| Dale W. Meyerrose | |
|---|---|
| Born | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1975-2005 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Awards | Legion of Merit |
| Other work | Chief Information Officer for the Director of National Intelligence |
Major General (Retired) Dale W. Meyerrose is the Harris Corporation lead for the National Cyber Initiative, as of January 2009. Before January he was the Associate Director of National Intelligence/Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Information Sharing Executive for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
Previously he was the Director of Command Control Systems, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command, and Director of Architectures and Integration, Headquarters U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. He also served as the Chief Information Officer for both commands. General Meyerrose ensured the Commander of NORAD had the command and control systems to safeguard the air sovereignty of North America. For U.S. Northern Command, he created architectures and integrated solutions to support the command's mission to deter, prevent and defeat threats to the United States. He facilitated communications and information sharing for military assistance to civil authorities for incident response responsibilities assigned to Northern Command. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, General Meyerrose entered the Air Force in 1975 after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. His career highlights include service as a director in three Air Force major air commands and three unified combatant commands, a Joint Task Force Director of Communications, and a commander of two major Air Force communications units. The general wears the master communications badge and is a master parachutist. Meyerrose is an agent of change in the world of government intelligence. With some 16 different agencies involved in the gathering of intelligence, the challenge of seeing the collective whole was dramatized by the intelligence breakdown of September 11, 2001. The breakdown, a product of agency competitiveness and legacy information systems, was greatly due to organizational silos reinforced by the shackles of hierarchy. As Meyerrose noted of the intelligence community: "We've had this 'need to know' culture for years. Well, we need to move to a 'need to share' philosophy."
Meyerrose initiated an effort to test and ultimately use blogs as a tool for intelligence gathering. While the blogosphere is well known amongst Internet users, it was new terrain for the secure information culture of the intelligence community. Recognizing the trappings of large scale initiatives, Meyerrose pursued thinking big, starting small, and scaling fast through the use of a blog. A simple pilot project focused on avian flu proved a tremendous success. Participants numbered more than 38,000 in just a few months. Contributions were made worldwide, and content and quality grew rapidly. In a few short months the blog became recognized as a valuable resource on the topic of avian flu.
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| Insignia | Rank | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Major General | March 1, 2002 | |
| Brigadier General | October 1, 1998 | |
| Colonel | January 1, 1992 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel | August 1, 1988 | |
| Major | August 1, 1984 | |
| Captain | June 4, 1979 | |
| First Lieutenant | June 4, 1977 | |
| Second Lieutenant | June 4, 1975 |
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "[1]".