MODIFICATION
A -- Applying Information Technology to Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence (C4I) Systems
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 13441-4514
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-BAA-05-06-IFKA
- Point of Contact
- Lynn G. White, Phone: (315) 330-4996
- E-Mail Address
-
Lynn.White@rl.af.mil
(Lynn.White@rl.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This purpose of this modification is to add additional topic areas as follows. Delegation Management: Of interest are white papers for delegation-based access control for web services within the context of large enterprise systems. The DoD defines delegation of authority as the action by which a commander assigns part of his authority commensurate with the assigned task to a subordinate commander. While ultimate responsibility cannot be relinquished, delegation of authority carries with it the imposition of a measure of responsibility, the extent of which must be clearly stated. Similarly, access to enterprise services and information can be controlled through delegation of credentials by an authority (perhaps a service itself) as established by a formal semantic model and explicit policies. A delegation of authority service would govern the ability of users and services to delegate authority to other users and services to access domain-specific computer-based resources. This service may need to interact and negotiate with other delegation of authority services across domains. The development of such delegation services requires investigation into the impacts of dynamically granting and revoking delegations of authority on the fly, approaches for resolving policy conflicts, and methods of delegation across workflow chains involving both principals (human-in-the-loop) and agents (software applications and services). White papers should discuss the technical foundations and approaches for the following research activities: (a) Development of a semantically grounded model (or models) of delegation based upon, for example, Air Force Instructions (AFIs) that informally capture delegation patterns. (b) Using such a model, development of a capability to encode policies in a formal executable language. (c) Development of enforcement services to expose and constrain the use of a minimum set of required credential sets and their delegation subject to the models and policies defined in (a) and (b). (d) Automated proof-of-concept demonstrations for a small set of AFI procedures using services within realistic scenarios and workflow orchestrations. Enterprise Information Lifecycle Management: Of interest are white papers for Mission-Driven Enterprise Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) for the Air Operations Center (AOC). The Air Force needs service-oriented architecture (SOA) based systems and information management services that provide information lifecycle management and optimized query performance. This research will investigate: (a) multiple type-based and mission-based information repository and archive approaches; (b) approaches to improve reliabilities and performance in a distributed environment; and (c) dynamic Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) approaches. White papers should include discussion of the following tasks: (a) Assess commercial ILM and HSM software and hardware based on Air Force Information Management (IM) context and quantify technical gaps between commercial offerings and mission needs. (b) Define and develop, adapt, or adopt ILM and Dynamic HSM services suitable for multiple repositories supporting metadata-driven query mechanisms (to include XML). Provide web service and language bindings (minimally to include Java). (c) Define and enforce content-based access controls based upon user credentials (e.g. SAML-tokens). (d) Demonstrate ILM capabilities in an emulated distributed environment using the AFRL Information Directorate EMULAB cluster. Efficient Distribution of Large Data Objects: Of interest are white papers proposing a DoD-usable protocol for the efficient and secure distribution of large objects - like video or georectified imagery - using publish, subscribe and query via peer-based protocols, such as BitTorrent. The white papers should discuss the research, design, development, testing and delivery of a prototype application/implementation that: (a) leverages the BitTorrent protocol; (b) adds security of packets to encrypt all communications; (c) incorporates authentication of users/systems in network; (d) supports publish, subscribe and query capability; (e) works on a collaborative model for calculating share ratios, rather than the existing BitTorrent "tit for tat" algorithm; (f) explicitly leverages network locality; and (g) handles real-time streaming of information (e.g. video). The recommended date for white papers for these topic areas is by 22 June 2009. DO NOT send white papers to the Contracting Officer. All white papers must be addressed to ATTN: Randall McIntyre, Reference BAA 05-06-IFKA, AFRL/IFSA, 525 Brooks Road, Rome NY 13441-4505. Respondents are required to provide their Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number with their submittal and reference BAA 05-06-IFKA. Electronic submissions to: Randall.McIntyre@rl.af.mil will also be accepted. CONTENT AND FORM OF SUBMISSION: Offerors are required to submit 3 copies of a 2 to 3 page white paper summarizing their proposed approach/solution. The purpose of the white paper is to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of an offeror whose proposed work is not of interest to the Government. The white paper will be formatted as follows: Section A: Title, Period of Performance, Cost of Task, Name of Company; Section B: Task Objective; and Section C: Technical Summary. Multiple white papers within the purview of this announcement may be submitted by each offeror. If the offeror wishes to restrict its white papers/proposals, they must be marked with the restrictive language stated in FAR 15.609(a) and (b). All white papers/proposals shall be double spaced with a font no smaller than 12 pitch. In addition, respondents are requested to provide their Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) number, a fax number, and an e-mail address with their submission. All responses to this announcement must be addressed to the technical POC. No other changes have been made.
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