Success is no longer about an individual agency or even a single nation solving a problem, but rather a coalition to create a trusted, comprehensive data ecosystem. Large-scale data fusion, assimilation, and AI are now central to CBP’s mission. This past year, the agency helped establish the Border 5/Migration 5 (B5M5) partnership between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the U.S. to enhance and scale data-sharing capabilities. The partnership is collectively investing in technologies that include augmented and virtual reality, blockchain, and biometrics. Partnerships like B5M5 are necessary to address larger issues and patterns at a global scale—no matter the mission focus. Success is no longer about an individual agency or even a single nation solving a problem, but rather a coalition to create a trusted, comprehensive data ecosystem. Envisioning a Data Evolution In civil societies, large-scale data fusion and AI have the power to improve safety, resilience, and security. Organizations need the ability to process and decipher information from around the world and from a proliferation of sensors, physical and digital experiences, and intersecting mission areas. Research has shown that natural disasters displace populations and lead to migration over time. Political turmoil, civil unrest, and environmental changes can also lead to increases in events like immigration and human trafficking. Used together, field and operational data can connect the dots between major humanitarian issues to inform in-the-moment decision making, global policymaking, and readiness for the next crisis. The missions highlighted in this article demonstrate how the Government is harnessing an ecosystem of intelligence for critical decision making. As data is freed from locked platforms for more flexible and accessible insights, agencies can take on greater challenges, including those outside their traditional organizational structures. Through increased collaboration, data can more readily deliver reliable insights to wherever the mission is—from the IT enterprise to the operators at the front lines. Frank DiGiammarino leads technology exploration and strategy for Booz Allen’s chief technology office, focusing on expanding emerging businesses and building new partnerships with the firm’s technology and innovation ecosystem. Prachi Sukhatankar is a vice president in Booz Allen’s civil sector with a focus on climate, infrastructure, and matters of domestic resilience. She has over 20 years of experience leading the strategy, engineering, and delivery of digital transformation in both private and public sector organizations. Kathleen Featheringham is a principal in Booz Allen’s BrightLabs incubator, with an expertise in building capabilities for data transformation and AI across the Federal Government. Josh Strosnider leads Booz Allen’s partnership efforts as part of the CTO organization and helps drive the firm’s strategies to enable, differentiate, and expand federal access to emerging technologies. SPEED READ To serve and protect communities around the world, federal agencies need to harness large-scale data fusion, bring AI to the entire enterprise, and bridge the gap between digital and physical experiences. Civilian issues, such as immigration and climate change, span global sectors and national interests and defy traditional organizational silos. Success on these issues is no longer about an individual agency or even a single nation solving a problem, but rather a coalition to create a trusted, comprehensive data ecosystem. There is exponential growth in the complexity and types of data that have to be analyzed to ensure readiness, situational awareness, and decision advantage for civilian missions. An ecosystem approach to mission intelligence is needed to address matters of national criticality and security at the speed, size, and urgency that exist today. Organizations require a flexible architecture and open standards to support critical decision making at the scale of the mission and to shift with ease as new data and capabilities become available. VELOCITY | © 2022 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON 41
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