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- DTIC A-Z provides an alphabetical reference listing of all DTIC products, resources and services offered. Similar to a sitemap, here you will find links to all the information that can be found on DTIC Online.
- DTIC facilitates information exchange throughout the Defense establishment to support our nation's warfighters. DTIC encourages everyone in the Defense community to submit all appropriate materials for inclusion in our databases.
- The Current Issues are based on questions posed by DTIC customers and are intended to give you a flavor of the resources available to DTIC users. By registering with DTIC, you will be able to examine these and other topics in depth.
- Ask a Librarian is a Cooperative Virtual Reference service available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. It allows libraries and information centers to expand reference services with shared resources around the world.
- The scope of DTIC's scientific and technical collection covers all areas of defense research. DTIC offers three Web sites for access to its resources and services: DTIC Online; DTIC Online Access Controlled; and DTIC Online Classified.
- MultiSearch is DTIC's federated search that allows users to search more than 400 governments, commercial and international resources from a single query.
- DTIC offers three Web sites for access to its resources and services: DTIC Online; DTIC Online Access Controlled; and DTIC Online Classified. Entrance to each site is based on an individual's registration level and provides the respective access and information coverage.
- Search DTIC's extensive public Technical Reports Collection.
- Information Analysis Centers (IACs) are research and analysis organizations established by the DoD to support researchers, scientists, engineers, and program managers with expertise in all areas of Defense research and engineering.
- DTIC provides a wide range of customer support including reference assistance, using or searching DTIC Online, assistance in locating a Technical Report and more.

CHRISTOPHER E. THOMAS

Senior Executive Service

Christopher E. Thomas is the Administrator of the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). He is responsible for planning and directing DTIC's mission activities to disseminate research and engineering technical information across the Department of Defense (DoD) and with DoD partners in industry and academia. DTIC's collections represent the DoD's largest repository of technical information. The Center is a leader in fielding collaboration tools that enable diverse teams across the Department to work together. DTIC operates the DoD's Information Analysis Centers that perform specialized technical analysis that cover a broad array of science and technology areas.

Mr. Thomas also serves as DTIC's Chief Technology Officer. Previously, he was DTIC's Acting Administrator; Director, Information Systems Support; Director, Component Information Support; and Division Chief for Technology Applications. During his tenure at DTIC, he was instrumental in the production of DTIC's 2011-2016 Strategic Plan; accelerated the adoption of Internet technologies to redefine the way in which DTIC collects and disseminates information and oversaw DTIC's development and hosting of more than 100 DoD Web sites.

In 2009, Mr. Thomas was the Program Manager for the DoDTechipedia Suite of Services when it earned the Government Computer News Agency Award, for "outstanding information technology initiatives." DoDTechipedia features a wiki that allows scientists, researchers, and engineers to add and actively update content. The DoDTechipedia Suite of Services includes DoDTechSpace, a professional networking tool that provides users situational awareness of research and engineering issues, supports communities of interest, and offers responses to scientific and technical priorities from the Combatant Commands.

Before entering government service, Mr. Thomas served as a Director, Program Manager, Program Engineer, and Software Developer for federal government contractors. He led software development for DoD's first enterprise Web sites, including DefenseLink, and AirForceLINK.

Mr. Thomas holds a Project ManagementProfessional (PMP) credential from the Project Management Institute and has a Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Security Leadership (GSLC) certificate. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Old Dominion University, a Master of Arts in Economics from George Mason University, and attended the Federal Executive Institute-Leadership for a Democratic Society.

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CHRISTOPHER E. THOMAS

DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER

8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 0944, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6218