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Welcome to the spring 2009 edition of the Intelligence Watch – AFCEA’s online newsletter designed to keep you informed of activities and services supporting intelligence professionals.
This issue includes details on our upcoming Spring Intelligence Symposium, the Intelligence Committee’s latest white paper, the fast approaching deadline for AFCEA's annual intelligence award submissions, the winner of our essay contest, a special event we are planning for small businesses, and more!
Also, new for this newsletter we are highlighting recent SIGNAL Magazine articles focusing on intelligence.
The table of contents to the left will help you determine which topics are of particular interest to you.
As part of the extended AFCEA International family, AFCEA Intelligence provides linkage with over 32,000 individual members, 1,700 corporate members, and 145 chapters worldwide focused on command, control, communications and intelligence...and their interconnectedness. We provide a common ground for networking and learning that is unquestioned in its integrity and unequaled in the reach of its relationships.
Sincerely,
Steve Ritchey
Vice President for Intelligence
AFCEA International
Spring Symposium to Focus on Intelligence Transition
During the AFCEA Spring Intelligence Symposium (April 22-23, 2009), attendees will learn about budget implications and priorities for the Intelligence Community (IC) under the new Administration, the views of current and past IC agency leaders, the Hill perspective, likely changes in military intelligence, and the impact of all this for the public/private partnership. Unfortunately, the event has sold-out, but there is a wait list. Putting your name on the list could get you in this year, and it definitely will give you advance notice for future events.
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Intelligence and Critical Infrastructure Protection White Paper
Providing support to the critical infrastructure mission has become an important priority for the U.S. Intelligence Community. Criticisms leveled against the Intelligence Community following 9/11 included concerns about the manner and extent to which foreign intelligence could be used to protect the homeland. In addition, the national debate about information and intelligence sharing now has been extended to include threats to the nation's critical infrastructure. The latest white paper from the government and industry members of the AFCEA Intelligence Committee focuses on this key topic.
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Deadline for AFCEA Intelligence Awards
Annually, AFCEA seeks to identify and honor intelligence professionals who are making a difference in the intelligence and national security arena. There are two levels of recognition: a senior level award (one winner) and a mid-level award (two winners). Nominees do not have to be AFCEA members, nominations can come from anyone, and the online forms are easy to complete. This is your chance to recognize someone you know who is making a difference in your chapter, organization, or company, but you must hurry. The nomination deadline is March 31, 2009.
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Intelligence Essay Contest Winner
Each year AFCEA provides intelligence professionals with an opportunity to express themselves on a topic of importance to the Intelligence Community and national security. This year’s winning essay was submitted by Mr. Christopher Zinner and is entitled “Developing Tomorrow’s Intelligence Analyst: A New Plan for High Performance in the Intelligence Community.” Mr. Zinner received $2,000 and a two-year AFCEA membership. His essay also will be published in SIGNAL Magazine, AFCEA’s monthly journal.
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2009 Essay Topic and Rules
Now is the time to start working on your submission for the 2009 AFCEA Intelligence writing contest! This year’s theme tackles the security versus privacy issue. The contest offers 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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Small Business Forum: Business With The IC
On June 17, 2009, the AFCEA Intelligence and Small Business Committees will present an information-packed morning forum designed to help small businesses better understand how to do business with the Intelligence Community. Seating is limited to the first 100 attendees and the cost is only $35 for AFCEA members.
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Intelligence Scholarship Opportunities for Your Company
Is your company looking for a unique way to support the Intelligence Community and gain goodwill at the same time? Consider joining the AFCEA Intelligence Scholarship Consortium. For a relatively modest investment you can help attract bright students into intelligence related studies and at the same time position your company as an Intelligence Community benefactor. Each Intelligence Watch newsletter and each AFCEA Intelligence event spotlights the scholarship companies. If you would like to join Terremark Worldwide, Inc., Computer Sciences Corporation, Mosaic, and Sparta, Inc., please contact Steve Ritchey at 703-631-6131 for more details.
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Intelligence In SIGNAL Magazine
Each month, AFCEA's SIGNAL Magazine includes articles focused on topics of interest to intelligence professionals and companies that support the Intelligence Community. Below is a sampling of recent articles.
Naval Intelligence Ramps up Activities
The U.S. Navy is revamping its intelligence structure with command upgrades and a new set of priorities designed to rebuild naval intelligence. This effort includes the creation of a new maritime intelligence office that will move the Navy out of providing service-specific intelligence fully into the realm of national intelligence.
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Launching Stealth Warfare
The next “shot heard ’round the world” may turn out to be the surreptitious movement of millions of bits and bytes careening through cyberspace. Suspicions already surround the cyberactivity that took place in the weeks before Russia launched a conventional military attack against Georgia last year. And in May 2007, the removal of a bronze statue of a World-War-II-era Soviet soldier from a park in Estonia resulted not in riots in the streets but rather in what has been described as the first war in cyberspace.
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Blanketing The Ground With Sensors
The proliferation of inexpensive yet high-quality transducers for acoustic, seismic and optical images, along with inexpensive and low-power digital signal processing and radios, enable improved target detection, classification, tracking and even location prediction. These capabilities are being demonstrated now in the prototypes of the U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems Tactical Unattended Ground Sensor Program.
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U.S. Intelligence Community Survey Course
The AFCEA Professional Development Center will next offer its popular course on the Intelligence Community on April 14-16, 2009. Taught by seasoned 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. The course is held at the SECRET level and is limited to U.S. citizens.
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NightWatch Provides Daily Executive Level Intelligence Summary
NightWatch is the executive-level worldwide intelligence summary provided nightly by AFCEA Intelligence in partnership with Editor John McCreary. 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. It’s easy to sign up.
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Thanks for reading the Intelligence Watch, and we look forward to seeing you at the next AFCEA Intelligence event!
Best regards,
Steve Ritchey
Email
intel.afcea.org
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