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PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD Dr. Joseph Markowitz

Dr. Joseph Markowitz is without question the most qualified Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) pioneer in the ranks of those presently in or retired from U.S. government service. As the only real chief of the Community Open Source Program Office (COSPO) he tried valiantly to nurture a program being systematically undermined by both the leadership and the traditional broadcast monitoring service. When he moved on to advise the Defense Science Board, he served America well by helping them fully integrate the need for both defense open source information collection and exploitation, and defense information sharing with non-governmental organizations. His persistent but diplomatic efforts merit our greatest regard.

Although published internally in 1995, this plan is recorded as having been shared with the OSS '97 audience as included in the OSINT READER.

1994/12/302009/07/27

1994 Basch (US) Secrets of the Super-Searchers

Commercial Intelligence, Historic Contributions

Reva Basch is the hands-down Top Gun of the information broker world, now in retirement. She started the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP), she led the series of books on Secrets of the Super-Searchers (one for each market segment) and did many other extraordinary things that epitomized the craft of public intelligence. She remains the gold standard. Below is her presentation to OSS '94.

1994/12/292009/07/27

1994 Collier (UK) Future of the Information Industry and a New Information Paradigm

Commercial Intelligence, Historic Contributions

Harry Cllier created the Association for Global Strategic Information (AGSI) and has been the primary publisher for both Ben Gilad (arguably the top commercial intelligence advisor in the world) and Stephen E. Arnold (arguably the top information technology patent and capabiltiies analyst in the English-speaking world).

He has long been a “hub” for the information industry, and remains one of the most honorable and erudite individuals representing the craft of public intelligence.

Below is his presentaiton to OSS '94.

1994/12/282009/07/27

1994 Engelbart (US) Toward High-Performance Organizations: A Strataegic Role for Groupware

Collective Intelligence, Historic Contributions, Technologies

Doug Engelbart invented the mouse, hypertext, and other foundational elements for what we have today in the way of cyberspace communications. He received $10,000 from the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) for his mouse patent. They sold it to Logitech for $80,000, and of course today there are billions of the little suckers generating perpetual revenue. He remains devoted to achieving the Holy Grail: enabling the human species to fulfil its role as Earth sense-maker and cosmic force. Below is the presentation he made to OSS '94.