Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Strategic Communication

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Abstract:

The 2007 Defense Science Board DSB Task Force on Strategic Communication has written this report within the context of a larger study, the DSB 2007 Summer Study on Challenges to Military Operations in Support of National Interests. The summer study recognized that effective strategic communication, coordinated and executed in association with all aspects of national capacity, can help to prevent and limit conflicts and greatly enhance responses to global challenges that threaten Americas interests and values. In this context, the objectives of the 2007 DSB Task Force on Strategic Communication were to 1 Review and assess the recommendations made in the 2004 DSB report on Strategic Communication and the 2001 DSB report on Managed Information Dissemination. 2 Review and assess strategic communication activities since 2004. 3 Establish actionable recommendations for strategic communication in the 21st century.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Pagination:
0159

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
OUSD(AT/L)
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_8.1.3_Influence Adversary and Competitor Audiences; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_8.1.1_Inform Domestic and Foreign Audiences; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_8.2.4_Leverage Capacities and Capabilities of Security Establishments; JCA_8.2.3_Build the Capabilities and Capacities of Partners and Institutions; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action
Modernization Areas:
Space; Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*TASK FORCES, *STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, DIPLOMACY, GLOBALIZATION, MILITARY CAPABILITIES, MILITARY BUDGETS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics, Radio Communications
Report Date:
2008 Jan 01
Creation Date:
2008 Feb 13