# Total Information Awareness **Entity class:** Program **Research spine:** [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Definition Total Information Awareness (TIA) was a DARPA research program seeking to correlate diverse data for anticipatory counterterrorism analysis after September 11. ## Chronological Proximity It began in 2002, soon after the intelligence failures represented by the [[wiki/Marble-Jar Problem|marble-jar problem]] and near Palantir's founding. ## Relational Proximity The [[wiki/Information Awareness Office|Information Awareness Office]] under [[wiki/John Poindexter|John Poindexter]] managed TIA; Congress ended the public program amid political volatility, while the demand for better correlation remained. ## 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]].