Organisation overview | |
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Formed | 1 April 2007 |
Preceding Organisation | |
Dissolved | 2019 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Government of the United Kingdom |
Headquarters | MOD Corsham, Wiltshire |
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. [1] ISS was replaced by Defence Digital in 2019. [2]
ISS was created from the former Defence Communication Services Agency (DCSA) on 1 April 2007. [3]
The organisation was spread across a number of sites, but in 2010 a £690 million programme was announced to unite ISS at MoD Corsham, Witshire in a modern office complex with 1,874 workspaces. [4]
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. [2] [5]
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. [6] [7]
Defence Digital brought together and replaced a number of organisations, including Information Systems and Services (ISS) in 2019.