Millennium Data Management, Incorporated, is proud to announce the development and release of ANSI-859, a standard for performance-based Data Management.  MDM has lead the team of developers for this standard – and its associated implementation handbook – for four years.  The standard is an industry/government consensus-based approach to the acquisition, management, access, use, review, acceptance, archival, and disposal of data.  It incorporates the original intent of data management  with the evolution and migration of the data environment from one of hardcopy, library management to the digital, tool-based environment. 

ANSI-859 also provides for the identification, management, and protection of intellectual property and competitive edge data. 

The sponsorship of this project was provided by the Department of Defense and is joined by its constituent services and agencies,  in conjunction with a talented team from prime contractors as Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Boeing Defense and Boeing Commercial Aircraft, and Logistics Management Institute.  It has been our privilege to lead this effort, and to work for the improvement and appreciation of data as a competitive edge asset. 

Our current project in the development of new policy and guidance for Data Management is to develop a series of continuous learning modules for Defense Acquisition University, to be used in the institutionalization of new DM throughout the defense community, and in industry. 

ANSI-859 and its handbook are available for purchase through industry standards vendors and at www.geia.org.  We invite your inquiries and questions on the content of the standard, and are appreciative of your comments regarding the value and use of the document.