Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Denver Security Operations Center (DSOC) 'Center of Excellence' at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado.

摘要

The Department of Defense (DoD) and United States Air Force (USAF) 460th Space Wing (460 SW) proposes to establish a Center of Excellence at Buckley Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado, to revitalize and transform the DoD's technical and scientific information mission responsibilities. The Center of Excellence would be known as the Denver Security Operations Center (DSOC) and would become the focal point for technical analysis, scientific research and reporting. The Proposed Action is in response to a Congressionally Directed Action. The Proposed Action, two alternatives and the No Action Alternative were assessed in an Environmental Assessment (EA) which is incorporated herein by reference. The DSOC would revitalize and transform DoD's technical and scientific information mission to meet its evolving requirements. In the past, technical and scientific information activities have been dispersed at various locations, which led to duplication of effort and inefficiencies in decision making, mission management and resource allocation. The time-consuming process of relaying large volumes of data to dispersed locations caused unacceptable delays in processing, analysis, research and reporting of technical information vital to DoD's technical customers and national-level decision makers. A consolidated center would improve DoD's ability to rapidly respond to customers' critical information needs. Faster data access and processing would enable DoD to analyze more data, produce better quality reports and quickly meet the critical needs of its customers.