With this post I would like to share some great news I read about TASC. They have just hired a fantastic enterprise technology/mission-focused thinker, Dr. Keith Littlefield, to be their CTO. Here is the story from the TASC press release: March 4, 2013 TASC Names Dr. Keith Littlefield Chief Technology Officer NGA and DNI veteran [...]
TASC has been a great firm for as long as I can remember and now the greatness continues with a new CTO
Cloud Front Group Capabilities Featured in Geospatial Intelligence Forum
The Geospatial Intelligence Forum highlighted the capabilities of the Cloud Front Group in an assessment titled “Analysis for Action” This piece highlights the importance of well engineered systems to extract and move the right information. Cloud Front Group is known for their work with the best available American technologies including capabilities from Saratoga Data, Thetus, piXlogic, MetaCarta and others. Cloud [...]
Ready to work on something that matters? See NGA Senior Executive Position-Director, Online GEOINT Services
A friend at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency mentioned that they have a search underway for a critically important new position on their leadership team. Details are at the USAjobs.com job listing and are also pasted below, but I want to underscore something: Clearly they are looking for someone who can think out of the box [...]
NSA to release report on India Cyber, Cyber legislation expected next year and more
Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. A Joint Working Group has been set up to create a roadmap for cyber security in India - This group will work with the Indian government and private sector to “address the risks emanating from operating in cyberspace.” India is becoming a huge player in cyber [...]
Discussion of Big Data in the Geospatial Intelligence Domain

The US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) held a Geoint Community Week June 4-8 2012 which included a technology day. The afternoon of 07 June was dedicated to fast-paced “ignite” style presentations from some of the key community thought leaders on geospatial data. At the end of these presentations Bob Gourley was asked to summarize and [...]
Save the date: Geoint will be 16-19 Oct 2011
The USGIF will facilitate the Geoint Symposium 16-19 October 2011 in San Antonio Texas. According to the site at geoint2011: USGIF Announces First Keynote Speakers for GEOINT 2011 Symposium Confirming their participation in GEOINT 2011 are Gen. Keith B. Alexander, U.S. Army, commander, U.S. Cyber Command and director, National Security Agency (NSA); Bruce Carlson, director, [...]







