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Sidney Award Presented for the Article ‘Competition for Water’

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This year's Sidney -- awarded to the author of the SIDtoday article given the most positive feedback -- goes to the article "A Growing Security Challenge: Competition for Water". According to SIGINT director MG Quirk the article alerted readers to an "impending crisis while there is still time for policy makers to address the issue.”

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Jul 28, 2006

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May 29, 2019

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DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U) Sidney Award Presented for the Article 'Competition for Water' FROM: SIGINT Communications (S02C) Unknown Run Date: 07/28/2006 (U) Annual award given to the author of the most popular SIDtoday article. (U//FOUO) Last week MG Quirk, the SIGINT Director, presented the annual Sidney Award for "most popular SID today article" of 2005-2006 to for the article "A Growing Security Challenge: Competition for Water" . (U//FOUO) In his comments, MG Quirk stated that Ms. s article is significant in that it alerted readers to an impending crisis while there is still time for policy-makers to address the issue. It also illuminates the underlying cause of a problem, an important component of our analysis as we carry out our SIGINT reporting. (U//FOUO) Now in its third year, the Sidney is awarded to the article posted during the SID today publication year (April - April) that receives the most positive feedback from the readership. Congratulations to this year's winner! (U) Here's a rundown of the previous Sidney Award-winning articles: 2003-2004: NISTing in Kabul and Baghdad 2004-2005: Christmas in Iraq "(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)." DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108