Information Systems & Services

Information Systems and Services
Organisation overview
Formed1 April 2007 (2007-04-01)
Preceding Organisation
Dissolved2019
Superseding Organisation
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
Headquarters
Parent department
Ministry of Defence
Parent Organisation
Strategic Command

Information Systems & Services (ISS) was a cluster within Strategic Command Top Level Budget of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. ISS was replaced by Defence Digital in 2019.

History

ISS was created from the former Defence Communication Services Agency (DCSA) on 1 April 2007.

The organisation was spread across a number of sites, but in 2010 a £690 million programme was announced to unite ISS at MoD Corsham, Wiltshire in a modern office complex with 1,874 workspaces.

In 2019 ISS and a number of organisations were brought together as Defence Digital, with an annual budget of over £2 billion and about 2,400 staff including military, civil servants and contractors, led by Ministry of Defence chief information officer Charles Forte.

Role

Information Systems & Services provided the procurement and support functions for integrated information and communication services across the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence and to overseas bases, operations and ships.

References

  1. ↑ "A Short Guide to the Ministry of Defence" (PDF). www.nao.org.uk. National Audit Office UK, June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Defence Digital". gov.uk. Defence Digital. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020. Defence Digital brought together and replaced a number of organisations, including Information Systems and Services (ISS) in 2019.
  3. ↑ "UK Defence Statistics Compendium 2009" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Corsham project will make Defence connections more efficient - Announcements - Inside Government". GOV.UK. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Qualtrough, Edward (16 December 2019). "Ministry of Defence CIO Charles Forte interview - Digitising Warfare in the Information Age". CIO. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "MoD networks, assets and capabilities". Hansard. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "About us - Joint Forces Command". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 December 2017.