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Berto Jongman: DHS Intelligence – Additional Actions Needed

DHS Intelligence Analysis: Additional Actions Needed to Address Analytic Priorities and Workforce Challenges GAO-14-397: Published: Jun 4, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 4, 2014. What GAO Found The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has established mechanisms—including an intelligence framework and an analytic planning process—to better integrate analysis activities throughout the department, but the mechanisms are not …

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Howard Rheingold: Hacking RSS to Reduce Information Overload with Filtering Tools

Since Google ditched Google Reader, RSS has receded from many people’s awareness. Yet RSS and versatile RSS readers such as NetVibes continue to exist, and if you want to learn information skills to support attention skills, you can do no better than Dawn Foster, who can tell you simply and step-by-step how to arrange for …

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Winslow Wheeler: Buck McKeon Sells Out the Troops and the A-10 — C/HASC Rolls Big Bucks Against Little People

Supporters of the A-10 “Warthog” close air support aircraft in Washington and US combat Soldiers and Marines who have seen, and are seeing, combat in Afghanistan were stunned Monday to read about a decision of the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Buck McKeon (R-CA).  He is joining with the Air Force and …

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Stephen E. Arnold: “Business Intelligence” aka Data Mining Marketplace Imploding — “Everything Must Go!”

Tibco, Business Intelligence, and Open Source—Not Search I read “Consolidation Looms in Business Intelligence, as Tibco Buys Jaspersoft for $185M.” The write up is interesting, but not exactly congruent with my views. May I explain? The article points out: Enterprise software vendor TIBCO has acquired Jaspersoft, an open source business intelligence company, for approximately $185 …

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Winslow Wheeler: New F-35 Claims on Cost Highly Questionable

My analysis of the new DOD data on the cost of the F-35 is at the Straus Military Project website at http://www.pogo.org/our-work/straus-military-reform-project/weapons/2014/new-f-35-claim-lower-os-estimate-more-than-offsets-higher-acquisition-cost.html, and it is below. While the media reports on these costs were out last week, there are some critically important elements of the DOD cost reporting that got little or no attention. New …

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Winslow Wheeler: Chuck Hagel on the A-10 – Without a Clue or Without Scruples?

Pierre Sprey and I have authored an analysis of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s statements this past Monday on the A-10.  It follows: Chuck Hagel’s A-10 Legacy By Winslow T. Wheeler & Pierre M. Sprey When he spoke about next year’s defense budget on February 24, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel addressed his decision to …

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