MISSION

• Conduct operational testing of Information Technology (IT) and National Security Systems (NSS) acquired by DISA and other DoD organizations to ensure operational effectiveness and suitability

FUNCTIONS

• Serve as the Operational Test Agency (OTA) for DISA and other DoD Agencies with the charter to perform all IT and NSS Operational Test and Evaluation.
• Serve as the independent operational evaluator, reporting to OSD and Director, DISA. Plans, directs, coordinates, and controls operational testing for Joint NSS and IT systems
• Assist in the preparation of critical operational issues. Develops, defines, and publishes measures of effectiveness, measures of suitability, measures of performance, and Part IV of Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs). Directs and approves OT&E methods for data collection, reduction, and analysis
• Brief OSD DOT&E on the planning, conduct, and results of OT&E for oversight programs