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Help For information about a technical topic or related research, contact the IAC that specializes in your area of interest. If you’re interested in ordering a Technical Area Task (TAT), see our overview for fast details. For general information about the IAC program, see our FAQs. If you don’t see the answer there, please contact the IAC Program Management Office. The IAC Search Engine can be accessed here.
What are IACs and how do they benefit DoD? IACs are formal organizations chartered by DOD to help locate, analyze, and use scientific and technical information. They are centers of expertise within specific technology areas. IACs serve as central points of entry for access to consolidated, joint-focused, expert services in a Defense technology area and/or related scientific and engineering discipline. Because they are available for use by all DoD components, the Department avoids the expense of duplication of a similar capability in each using agency, office and unit. Also, and certainly as importantly, work performed for one customer adds to the available database for all, decreasing the possibility of duplicative efforts. What technology areas do the IACs cover? IAC areas of expertise cover the full spectrum of Defense Technology Objectives for the Joint Warfighting Science and Technology Plan and the Defense Technology Area Plan. A sampling of technology areas covered includes but is not limited to: chemical/biological defense, information assurance, human systems, modeling and simulation, advanced materials, and weapon systems. For specific information, please contact the IAC Program Management Office and/or review individual IAC Web sites. The four tables in the reference section of the DTIC IAC Directory (published June 2000) provide a quick reference to IACs keyed to current Defense Science and Technology Strategy areas. To download a pdf file of the tables, click here or to download the full pdf version of the directory, click here. You must have Acrobat Reader 3.0 to view these documents. If you do not have Acrobat, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html What types of products and services do the IACs provide? Specific products and services offered vary somewhat from IAC to IAC but typical products and services offered may include:
Do the IACs charge fees for their products and services? Many IAC products and services are available at little or no cost. Some abstracts and indexes, current awareness products, and as many as 8 hours of technical inquiry services may be offered to customers at no charge. There is generally a charge for extended inquiry services, training courses and some products. Fees may range from a few dollars for a bibliography to several hundred dollars for a multi-volume state-of-the-art report. See Technical Area Tasks (TATs) within this Web site. May I contact individual IACs directly? We encourage you to contact IACs directly when you have a question and/or problem related to their particular technical scope that they can answer/assist you with. You may link to specific IAC web sites by going to Resources/Homepages from within this Web site. Additional contact information for all IACs is listed on their individual sites as well as in the DoD IAC Directory. If I'm not certain which IAC to contact, is there some way that I can query multiple IACs at once? If you are not sure which IAC may best be able to answer your question, or if you have a technical inquiry which is not clearly defined and/or several IACs may be able to respond, a message may be submitted to dodiacs@dtic.mil. The message is sent simultaneously to all IACs. Can an IAC be tasked by DOD/other Government Agencies to provide support for specific work efforts? Yes, one of the objectives of the DoD IAC Program is to provide a capability to provide in-depth analysis, data gathering and other support activities to meet specific DoD research, development, acquisition, operational, and training requirements. The resulting efforts are referred to as technical area tasks (Tats). Tats are analytical and technical in nature and are separately-defined/separately-funded work efforts over and above IAC basic activities. A DoD or other Government Agency with a major information support requirement may direct a request, and a statement of the work to be performed, through the appropriate government technical representative to the IAC. Tats vary greatly in complexity, cost and duration, ranging from a few months to multi-year efforts. Whom should I contact to find out more about the DoD IAC Program or obtain a copy of the IAC Directory? For information about the IAC Program in general, or to request a hard copy of the DoD IAC Directory, contact the DoD IAC Program Management Office. |
