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Happy Monday. It seems that we are in the throws of Winter with nearly 70 percent of the country covered in snow as we speak. So, what does this have to do with Monday? Well, think about it…Monday and Winter are both relatively unpleasant parts of life that most of us like to avoid, but alas we can’t. Winter will keep coming and so will Mondays. So why not embrace Mondays with our ever popular Monday Morning News Kick Off post? As we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post on got geoint? We hope everyone had a restful and fun Halloween weekend. Now that Halloween is officially over and the pre-Christmas marketing blitz is starting, perhaps it is a good time to focus on news that impacts us on a day-to-day perspective. This week’s MMNKO post, offers a wide range of stories, including the DNI announcing fiscal year 2009 budget figure for the National Intelligence Program (NIP), NGA being named one of 50 Great Places to Work by Washingtonian magazine, and much more.

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Following is an exclusive got geoint? podcast with Joe Francica, Editor-in-Chief & Vice Publisher at Directions Magazine. Joe will highlight some of the exciting things happening at the Location Intelligence Conference 2009. We highly recommend you check out this conference, which will highlight a wide range of location intelligence technologies and applications that drive business effectiveness — from managing telecommunications, to mitigating terrorist threats, to locating retail stores as well as finding the most efficient routes for supply chain management.

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My how the weeks fly by in the summer. Here we are again. It’s Monday morning. You are probably on your third cup of coffee and it is business time. What better way to kick off your week than to catch up on all the latest stories that impact what we do? So, welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post. From political news about the intelligence community to industry news, we cover a wide range of items in this week’s post. Scroll down and enjoy.

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Welcome again to the Monday morning news kick off. For those of you who attended the ESRI User Conference last week, we hope you had a restful weekend and recovered from what was a most-excellent event. Speaking of ESRI, we are providing a link to Directions Magazine’s analysis of the event. Oh, and we have plenty of political and hard-news stories that impact what we do. So, as always, grab that cup of coffee, scroll down and be prepared for the most productive week of your life.

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Welcome once again to a news round up from the ESRI International User Conference. The second day of the event and there is no shortage of announcements to cover. From the news of S&K Technologies purchasing the controlling share in TerraEchos to an exclusive podcast from our friends at Directions Magazine, there lots of good stuff going happening. Scroll down to learn more.

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Directions Magazine is hosting a most-excellent webinar on July 25, 2009 about how multiple departments in cities and counties are providing more robust services with enterprise GIS — while achieving a reduction in expenditures. The webinar will cover how NAVTEQ map data powers the ESRI solutions that enhance infrastructure supervision, provide greater performance management and generate efficiencies in work processes, including U. S. Census 2010 preparations. As a real-life example, officials from the city of Alpharetta, GA will discuss its enhanced workflows by integrating GIS software and NAVTEQ data to support its overall business processes. To learn how municipalities can take advantage of existing training, software and data to implement enterprise solutions, we recommend you sign up for the webinar here.

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You all may recall the got geoint? story about the use of science and technology to track down the ever elusive Bin Laden. We also pondered the great question as to why GEOINT does not typically get mainstream press coverage. As our friends at Direction Magazine’s APB blog pointed out today, the concept of “GEOINT” did garner some mainstream coverage today with the President of USGIF being quoted in a Boston Globe story.

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