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An advanced, indigenous base is building many of the country’s military enablers.

This month's SIGNAL Connections survey asks readers to weigh in with the main reason they joined AFCEA.

SIGNAL Magazine and AFCEA extend heartfelt sympathies to the Polish people for the loss of President Lech Kaczynski, Gen.

Rear Adm. Thomas C. Traaen, USN, has received appointment as commander, Defense Distribution Center, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Gloria A. Flach has been elected corporate vice president and president of the Enterprise Shared Services organization of Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles.

Even as government 2.0 advocates hailed the U.S. Defense Department's newly framed social media policy upon its announcement, questions persisted over the value of such a policy in the wake of cybersecurity threats. But Sumit Agarwal, who was named deputy assistant secretary of defense (public affairs) for outreach and social media in January, says that with so many people using social media on their own, enforcing a closed posture on these tools may be as ill-advised as not doing so.

ThalesRaytheonSystems, Massy, France, has appointed Philippe Duhamel as chief executive officer for French operations.

In February 2009 I cavalierly gave ambassador Negroponte a grade of "Incomplete" for failing to establish the prerogatives of the office and outgoing DNI Mike McConnell a "Gentleman's B" for his performance as the second Director of National Intelligence based on the following accomplishments: · FISA Modernization · Executive Order 12333 rewrite · National Cyber Security Initiative · Development of "A" Space · Security Clearance Reform · Intelligence Community (IC) joint duty program

For those readers who have an on-going (i.e., contractor) relationship with a federal agency, this is the time of year to be considering what kind of proposal you'd like to give your client in case there is any end-of-fiscal year funding that needs to be spent by September 31st.