PRESENTATION: OSS1993-02-02 Tofflers
1993 Alvin Toffler on National Knowledge Power
About the Idea, Collective Intelligence, Government, Historic Contributions1992 Donahue (US) “There is PLENTY of Money for Open Source”
Government, Historic Contributions
Arnie Donahue was the only person in the Office of Management and Budget with ALL of the CODEWORD compartments. He knew where every dollar was going, at the time $30 billion or so. When he stood up and said “There is PLENTY of Money for Open Source,” there was an ambient chill. Everyone wanted to know what Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) was, but no one wanted to pay for it “out of hide.” He and his boss at the time, Don Gessaman, were instrumental in establishing in the year 2000, at the direction of Sean O'Keefe, Code M320 for all DoD expenditures on OSINT, a time bomb that is about to explode (or a bill that is about to come due, as it were).
1992 Shepard (US) Intelligence Analysis in the Year 2002
Government, Historic Contributions
1992 Strassmann (US) on Defense Information Productivty
Government, Historic Contributions
Paul Strassman, CIO of Xeroc before becoming the Defense Information Officer, was an open-minded person who encouraged iconoclosts to submit their ideas. He did listen. What we have all learned over time is that organizations that do not have adaptive cultures will always allow “corporatism” to create fatal grid-lock. We knew all we needed to know in 1991-1992 to change the world forever, using information as a global strategic asset. See REF A and RE B in References. Here is his take on it in 1992.
