This vision of information sharing has the support at the United States Coast Guard, of Commandant Thad Allen. He has had a huge impact in the information sharing in the organization with his vision of "information transparency breeds self-correcting behavior". The doctrine of openness and sharing toward an outcome of improved personal and organizational performance is a powerful vision that can even transform a large, multi-mission maritime organization like the Coast Guard.
In public and private sectors, it used to be information on a "need to know" basis. Information is power and those who wield it are king. Only with the advent of the internet, social networking, vertical and horizontal integration in the marketplace, and the unfortunate 9-11 tragedy has need to know been shifting to "responsibility to share".
Undoubtedly, there is still a long way to go in eliminating the stovepipes in our organizations and between our organizations, but user-centric EA will be there to facilitate this change and build the mechanisms, processes, and governance for bona fide information discovery and exchange. More than that, by developing EA information products, governance processes, and plans, user-centric EA is creating a climate of change that will take organizations into the future of information-sharing.
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