Berto Jongman: NSA Releases “Open” Software – 20 Years Late…

For careful scrutiny. NSA Releases First in Series of Software Products to Open Source Community New technology automates high-volume data flows The National Security Agency announced today the public release of its new technology that automates data flows among multiple computer networks, even when data formats and protocols differ. The tool, called “Niagarafiles (Nifi),” could …

2014 Robert Steele Answers to Richard Olivier on 21st Leadership with Annotated Bibliography & Links

2014 ANSWERS Robert Steele to Richard Olivier of Findhorn on Leadership for the 21st Century • What do 21st century leaders need to know and who do they need to be? • How can we develop these capacities? • What, on a systemic level, is blocking the needed leadership evolution? • What is missing from …

Yoda: US Federal IT — $100 Billion in Flames

Systemic mess. Federal IT Spending Slashed In Proposed 2015 Budget Obama’s 2015 budget request cuts 2.9%, gives agencies $79 billion for IT, including $13 billion for cyber security. Phi Beta Iota: Not being discussed: holistic analytics, true cost economics, or open source everything engineering. See Also: Internet Of Things: 8 Cost-Cutting Ideas For Government

ANSWERS to Spanish Dancer on CIA and SOF Replacing Conventional Forces

My Masters is focused on Strategic Studies and International Security and my thesis is about the relevance of the black-ops (paramilitary) to the detriment of the conventional military operations in America´s foreign policy. Basically I argue (due to literature that I´ve been revising for more than a year) that it is a fact that since …