The US Department of Defense (OoD) is in the process of formulating a clearer joint doctrine for cyberspace as well as standardising lexicon and determining potential capability gaps for the domain. Pentagon officials have begun assessing joint doctrine for cyber operations and expect to have a doctrine complete by the end of Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11), according to the DoO. "This joint doctrine will also include related lexicon/definitions, which will be synthesised with the interagency work on cyber lexicon," the department said in response to a US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the Pentagon's challenges in cyberspace. The GAO's report, published on 25 July, recommended that the DoD establish a timeframe for determining "whether to complete a separate joint cyberspace publication" and also for "updating the existing body of joint publications" to account for cyber issues.
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