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 AFCEA Leadership Five Questions


The Five Questions series features senior leaders of military, government and industry as they share their philosophy on leadership and the techniques that have worked for them. This episode features Scott Suhy, COO, Greenline Systems, Inc.

On Cyber Patrol

'Tis the Season to Watch for Scams

This holiday season, don’t fall prey to a criminal’s cyber scam. Watch out for unsolicited emails offering deals that are too good to be true.Protect yourself by following a few simple guidelines when shopping online and giving to charities. Actually, these rules are good all year round as well. Watch out for unsolicited emails offering deals that are too good to be true. Sometimes being generous requires a little legwork, but it is worth the time and trouble to protect yourself and to ensure that the cause or organization you wish to support actually receives your money.

Digital Source Book

This year, in addition to the print edition of the AFCEA Source Book, AFCEA members can purchase a digital download of the entire issue in pdf format The digital edition enables you to browse through the corporate profiles of AFCEA corporate members as you would the paper magazine. It is a stand-alone product in PDF format, and is not included in digital subscriptions to SIGNAL Magazine. Each purchase of the digital edition qualifies for three separate downloads of the PDF.

Online Exclusives

Chertoff Urges DHS Focus on Domestic Intelligence
The former head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) thinks a forthcoming period of budget restrictions should provide the impetus for the DHS to shift its intelligence efforts away from overseas threats and focus instead on domestic security.
SPAWAR Selects Winning Bidder for CANES Design 
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, has selected Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corporation to develop and produce the Navy's next-generation tactical afloat network, Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES).
Defense Secretary Outlines 2013 Budget Cuts, Priorities
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has offered the first glimpse into changes in store for the U.S. military that will come to pass if the president's 2013 Pentagon budget is approved by Congress.
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Current Issue

HOMELAND SECURITY:
Roughly a decade after the Department of Homeland Security was created, the organization’s mission remains the same. However, its processes and procedures have changed significantly. Long-extant organizations and systems continue to be revamped to serve the dynamic homeland security mission, and new technologies are being developed to meet current and potential challenges. And, towering above all requirements is the likelihood of budget cuts affecting operations.

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:
While most of the focus on the information revolution has been on public and government networking, another sector has quietly undergone its own revolution fueled by advanced technology capabilities. The health industry is changing the way it diagnoses and treats patients by adopting new information technologies throughout its processes and procedures. What began as the niche category of telemedicine now has branched into a wide range of medical disciplines, and much of this has been driven by military needs in Southwest Asia.

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