The IAO was established after Admiral John Poindexter, former United States National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan, and SAIC executive Brian Hicks approached the US Department of Defense with the idea for an information awareness program after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Microsoft Office | Home Office | War Office | The Office | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | United States Patent and Trademark Office | Information Technology | United States Information Agency | Office of the Inspector General | Office of Naval Research | Information technology | Office of Strategic Services | The Office (U.S. TV series) | National Center for Biotechnology Information | information technology | Cabinet Office | Oval Office | Post Office Protocol | Program and System Information Protocol | Office of Naval Intelligence | Geographic information system | General Post Office | Colonial Office | United States Post Office Department | Met Office | information | The Office (UK TV series) | Office of Management and Budget | Office Depot | IPTC Information Interchange Model |
There has been speculation that the DTO is continuing research efforts started under the Total Information Awareness program (TIA) in DARPA's Information Awareness Office (IAO).