Information Systems & Services

Information Systems and Services

Organisation overview
Formed	April 1, 2008 (2008-04-01)
Preceding Organisation	Defence Communication Services Agency
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters	MOD Corsham, Wiltshire
Employees	2000
Annual budget	£1.8 billion
Organisation executive	Major General Ivan Hooper (Interim)[1], Chief Digital and Information Officer
Parent department	Ministry of Defence
Parent Organisation	Joint Forces Command
Key document	Defence Information Strategy

Information Systems and Services (or Information Systems & Services or ISS) is a Cluster within the Joint Forces Command Top Level Budget of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence.^[2] With its headquarters at Corsham, Wiltshire, and satellite sites elsewhere, it employs around 5,000 people.

History

ISS was created on 1 April 2008 from the former Defence Communications and Services Agency (DCSA). In turn, the DCSA had been formed in 1995 from many single-Service signals organisations including RAFSEE (the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment). On 1 April 2014, ISS moved from Defence Equipment and Support to Joint Forces Command.

Locations

ISS headquarters are at MOD Corsham in Wiltshire. The organisation has a presence at other sites throughout the UK, including:

• MOD Bicester, a military storage and distribution centre in Oxfordshire.
• Blandford Camp, a British Army facility in Dorset, home to the Royal Corps of Signals.
• ISS Boddington, a former non-flying RAF station in Gloucestershire.
• RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire, home to parts of Communication and Information Systems Branch (CIS) and Operations Support Branch (OSB).

• Andover in Hampshire, the headquarters of the British Army.

Task

The task of the ISS is information and communications technology support for MoD operations and business.^[3]

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