#GEOINT Coverage Roundup II (Non-Directions Media)

Note: This post does not include coverage by Directions Media in All Points Blog or Directions Magazine.

U.S. spy chief calls for more coordination says MySanAntonio.com: “Speaking in San Antonio at a national intelligence symposium, retired Navy Adm. Dennis C. Blair, director of national intelligence since January, said a more effective national security strategy includes all 16 members of the intelligence community on the same page.”

DoD Buzz notes that “Open Source Intel Use Soars.” That refers to open source intel, not software. “And the use of open source information is soaring, according to a panel here in San Antonio at the annual Geoint conference. Brian Magana, geospatial analysis branch chief at the Defense Intelligence Agency, said that his consumption of open source data for one area of analysis he was following rocketed upwards 600 percent.”