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I want to depart from my usual Commentary format this month to give you early notice about the upcoming AFCEA International membership survey. The information we derive from this survey is critical to us in our planning and budgeting process for the coming years.

We are now nine months into the Obama administration. During that time, some answers have emerged to the many issues that have popped up, but nearly as many questions remain. One lingering question involves defining transparency.

August was a revealing month, at least for me, in terms of understanding where intelligence fits in the grand scheme of the Obama Administration. Even before the economic crisis, it was clear from his campaign that President Obama did not intend to focus on intelligence and would depend on John Brennan to manage the IC and tell him what he needed to know when he needed to know it.

NASA has awarded CSC a contract to continue providing aviation services through the Johnson Space Center aircraft maintenance and modification program.

The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $31 million contract to plan and perform maintenance and modernization work on U.S.

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is being awarded a $37 million contract

STS International Incorporated is being awarded a $23 million contract for operatio

Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors is being awarded a $13.5 million

GS Engineering Corporation is being awarded a $25 million task order

Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a $7 million research and development contract to assist