Defense Information Enterprise Architecture

Definition
Defense Information Enterprise Architecture (DIEA)

"[p]rovides a common foundation to support accelerated DoD transformation to network-centric operations and establishes priorities to address critical barriers to its realization. The Defense Information Enterprise comprises the information, information resources, assets, and processes required to achieve an information advantage and share information across DoD and with mission partners. DIEA describes the integrated Defense Information Enterprise and the rules for the information assets and resources that enable it."