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Thursday, January 10th, 2008OK — I’ll have to chat up the Obama issues folks: ran across a Wired piece about his visit to the Googleplex last fall, when, among other parts of his technology agenda, he told them he’s interested in “.. Implementation of new tools and processes to bring more transparency to the executive branch.” Better […]
Geez! Just remembered we don’t have to police Pakistan!
Friday, December 28th, 2007Totally slipped my mind (and, of course, the Bush Administration’s, if they collectively have one). There’s an organization that might mean the US wouldn’t have to automatically, unilaterally invade Pakistan if it unravels even more. If only the President had Ban Ki-moon’s phone number.
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Bhutto / Google testimony on data accessibility
Thursday, December 27th, 2007I’m going to hold off on comment about the implications of Bhutto’s assassination for right now, other than to repeat that the Bush Administration has failed to pursue a systems approach to foreign policy.
We’ve got a looong history in this region of steps we’ve taken at one point (i.e. arming the mujahadin in a proxy […]
Homie Awards! 10 homeland security technologies to watch in 2008
Friday, December 21st, 2007The nominations are in; the 3 judges (me, myself, and the chairman: I) have voted; and here they are, the winners of the 2008 Homies for most promising homeland security technologies for the year to come. CONTINUED….
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Is DHS’s R & D too focused on short term?
Friday, December 21st, 2007Business Week, as part of a series on Homeland Security, focused on whether DHS’s R & D budget is too focused on short-term threats rather than funding long-term basic research?
I’m not convinced that’s the right question: IMHO, if the Pentagon is now more focused on fighting insurgencies worldwide (which are sorta the terrorists’ lab for […]
I’m for DHS’ visual analysis program, IF…
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007GCN reports DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate is continuing to use visual analytics, which has been criticized for its past application to real data, as an analytical tool dealing only with “synthetic data.”
I’ve been a persistent critic of DHS’ other data mining programs because of a litany of abuses of privacy rights and constant errors […]
NYC to test multiple emergency alert systems
Monday, December 10th, 2007Our far-flung correspondents report. This time, John Solomon sends an alert about alerts in the Large Apple…
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, again displaying his technological sophistication, will hold a bake-off to determine which alternative (or combinations thereof) emergency alert systems are most effective in the big city (no, that doesn’t include ALERT: YANKS LOSE TO […]
homeland security to benefit from Army IT collaboration push?
Thursday, December 6th, 2007Along the lines of my recent post about the cheap communication device DARPA is developing for grunts in the field, it also appears the Army is leading the way on collaborative approaches to IT, as this GCN article points out. That’s critical because of the Pentagon’s disproportionate share of the government R & D budget […]
et al.: 16 intelligence agencies vs. deranged majority of one
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007I’ve tried recently to muzzle myself about Bush to not queer my chances of a DHS contract. Fuggetaboutit!
Can there be any doubt left, after Bush’s warped interpretation of the National Intelligence Estimate that Iran ceased its nuclear weapons program in 2003, that he is utterly delusional and must be impeached before he threatens global […]
Gates needs to expand scope of call for civilian role in fighting terror
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Secretary Gates got part of the message right yesterday in calling for civilian role in fighting terror and “soft power” approaches, but he referred only to other government employees, such as foreign service officers — not you and me.
“‘We must focus our energies beyond the guns and steel of the military, beyond just our brave […]
