Reflections: how can the intelligence community remain relevant in the 21st century

Reflections: Seven Steps to US Intelligence Reform I was quite surprised to see multiple searches using the same language. It is an important question that I have been asking — and answering — since 1988 when I helped create the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (today a mini-me of the larger mis-directed secret intelligence world). My …

SchwartzReport: California Exports Virtual Water to China While Killing Less Influential Farmers

Water is destiny. Here is a view of water you may not have considered. It gets virtually no coverage in the U.S. California Drought: Why Farmers Are ‘Exporting Water’ to China ALASTAIR LEITHEAD – BBC News (U.K.) Phi Beta Iota: “Virtual water” is a vital aspect of true cost economics as pioneered by Herman Daly. …

INVITE Robert Steele to Speak & Nurture & Energize!

SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele2Speak PDF with links (2 pages): 2014-03-07 Robert David Steele Speaker Profile Professional CV with publications (15 pages): 2014-03-03 Resume PRB OK CV Pubs 15 Pages PAGE ONE Robert David STEELE Vivas is a former spy, honorary hacker, and the #1 Amazon reviewer for non-fiction, reading in 98 categories. As CEO of Earth …

Review: Absolute Value – What Really Influences Customers in the Age of (Nearly) Perfect Information

Itamar Simonson and Emanuel Rosen Formula book, somewhat shallow, misses major opportunity, February 16, 2014 This book was a gift. The subtitle (What Really Influences Customers in the Age of (Nearly) Perfect Information) overcame my reluctance and I gave it it a quick read, which is all it deserves. This is a formula book, and …

Reference: Draft Smart Nation Act of 2014

DOC (1 Page): Draft Smart Nation Act of 2014 Proposed Legislation: The Smart Nation Act of 2014 • Within the Department of State, expands the capabilities for Open Government, Citizen Engagement, Participatory Budgeting, Global Engagement and Whole of Government planning, programming, and budgeting, by providing the Secretary of State with oversight authority of the Open …

Ecuador Initiative: Limits of Economic Valuations of Nature

ECUADOR INITIATIVE: Transition Proposals Toward a Commons-Oriented Economy and Society Sponsored by the National Institute of Advanced Studies of Ecuador, carried out by the Free/Libre Open Knowledge (FLOK) Society. From Jose Luis Vivero Pol BIOMOT Policy Brief 1 – Limitations to Economic Environmental Valuation 1. EEV methods fail to secure ecosystem systainability. 2. EEV methods …