Global Theater Security Cooperation Management information Systems (G-TSCMIS)
The Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information Systems Program was an Office of the Secretary of War initiative to develop and deploy a common web-based, centrally hosted management information system to serve as the information focal point for the Department of War’s (DoW) security cooperation efforts. The Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information Systems program provides decision makers, security cooperation planners, and other users with the ability to view, manage, assess, and report security cooperation activities and events. The Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information Systems was adopted from a theater-specific system and lacked basic functionality. Since 2010, the security cooperation enterprise, consisting of combatant commands, Military Departments, and Defense Agencies, have called for security cooperation activity life-cycle management, activity alignment to strategic guidance, adaptability and scalability for all security cooperation organizations, and interfaces with security cooperation authoritative data sources. The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017 enacted several DoW security cooperation enterprise reforms and consolidated various security cooperation authorities under a single chapter (16) in Title 10. Through these reforms, the DoW was assigned the responsibility to manage approximately 100,000 security cooperation activities per year, organized into more than 40 distinct authorities that support dozens of different organizations. On February 11, 2019, the office of the Secretary of War assigned the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) as the lead for the Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information Systems and any successor comprehensive security management information system. DSCA has since developed and deployed “Socium” (Latin for “partner”) as a successor system. In Fiscal Year 2026, the Socium program continued to develop a strategic optimization platform, directly advancing our strategic interests by setting conditions for increased user adoption and system integration. This was accomplished through the implementation of numerous capabilities and application enhancements.
FY2027 planned work As a system, Socium adapts to changes in authorities, maintains features and capabilities, and provides the centralization users require to meet expectations. However, Socium is slated for operation and sustainment in FY 2028. Our goal is to complete the development required to meet any mandated requirements for the system, and over the FY 2027-2028 timeframe, gradually move to a focus on operation and sustainment. Operations and Maintenance funding would be used to help troubleshoot updates, minor enhancements, and bugs fixes to ensure the features and functions already developed remain in effective operation. Additionally, this will allow one team to focus on the Operations and…
FY2026 to FY2027 change The decrease in FY 2026 to FY 2027 is largely due to improved transparency of training information, leveraging Defense Security Assistance Management System training data into various modules within the Socium.
FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, DSCA plans to continue capability and functional enhancements to Socium including authority-specific congressional reports, expanded partner nation organization information, social network analysis, tranche analytics, improved training and equipment list features, Resource Allocation Plan automation, integrated chat functionality, and persistent interfaces with authoritative data source and geospatial information systems to further integrate security cooperation planning, budgeting, resourcing, assessment, monitoring, and evaluation.
FY2025 accomplishments In FY 2025, DSCA will continue to add new capabilities and functional enhancements to Socium that includes the various ISCP workflows, development in support of Sec 333 execution management and oversight, delivery tracking, and performance measurement to improve visibility into BPC effectiveness; improve management and reporting, association with strategy plans through a C2IE interface, authority-tailored workflows, the two-way interface with DSAMS that will have Socium serving as programmatic requirements; AM&E enhancements for Objective Tree and PMP, and the expansion of the AM&E framework to include structured pre-design SSCI and capability assessment features; increased Operational Risk…