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One of the most resounding themes from GEOINT 2011 was how the Intelligence Community (IC) will be tasked with doing more with less in the coming years, as proposed budget cuts are imminent. During the event, General Clapper, Director of National Intelligence (DNI), highlighted how integration will play a major role in driving down IT costs for the IC — since 20 to 25 percent of the community’s activities are coded as IT. Though, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) needs to provide better guidance to agencies as to what counts as an IT investment and what doesn’t and demand more information on what they’re doing to reduce duplicative IT spending.

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Without a doubt Walter Pincus, who writes the “Fine Print” column for the Washington Post, has always been a self-professed critic of the role of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). He was one of the many who thought that the creation of the ODNI “added a new layer to an already large and competitively structured bureaucracy.” Well, this has all changed thanks to General Clapper’s keynote address at GEOINT 2011.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? Hard to believe that we are only a couple weeks away from the kick off of GEOINT 2011. Speaking of GEOINT 2011, we are always looking for USGIF member-related news. So, if you are announcing a new product or service or partnership, please let us know. We would like to shine a light on all of your good works here on the got geoint? blog. In the meantime, we have been kind enough to pull together all the key GEOINT news and headlines you need to kick off the work week. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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One of the biggest mysteries is the human brain. Scientists, psychologists, philosophers and even artists have tried to crack the code on the one organ that essentially creates the foundation for who we are and why we behave the way we do. And fully understanding the brain and how we process information can surely be beneficial for the Intelligence Community (IC). The is precisely what the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was thinking when it contracted Raytheon BBN to explore modeling the brain’s ability to make sense of large amounts of haphazard, partial information. Ultimately, this research can help the IC analyze fast-moving battlefield video, audio and text data quickly and accurately.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? While many are enjoying the last day of the long President’s Day weekend, we have decided to fire up the editorial machine and do a MMNKO post with a twist. Yes, we will be providing all the key GEOINT news you need to kick start the week, but with a “President’s Weekend” twist. So, as we say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on.

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As our ever faithful readers know, every so often we like to do a news round up post on Wednesdays — especially when there is plenty ‘o news happening. For this Wednesday, we have pulled together stories regarding General Clapper and the re-organization of the ODNI, GeoEye moving its HQ, as well as news of the first official Tweet Up at GEOINT 2010. As we always say on Monday (but works well for today too), fire up that second cup of coffee and read on!

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As always, we hope you had a restful (and dry) weekend. Fall is officially in full swing. And this means that GEOINT 2010 is right around the corner. Have you done everything you can to make GEOINT 2010 exceptional for you? Have you logged into CrowdVine? What is CrowdVine you ask? Why it is the definitive social network for GEOINT 2010 and we highly recommend you check it out. You can discuss topics, schedule meetings and check out any pre-event buzz. Click here to start your own profile. And, we would be remiss if we did not say this: “Fire up that second cup of coffee and read on.” Happy Monday!

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? As always, the weeks are flying by and before you know it, the dog days of summer will be behind us. So, hopefully, you find time to read our popular FFT posts that will help you slow things down a bit…perhaps a little time for reflection? Not necessarily a bad thing in today’s fast-paced world. So, for this week’s FFT post theme, we thought we would analyze Senator McCain’s strong-arming method for holding up the Clapper nomination. But something just came off of the presses late in the day yesterday that trumped everything: Presidental nominee James R. Clapper was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to become the next Director of National Intelligence. Huge, huge, huge news! Read on to learn more and happy Friday!

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Call it the big information chill, looming across the military and intelligence communities. After the massive Afghan war data spill by WikiLeaks, some veteran intelligence officers and experts are calling for a tightening of access to information and more monitoring in the spy community’s lower levels. They’re blaming post-9/11 changes that promoted information sharing as the culprit that made it too easy to lose control of the nation’s secrets.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As always, we hope everyone had a restful weekend and are geared up for a productive work week. What does this week have in store for us? Well, our crystal ball is a bit fuzzy this morning, but we expect it won’t be as crazy as last week — with the Washington Post story, Clapper confirmation hearing and more — but one never knows. We do know that this weeks MMNKO post has some very compelling news — from more Clapper confirmation news to a story of a meteorite crater being found via Google Earth. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on!

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