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2012/04/30

Stephen Aftergood: US Army Field Manual 3-55 Information Collection

NEW ARMY DOCTRINE ON “INFORMATION COLLECTION” An Army field manual published last week explains the Army’s conduct of information collection activities in military operations. “In this manual, the term ‘information collection’ is introduced as the Army’s replacement for ‘intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance’ (also known as ISR),” the manual says. “This publication clarifies how the Army …

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2012/04/172012/04/17

Patrick Meier: The Digital Operations Center of the American Red Cross

The Digital Operations Center at the American Red Cross is an important and exciting development. I recently sat down with Wendy Harman to learn more about the initiative and to exchange some lessons learned in this new world of digital humanitarians. One common challenge in emergency response is scaling. The American Red Cross cannot be …

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2012/03/292012/03/29

Robert Steele: World Brain / Global Game Update with Concept for School of Future-Oriented Hybrid Governance and Centre for Multinational Multiagency Multidisciplinary Multidomain Information-Sharing and Sense-Making (M4IS2)

As the global economy collapses and increasing numbers recognize that no one is addressing our common problems with intelligence and integrity, it seems like a good time to quickly survey the state of the World Brain /Global Game. Here are a few headlines with short comments. 2011-07-07 Complex Global Issues Explored in the World Brain …

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2012/03/032012/08/23

Robert Steele: Itemization of Information Pathologies

In support of the Berkman Center’s conference on truthness, below is an extract from THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Transparency, Truth & Trust (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Book / Evolver Edition, 5 June 2012). EXTRACT: I now realize that neither governments nor corporations are “fixed” obstacles. In a world of constantly changing information, it is …

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2011/11/042011/11/04

2011 from 1999: Setting the Stage for Information-Sharing in the 21 st Century (Full Text Online)

Setting the Stage for Information-Sharing in the 21 st Century: Three Issues of Common Concern to DoD and the Rest of the World Robert D. Steele The more I read and talk to people as I work up for this the more I think it comes down to three issues:

2011/08/242011/08/24

Review (Guest): No More Secrets – Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence

Hamilton Bean 5.0 out of 5 stars The Folly of Secret Intelligence,July 28, 2011 By Retired Reader (New Mexico) – See all my reviews Ever had someone try to undercut your position by alluding to “secret” information whose details, alas, cannot be shared but allegedly trump your arguments. How much worse when it is the …

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2011/08/162011/08/16

Review (Retired Reader): Solving the People Puzzle — Cultural Intelligence and Special Operations Forces

Dr. Emily Spencer (Author) 4.0 out of 5 stars Intelligence Support for Speical Operations Forces,August 15, 2011 By Retired Reader (New Mexico) – See all my reviews This book provides an excellent description of the personal, organization and mission of what are called Special Operations Forces (SOF) and their relationship to conventional forces. More importantly …

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