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Welcome to the summer edition of the AFCEA Intelligence Watch. This is the Association’s online newsletter designed to keep you informed of activities and services supporting intelligence professionals.
We are hard at work on three important upcoming events that may be of interest to you: NGA Industry Day (September 18),our annual Fall Intelligence Symposium (October 15-16), and a Counterintelligence Conference (October 29).
This issue of the AFCEA Intelligence Watch includes details about these events, plus the winners of the 2008 AFCEA Intelligence Awards, our latest white paper, our new intelligence scholarships, the 2008 intelligence writing contest, and much more!
Please take a moment and scan the table of contents on the left and see which activities are of particular interest to you.
As part of the extended AFCEA International family, AFCEA Intelligence provides linkage with an international association with over 32,000 individual members, 1,600 corporate members, and 140 chapters worldwide focused on command, control, communications and intelligence... and their interconnectedness. We provide a common ground for learning that is unquestioned in its integrity and unequaled in the reach of its relationships.
Thanks for letting us serve you.
Sincerely,
Steve Ritchey
Vice President for Intelligence
AFCEA International
NGA to Speak to Industry about Agency Priorities
Continuing a series begun in 2003, AFCEA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) will co-sponsor NGA Industry Day on September 18, 2008, in Chantilly, VA. The day will feature the NGA leadership talking about where the Agency is headed in the next 3-5 years. The goal of the day is to educate members of industry about NGA priorities and potential business opportunities.
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Fall Intelligence Symposium will Focus on Critical Infrastructure Protection
Planning is underway for the AFCEA Fall Intelligence Symposium taking place on October 15-16, 2008, in the National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, VA. As part of an ongoing series surveying issues of significance for the Intelligence Community, the fall symposium will explore intelligence support to critical infrastructure protection. Program details and online registration will be available soon on the AFCEA Intelligence web site (intel.afcea.org).
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Counterintelligence Conference to Warn U.S. Industry and Academia
AFCEA and the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive will join forces on October 29, 2008, to present a one day unclassified conference focused on the foreign espionage threat to U.S. technology, intellectual property, and trade secrets. This event is a follow-on event to one held last December in Sunnyvale, CA. Program details and online registration are coming soon to intel.afcea.org.
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AFCEA Announces 2008 Intelligence Award Winners
AFCEA annually recognizes intelligence professionals for their work on behalf of the Intelligence Community and the nation. We are honored to announce that this year’s winners are The Honorable Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence; Mr. Bob Gourley, CTO and founder of Crucial Point LLC.; and Mr. Dick Schaeffer, Jr., Information Assurance Director, National Security Agency.
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AFCEA Intelligence Committee Seeks New Members
Are you a member of the private sector interested in serving the Intelligence Community? Each year about this time, the AFCEA Intelligence Committee solicits new industry members. The Committee is a group of 55 government and industry members that oversees the Association’s outreach to intelligence professionals and the Intelligence Community.
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Latest AFCEA Intelligence White Paper
The government and industry members of the AFCEA Intelligence Committee have completed their ninth white paper. The theme of the paper is “Enabling a Responsive and Agile Intelligence Enterprise.” The paper is available online with a comments feature that lets you provide instant feedback. These papers are distributed widely within the Intelligence Community as a way of contributing to the dialogue on important issues requiring inputs and collaboration between the public and private sectors.
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AFCEA Intelligence Announces 2008 Writing Contest
The topic for the 2008 AFCEA Intelligence writing contest is “Guidelines for Developing, Nurturing and Leading Intelligence Professionals.” The contest provides a first place prize of $2,000 and the potential for publication in SIGNAL Magazine, a second place prize of $1,000 and a third place prize of $500.
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AFCEA Launches New Intelligence Scholarships
With generous financial support from Terremark Worldwide Inc., Mosaic Inc., and Computer Sciences Corporation, AFCEA Intelligence and the AFCEA Educational Foundation have established three scholarships aimed at undergraduate and graduate students pursuing academic degrees in global security, intelligence studies, and/or foreign languages. These new intelligence scholarships will complement the AFCEA Educational Foundation’s existing academic outreach in the hard sciences. In conjunction with AFCEA chapters worldwide, the AFCEA Educational Foundation annually distributes over $1.5 million dollars in grants and scholarships!
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AFCEA Intelligence Blog Pokes and Prodes
Joe Mazzafro is AFCEA’s resident intelligence blogger. His latest post is entitled “The IC Outsourcing Conundrum ” He invites your comments… and you can do so anonymously!
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NightWatch Subscriptions Grow
AFCEA’s nightly executive level worldwide intelligence summary, provided in partnership with editor John McCreary, continues to attract attention and readers. The subscriber list has grown to over 2,000! The service is free and is delivered direct to your email inbox early each morning. In about two pages, it’s the perfect way to get caught up on what’s happening around the world.
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U.S. Intelligence Community Survey Course Offered
The AFCEA Professional Development Center will next offer its popular course on the Intelligence Community on September 16-18, 2008. Taught by well known intelligence professional, Dr. Mark Lowenthal, the class provides an up-to-date understanding of the structure and functions of the Intelligence Community and its components.
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AFCEA Spotlights Intelligence Companies
Did you know that AFCEA International has over 1,600 companies that are corporate members? That’s a lot of expertise. AFCEA Intelligence works to showcase intelligence companies through exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities at its events. In addition, many of those companies are featured on the AFCEA Intelligence web site
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Exhibits and Sponsorships
Does your company want to be an exhibitor or sponsor at one of the upcoming AFCEA Intelligence events? Contact Tina Vicioso at tvicioso@afcea.org or 703-631-6250.
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Signal Magazine Loves Intelligence
Bob Ackerman, Signal’s editor in chief, recently conducted a one-on-one interview with Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell. You can read it online. It’s just one of many intelligence-related articles Signal offers each month.
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Thanks for reading the AFCEA Intelligence Watch!
We hope to see you at an upcoming AFCEA Intelligence event.
Best regards,
Steve Ritchey
Email
intel.afcea.org
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