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A Tool for Assessing and Conveying Testimony Veracity (TACT-V)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W15P7T-08-C-T204
Agency Tracking Number: A072-116-0169
Amount: $119,944.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A07-116
Solicitation Number: 2007.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2007
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-12-20
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-03-03
Small Business Information
625 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
DUNS: 115243701
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jonathan Pfautz
 Principal Scientist
 (617) 491-3474
 jpfautz@cra.com
Business Contact
 Jennifer Barron
Title: Director, Contracts
Phone: (617) 491-3474
Email: jbarron@cra.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

HUMINT-specialized technologies (e.g., CI/HUMINT Information Management System (CHIMS), CI/HUMINT Automated Tool Set (CHATS)) provide soldiers with tools that help them capture, disseminate and reason about the information they collect. While these tools can help identify inconsistencies in source testimony, this activity still requires time and the expertise of the HUMINT collector to effectively assess and report on source and information reliability. To enhance the collection and exploitation of tactical HUMINT, soldiers need a tool to identify, assess, and alert them to false, inconsistent, and unreliable testimony gathered from sources while they are interviewing. We propose to design and demonstrate the feasibility of a Tool for Assessing and Conveying Testimony Veracity (TACT-V) that will allow HUMINT collectors to rapidly assess and convey the veracity and context surrounding source testimony. For this endeavor, we will leverage our vast experience in developing intelligent systems for Military Intelligence (MI) activities, and exploit our access to MI experts and HUMINT information to create a tool that that enables HUMINT collectors to detect gaps, and misinformation during the course of an interview. Also, we will leverage our experience in developing Serviced Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions to design and demonstrate a composition of software services that are loosely coupled, extensible, and ready to integrate with current and future HUMINT support systems.

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