A senior defense official in the Pentagon's networking directorate says the information-sharing initiatives spearheaded by his office will play an integral role in Defense Secretary Robert Gates' plan to streamline efficiencies -- provided the office does not get eliminated in the name of efficiency. In a July 22 interview with Inside the Pentagon , the Defense Department's Deputy Chief Information Officer David Wennergren said the push by the office of the assistant secretary of defense for networks and information integration...