5.8.1. Serve as the Chief Advocate for
Interoperability by assessing IT and NSS interoperability requirements from
the warfighter's perspective in accordance with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff responsibilities to review and confirm IERs and interoperability
KPPs ensuring new systems and capabilities address interoperability and
supportability from inception throughout a system's
life.
5.8.2. Solicit from the CINCs joint, combined, and
coalition IT and NSS interoperability and supportability
issues.
5.8.3. Identify, consolidate, and prioritize IT and
NSS interoperability and supportability issues affecting fielded systems in
coordination with the CINCs.
5.8.4. Provide operationally prioritized and
programmatically synchronized materiel and non-materiel recommendations for
resolving IT and NSS interoperability issues to the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. Coordinate recommendations with USD(AT&L), USD(C)/DoD
CFO, the DoD CIO, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.