asset.  It helps to get work product demonstrating
412391 - ability to perform by other methods.
412393 -  ..
412394 - For example, on 010916 Eric Armstrong reported that nobody can find
412395 - anything with other tools and methods, ref SDS 16 KA6H, despite many
412396 - white papers claiming improved performance; and; later, on 011003 Eric
412397 - disclosed that productivity is paralyzed because nobody can find
412398 - relevant information to get things done correctly, on time and within
412399 - budget. ref SDS 17 EC5N  More recently, a few months ago on 020608 IBM
412400 - reported research showing that KM solutions have failed to meet
412401 - expectations, ref SDS 23 QV5G, set out in white papers and other
412402 - materials.  Thus, in the KM field, white papers have not proven to be
412403 - an effective way of evaluating performance.
412404 -
412405 -       [On 020920 Dave Snowden at IBM cited Lotus Notes and several
412406 -       derivities are used at IBM for Knowledge Management.
412408 -        ..
412409 -       [On 030204 Morris Jones reported experience using Microsoft
412410 -       Netmeeting is comparable to Lotus Notes; these do not support
412411 -       daily management like SDS does.
412413 -  ..
412414 - Eric Armstrong, also, reported on 010916 that experience with SDS work
412415 - product over many years shows that SDS enables amazing memory.
412416 - ref SDS 15 PG6J  Stuart has similar experience, beginning on 010608,
412417 - when he inquired about SDS records he encountered on the Internet that
412418 - demonstrate ability to perform. ref SDS 11 RS4J  At that time Stuart
412419 - related unsuccessful efforts to develop better time management of
412420 - information to draw on relevant experience; at that time there was no
412421 - mention of Factiva nor Inxight.  Nor did Stuart provide work product
412422 - demonstrating capability of Factiva and Inxight. ref SDS 11 U45L
412424 -  ..
412425 - So too, today, Stuart does not submit Factiva and Inxight work product
412426 - showing ability to support meaningful work that saves time and money,
412427 - but rather submits a reference to a white paper.
412429 -  ..
412430 - POIMS explains that good management to save time and money requires
412431 - integrating a range of tasks, ref OF 3 2688, also listed on the
412432 - Interent explaining SDS features and benefits. ref OF 6 3385
412434 -  ..
412435 - On 020905, Stuart observed SDS ability to draw on relevant experience
412436 - covering a span of 10 years, when he received a letter which was
412437 - prepared in about two minutes during a telephone conversation.
412438 - ref SDS 30 553H  Over the past 18 months, Stuart has received many
412439 - examples of SDS ability to strengthen personal and organizational
412440 - memory....
412442 -            ..
412443 -           Stuart called..................... 010619, ref SDS 12 0001
412444 -           Called Stuart on his letter....... 010622, ref SDS 13 HM6K
412445 -           Stuart asks for intellectual
412446 -           bridges for understanding SDS..... 010730, ref SDS 14 MJ69
412448 -  ..
412449 - ...demonstrating better command and control of (i.e., access to) the
412450 - record on a consistent basis, day-to-day for weeks, months and years.
412452 -  ..
412453 - SDS has a proven track record that augments traditional literacy that
412454 - makes it faster and easier to generate useful intelligence to save
412455 - time and money.
412456 -
412457 -
412458 -
412459 -
4125 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Novel Solution Explicit Links Which Stuart Calls Purple  inks (Pl
Demonstration Requested Showing How SDS Demonstrates Explicit Links
Harrow, Stuart DCMA SDS Explicit Links Make Creating Connections Fast

480501 -        ..
480502 -       3-layer Architecture Empowers Good Management Without Using SDS
480503 -       Explicit Links Are One Feature of SDS to Augment Intelligence
480504 -       Intelligence Takes Automated Integration of Time and Information
480505 -
480506 - Stuart comments on using SDS product in relation to explanation of KM
480507 - per above, ref SDS 0 L64O, in POIMS.....
480508 -
480509 -   3.  Your application of [explicit links added] to each paragraph in
480510 -       SDS aids in ready reference and is unique and novel.  I would be
480511 -       interested in see how SDS could be applied to this task.
480512 -       ref DRP 2 HH92
480513 -
480514 -              [On 020919 Stuart frustrated by challenge of leadership
480515 -              to help people undertand opportunity for using SDS to
480516 -              save time and money; recommend citing Roy Roebuck's
480517 -              explanation. ref SDS 33 R16H
480519 -               ..
480520 -              [On 030131 Virginia Stefan demonstrated people can learn
480521 -              to use good management without any training, i.e., that
480522 -              good management is intuitive. ref SDS 37 1E7F
480524 -               ..
480525 -              [On 030422 Laura Dunn at Universal Energy used creativity
480526 -              and initiative to discover organizational memory saves
480527 -              time and money. ref SDS 39 M14F
480529 -               ..
480530 -              [On 030429 Stuart related SDS support for organizational
480531 -              memory is a self-evident benefit that would save time and
480532 -              money on the carrier project where a lot of people need
480533 -              timely access to a wide range of information, ref SDS 40
480534 -              EB86; he asked how to deliver capability which he earlier
480535 -              found is unique and novel with SDS, by using Microsoft
480536 -              programs that are already in stock at DOD. ref SDS 40
480537 -              EB9X
480539 -            ..
480540 -           Stuart's notice that SDS offers unique and novel solutions
480541 -           aligns with planning on 000831 that identifies SDS unique
480542 -           capabilities. ref SDS 7 ET77
480544 -            ..
480545 -           Additionally, Stuart's letter today demonstrates that
480546 -           "explicit links" make good management fast easy, per above,
480547 -           ref SDS 0 L64O, which is one feature of SDS, ref OF 6 ZM4M,
480548 -           and was created on 020320, ref SDS 21 0001, to extend the
480549 -           power that makes linking fast and easy for people who use
480550 -           SDS, like a Communication Manager, to also empower people
480551 -           who use SDS work product on the Internet so that linking is
480552 -           fast and easy to routinely create a connected record showing
480553 -           traceability to original sources, called out by management
480554 -           standards, reviewed on 950721, ref SDS 3 1740, and required
480555 -           to meet FAR provisions for documentation showing that daily
480556 -           work aligns with requirements, see 020504. ref SDS 22 XV7L
480558 -               ..
480559 -              [On 030121 further automated adding addressability to SDS
480560 -              records on the Internet that enables people to routinely
480561 -              create a connected record showing cause and effect.
480562 -              ref SDS 36 0001
480564 -            ..
480565 -           On 020905 Stuart demonstrated that SDS explicit links are
480566 -           fast and easy to learn and to use, ref SDS 30 ZT7L, which is
480567 -           further demonstrated by his letter today, per above.
480568 -           ref SDS 0 L64O
480570 -            ..
480571 -           SDS provides a lot of firepower to improve human memory that
480572 -           enables people to generate "intelligence" content, like this
480573 -           record, as related on 950204. ref SDS 2 7499  The ability to
480574 -           empower people to work intelligently without having to learn
480575 -           and use SDS is an objective of the 3-layer architecture
480576 -           discussed with Stuart on 020905. ref SDS 30 DAQQ
480578 -            ..
480579 -           We can schedule a demonstration to show Stuart and his
480580 -           colleagues at DCMA how SDS makes linking fast and easy, and
480581 -           that explicit links are then created automatically.
480582 -
480583 -               [On 030418 called Stuart to follow up. ref SDS 38 0001
480585 -            ..
480586 -           Not sure where Stuart picked up the phrase purple links and
480587 -           "plinks."  Nothing in Com Metrics liturature explaining SDS
480588 -           mentions "purple links" and/or "plinks" which Stuart cites
480589 -           in his letter. ref DRP 2 HH92
480591 -            ..
480592 -           The letter to Stuart says...
480594 -            ..
480595 -           Your letter today on transformtion from information to a culture
480596 -           of knowledge demonstrates the same leadership.  Links into POIMS
480597 -           and to SDS records shown in your letter, ref SDS 0 L64O,
480598 -           demonstrates the 3-layer architecture, ref DIP 3 QY9L, proposed by
480599 -           Jack Park and discussed recently on 020730 in a letter to Gary
480600 -           Johnson at Aerospace company, for making good management fast and easy by
480601 -           creating connections showing cause and effect to maintain
480602 -           alignment between work in progress and objectives, requirements
480603 -           and commitments. ref SDS 25 YR6F
480605 -            ..
480606 -           [On 020919 Stuart frustrated by challenge of leadership to
480607 -           help people undertand opportunity for using SDS to save time
480608 -           and money; recommend citing Roy Roebuck's explanation.
480609 -           ref SDS 33 R16H
480610 -
480611 -
480612 -
480613 -
4807 -

SUBJECTS
FAR Requires Organizational Memory Enabled by SDS
Organizational Memory Enabled by SDS Meets FAR Requirements for Docum
Documentation in Files Shall Consitute Complete History of Transactio
Audit Trail Links Accuracy Accountability Objectives Requirements Com
FAR Requires Good Management Practices Specified by ISO PMBOK for Org

5307 -
530801 -        ..
530802 -       FAR Requires Organizational Memory Enabled by SDS
530803 -       SDS Enables Traceability to Original Sources Required by FAR
530804 -
530805 -  Stuart continues....
530807 -        ..
530808 -   4.  Your interpretation [in POIMS]....
530809 -
530810 -         http://www.welchco.com/03/00050/01/09/01/02/00030.HTM#PG9M
530811 -
530812 -       ...of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
530814 -        ..
530815 -       http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm
530817 -        ..
530818 -       ...as requiring "organizational memory and alignment of the work
530819 -       with objective, requirements and commitments," ref OF 1 PG9M,
530820 -       boils down to "clear requirements and adherence to contract."
530822 -  ..
530823 - FAR requirements recognize that "adherence to contract," is not a
530824 - "conclusion," but rather requires a process of continual alignment
530825 - that documents an audit trail of traceability between what is done
530826 - day-to-day, and specific contract provisions, as called out by
530827 - published standards for good management in ISO and PMBOK, reviewed on
530828 - 950721. ref SDS 3 1740  Requirements for an audit trail to establish
530829 - "adherence to contract" is not a new idea, shown by Aristotle's rule
530830 - of risk management laid down 2,000 years ago...
530832 -          ..
530833 -         The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied
530834 -         later a thousand fold.
530835 -
530836 - ...as noted in NWO. ref OF 8 4564
530838 -  ..
530839 - FAR calls for documenting alignment day-to-day, because failure to
530840 - maintain alignment of small details creates enormous social pressure
530841 - that forces good people into bad judgements by reporting "adherence to
530842 - contract" at the end of the job which is willfully blind to glaring
530843 - deviations under Aristotle's rule that bumbling compounds into tragic
530844 - failure.  Thus, "adherence to contract" is an appropriate expression
530845 - of ultimate results, but does not embody the level of effort required
530846 - to accomplish compliance.
530848 -  ..
530849 - Stuart continues...
530850 -
530851 -       As you correctly state,
530852 -
530853 -         http://www.welchco.com/sd/08/00101/02/02/05/04/095827.HTM#IW3W
530854 -
530855 -       ...the FAR does not define "knowledge" so a clarification is
530856 -       needed to assist government planners on how to manage knowledge
530857 -       differently from information. ref SDS 22 IW3W  Organizational
530858 -       memory is not mentioned in the FAR, although one could expand
530859 -       the definition of organizational memory to place it in the
530860 -       context of consistent work procedures and business practices.
530862 -  ..
530863 - POIMS explains organizational memory is a work procedure and business
530864 - practice commonly described as "documentation." ref OF 3 2300  FAR's
530865 - requirement for "documentation," ref SDS 22 XV7L, recognizes, that
530866 - communication in meetings, calls, email and other correspondence is a
530867 - predicate to action, noted in NWO, ref OF 9 MY6H, and so must be
530868 - aligned, if there is any hope for the work to adhere to contract.
530869 -
530870 -
530871 -
530872 -
530873 -
530874 -
5309 -

SUBJECTS
FSR Role Has No Authority to Modify FAR Required to Implement the Reg

550301 -        ..
550302 -       SDS Enables DOD Personnel to Comply with FAR
550303 -       FSR and Other DOD Personnel Requires to Comply with FAR
550304 -
550305 - Stuart Concludes...
550307 -        ..
550308 -   5.  I appreciate your interest in applying promising technology to
550309 -       the Department of Defense's (DoD's) acquisition practices and
550310 -       policies.  I must reiterate that my duties as a Field Support
550311 -       Representative...
550313 -        ..
550314 -       http://home.dcmde.dcma.mil/oc/ocf/
550316 -        ..
550317 -       ...for the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
550319 -        ..
550320 -       http://www.dcma.mil/
550322 -        ..
550323 -       ...in no way allows me to change the FAR, alter Agency policy,
550324 -       or authorize contracts with vendors.
550326 -  ..
550327 - The challenge is not to "change" FAR, but to comply with FAR.  Stuart
550328 - was contacted on 020905 because experience in recent months shows
550329 - people are giving up on complying with good management practice.
550330 - ref SDS 30 0001
550332 -  ..
550333 - Stuart's work on 020905 and his letter today demonstrates that SDS
550334 - makes compliance with FAR requirements for documentation showing daily
550335 - work aligns with requirements, faster and easier than other methods.
550336 - The FSR role to follow FAR requirements for saving time and money
550337 - implies a duty of notice to DOD contracting officers and management,
550338 - as further discussed in the record on 020504 reviewing difficulty
550339 - complying with FAR. ref SDS 22 R89F
550340 -
550342 -  ..
550343 - The letter to Stuart says....
550345 -        ..
550346 -       The second action item we discussed on 020905 is to spread good
550347 -       news wide as the waters by sending email to colleagues.
550348 -       ref SDS 30 LM3M  As we discussed this morning, Secretary of
550349 -       Defense Don Rumsfeld proposes building a "circle of advocates,"
550350 -       ref SDS 19 QO8H, sometimes called a "community of practice," to
550351 -       grow awareness of opportunity for saving time and money by
550352 -       making good management fast and easy. ref DIP 3 AC5O
550354 -  ..
550355 - The letter to Stuart cites need for courage to exercise leadership in
550356 - building a circle of advocates. ref SDS 0 LZ54
550358 -        ..
550359 -       Your letter today sends copies to people outside of DOD who have
550360 -       become familiar with SDS, and so demonstrates cohesion between
550361 -       DOD requirements, as set out in FAR, and SDS capabilities,
550362 -       explained in POIMS. ref DIP 3 8Q3K  This builds belief and faith
550363 -       that drives persistence, which Rumsfeld says is needed for
550364 -       transformation. In addition, we need to expand the conversation
550365 -       to include DOD people, particularly among your colleagues
550366 -       responsible for managing contracts, since contract management is
550367 -       a direct application for SDS, as set out in POIMS explaining
550368 -       "command and control of the record", ref OF 5 1113
550370 -        ..
550371 -       Recognition in your letter today that "organizational memory" is
550372 -       implied by express FAR requirements is a big step. ref SDS 0
550373 -       HH52  The next step is to reach out to like-minded people, as we
550374 -       discussed today. ref DIP 3 0S4L An example is the letter from
550375 -       Roy Roebuck who formerly worked at DOD, and found that SDS
550376 -       supports daily management in ways that are not available from
550377 -       other sources, as related on 020217 commenting about a letter
550378 -       from Gary at Aerospace company. ref SDS 20 1332
550380 -        ..
550381 -       Roy's understanding of good management at DOD seems fairly
550382 -       mainstream, and so suggests there are others at DOD who are open
550383 -       and ready to grasp the opportunity for improvement. ref DIP 3
550384 -       0S6H  In this regard, I disagree slightly with your letter today
550385 -       that says in part...
550386 -
550387 -
550388 -
550389 -
550390 -
550391 -
550392 -
550393 -
550394 -
550395 -
550396 -
550397 -
550398 -
5504 -