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(U) 450 Intelligence Professionals Collaborating and Sharing: Your
2004 Analysis Conference
FROM:
and Joe Mercurio
Office of Tradecraft Analysis (S211A)
Run Date: 06/30/2004
FROM:
and Joe Mercurio
Office of Tradecraft Analysis (S211A)
(U//FOUO) We all know the importance of Information Sharing and many of its principles as well,
but there has not been a lot of information available to the analytic community on how to get
started on this critical endeavor. The 17-20 May 2004 A&P* Analysis Conference began to
address the specific "how-to's" of Information Sharing, with over 450 participants discussing and
practicing information sharing and collaboration.
(U//FOUO) Keynote speakers from NSA, private industry, and other U.S. agencies including the
Department of Homeland Security and Defense Intelligence Agency delivered consistent
messages regarding the importance and urgency of this work. They emphasized the value of
Information Sharing; the development of governance strategies, pilot projects and concrete
guidelines; and commissioned analysts to step up to the plate and get the job done.
(U//FOUO) More hands-on analyst participation occurred in the daily break-out sessions and
panel discussions that addressed three main issues:
Ground rules for performing analysis collaboratively
Successful practices for doing analysis on information from multi-intelligence (multi-INT)
sources
Enablers for performing analysis collaboratively.
(U//FOUO) Workshop presenters, panelists, and analysts hailed from each of the Transformation
2.0 "petals" to include:
the four Regional Security Operation Centers,
Defense Intelligence Agency,
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency,
our four Second Party partners,
U.S. Central Command,
Office of Naval Intelligence,
NSA Field Activities,
Joint Interoperability Test Command,
Naval Information Warfare Activity, and the
Joint Warfare Analysis Center.
(U//FOUO) This year's conference included a few new features. During a 1-hour "Analysts'
Questions and Answers" session, analysts posed questions to Deputy Director for Analysis and
Production Jim Allen in Friedman Auditorium. Daily at noon, a "Meet Fellow 2nd Party Analysts"
brown bag session was held with each of our four Second Parties. Conference packets included
the A&P Information Sharing Card, a CD on Internet Research, and a book on CD entitled
"Bringing Intelligence About."
(U//FOUO) The conference succeeded in communicating the importance and value of
Collaboration and Information Sharing at every turn. If you missed it or would like to review the
presentations, visit the conference web page ("go analysis conference") and navigate through
the Agenda section. You may also check with Tape Duplication Services to obtain a VHS cassette
of a particular day of Friedman Auditorium keynote speeches.
(U//FOUO) Thanks to many of you for the excellent feedback the Advanced Analysis Lab
received. The AAL welcomes your ideas for ensuring this Conference continues to provide
valuable information and contacts for meeting our analytic mission and look forward to receiving
ideas for next year's conference.
*(U) Notes:
A&P = SID/Analysis & Production (S2)
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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