# Information Awareness Office **Entity class:** Institution **Research spine:** [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Definition The Information Awareness Office was the DARPA office that managed Total Information Awareness and related post-9/11 research. ## Chronological Proximity It operated in 2002–2003, contemporaneous with the formation of Palantir and the growth of In-Q-Tel's commercial technology bridge. ## Relational Proximity [[wiki/John Poindexter|John Poindexter]] directed the office, and [[wiki/Total Information Awareness|TIA]] was its best-known program. ## Collection Routes [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] · [[wiki/Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software|Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research]].