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Ask the CIO
Thursdays at 10:30 AMYour host: Jason Miller
Welcome to Ask the Chief Information Officer brought to you by VION on Federal News Radio 1500 AM. Every week Federal News Radio interviews CIO's of federal agencies about the latest directives, IT challenges and successes. 'Ask the CIO' with your host, Jason Miller.
Drug Enforcement Administration
November 24, 2009 - 4:07pm
Encore Presentation
The Drug Enforcement Administration is trying to keep up with the drug cartels on several different levels.
It's trying to stop them from bringing narcotics across the border. And at the same time, the DEA faces a big challenge around the technology the cartels are using to communicate and find ways across the border.
Preston Grubbs, DEA's chief information officer and assistant administrator for operational support, is trying to reduce that technological gap.
Grubbs says more and more DEA agents soon will have Blackberry access to sensitive, but unclassified data that will save time and improve what they know about cases and people they stop.
He also says an agency now can access this information now, but through the use of the handhelds, the data is available almost immediately instead of having to wait up to one minute.
Additionally, DEA's top priority is its next generation case management system that will put all information into one central system instead of multiple systems that require redundant data inputs.
It currently is in 10 of 21 field divisions and should be completed by the end of 2011.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is trying to keep up with the drug cartels on several different levels.
It's trying to stop them from bringing narcotics across the border. And at the same time, the DEA faces a big challenge around the technology the cartels are using to communicate and find ways across the border.
Preston Grubbs, DEA's chief information officer and assistant administrator for operational support, is trying to reduce that technological gap.
Grubbs says more and more DEA agents soon will have Blackberry access to sensitive, but unclassified data that will save time and improve what they know about cases and people they stop.
He also says an agency now can access this information now, but through the use of the handhelds, the data is available almost immediately instead of having to wait up to one minute.
Additionally, DEA's top priority is its next generation case management system that will put all information into one central system instead of multiple systems that require redundant data inputs.
It currently is in 10 of 21 field divisions and should be completed by the end of 2011.
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