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* NPS developed a significant program of education and research for SOCOM about a
decade ago;
* NPS established an innovative in-residencdcdistance learning masters degree program.
which is the only degree program funded by the Department of Homeland Security;
* NPS is the foremost center for study and research in Information Systems. Information
Operations. and information Assurance, which led you to designate it as DoD Center for
Information Operations.
NPS has always been highly responsive to national security needs. creating or modifying
programs in response to today's demands and tomorrow's problems and I believe that the
institution can do even more for our country in the filture.
As you examine and realign our military infrastructure, I would ask you to consider an expanded
role for NPS: to provide focused educational programs for the total force, including both our
enlisted and civilian members, and those civilians who support our efforts in the overall national
security workforce. The sustainment and development of the civilian government workforce
faces its own challenges. UInited States universities are filled with those seeking degrees in
scientific, technical and engineering areas, both at the Master's and Doctoral level. Yet, too
small a percentage of these students are United States citizens who will be eligible for jobs
requiring security clearances. The Office of Naval Research has estimated that Navy labs alone
will need to hire up to 500 people a year over the next ten years to replace its existing citizen
workforce. I believe that NPS can provide leadership in attacking some of these problems, but to
do so NPS will have to develop partnerships with other universities and R&D facilities. The
University of California System along with the LI.NI would provide an ideal partnership in this
endeavor, perhaps through a Public-Private Partnership or other administrative structure.
NPS has evolved to become a national asset; it is the only research university in the world that is
focused exclusively on national security issues. I believe that the demand for the products that
NPS can provide has outgrown the institution's current relationship with the rest of the l)efense
Department. I believe that NPS might better serve the country if it becomes a DoD institution.
recognizing that the School now serves all of the Services. OSD, NSA, CIA. etc. Alternatively,
NPS might becomes a part of the UC System - perhaps having a status and relationship similar
to that of LLNL so that it can serve as a mechanism to attract U.S. civilians into technical
defense related work.
I would be happy to discuss these issues with you at your convenience.
Sincerely,
Richard C. Atkinson
President Emeritus3
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Executive Correspondence - Letters Sent on Behalf of the Naval Postgraduate School, letter, August 25, 2005; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc23100/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.