<p>A recent request for information highlights the Intelligence Community's ongoing effort to enhance the way its 17 agencies share technology, information and resources.</p><p>The RFI, posted on July 8, seeks to build the Desktop Environment (DTE) aspect of the Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise (IC ITE), a strategy created by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to direct the community's IT efforts.</p><p>The DTE component currently delivers unified communications between users at the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency through a suite of desktop applications. It is managed by the Joint Program Management Office (JPMO), which consists of DIA and NGA personnel.</p><p>Now the Intelligence Community wants to move into DTE's second phase, in which the JPMO will seek delivery of desktop services and unified communications across all the intelligence agencies.</p><p><a href="http://fcw.com/articles/2013/07/10/intelligence-community-unified-communications.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p>