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(U//FOUO) OpenSource.gov: New Resource to Tap Expertise
'Wherever It Exists'
FROM: David T. Moore
Office of the NSA/CSS Senior Intelligence Authority
Run Date: 09/29/2006
(U) Internet web page is set up to help intelligence analysts tap into open-source information.
(U) The WMD Commission Report concluded that the Intelligence Community needs to do a
better job tapping expertise outside the US Government, and that "analysts who use open
source information can be more effective than those who don't." Rather than simply reacting to
secret information delivered routinely to their computers, good analysts now must ask "what do
I need to know" about a particular subject, and actively search for, question, and evaluate data
from many different sources.
(U//FOUO) Thanks to collaboration between the DNI's Analytic Outreach Initiative and the Open
Source Center, Intelligence Community analysts have a new resource for information. The
Analytic Outreach Page is now fully active on www.OpenSource.gov. If you don't have a
password yet, just log onto the site from any unclassified US Government (USG) computer and
sign up. After that, you can access it from any Internet connection using your password. The
goal is to create one-stop shopping for outreach information in the Intelligence Community.
(U) The Analytic Outreach Page contains information on upcoming conferences, seminars, and
workshops sponsored by IC and other USG agencies, as well as by private think tanks, on topics
of interest to IC analysts. The Page also includes a Best Practices and Discussion Forum on
Outreach (blog), summaries of conferences and other outreach production, and featured
publications. There are direct links to:
selected USG research resources (e.g., Congressional Research Service and US Institute
of Peace);
private think tanks (e.g., Carnegie, Brookings, and Middle East Institute);
NGOs (e.g., International Crisis Group and International Foundation for Electoral
Systems);
centers of expertise; and
relevant journals.
Additional content will be added over the coming months.
(U//FOUO) The site is hard password-protected, and information is unclassified/for official use
only. Submission of notices of conferences, conference summaries, and other appropriate
content is encouraged at the Unclassified//FOUO level. Contributions should be emailed to
Questions about the Analytic Outreach Initiative can be directed to
, DDNI/A Analytic Outreach Coordinator, at:
or
.
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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