Quarterly General Meeting of the KM WG, November 15th, Reagan International Trade Center (Federal Triangle Metro Station) Rotunda Room, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (3BAO)
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- The Interagency Knowledge Management Working Group will hold its quarterly General Meeting on Wednesday, November 15, 2006, from 11:30am to 1:00pm. (3BAT)
- The meeting will be held in the Rotunda Room of the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, in connection with the FCW Events/E-Gov Institute Security Conference. Accordingly, the theme of the meeting is “KM and Security – Myth or Reality?” (3BAU)
- The meeting is open to the public. There is no cost to attend. There is no registration requirement, but please send an e-mail to Michael.J.Novak@irs.gov if you intend to attend. (3BAV)
- Agenda: (3BAW)
- Welcome and Opening Remarks – Mr. Michael Novak and Dr. Steven Else, Co-Chairs of the KM Working Group (3BAX)
- Keynote Address – Dr. George Strawn, Co-Chair of the Best Practices Committee of the Federal CIO Council (3BAY)
- Guest Speaker – Mr. Adrian (Zeke) Wolfberg, Defense Intelligence Agency, “Trust as a Risk Management Strategy" (3BAZ)
- Developing trust amongst peers and their leadership produces improved mission outcomes, and reduces security risks. Various knowledge management techniques can be used to improve trust and these include a focus on dialogue, team performance, mentoring, and dynamic learning. Measurements for trust include social network analysis and knowledge transaction analysis. (3BB0)
- Bio, Abstract, and PowerPoint (3BBX)
- Guest Speaker – Mr. Lewis (Lew) McIntyre, GRD, Inc., “Open Source Intelligence – Synergy and Serendipity” (3BB1)
- This presentation will address Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) collection, drawing on the presenter’s experience in covering Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. It will address various methodologies, some common pitfalls, and techniques for developing information from “noisy” sources containing bias, propaganda, and outright disinformation. Significant highlights will be developed: a map of sniper positions in Bosnia developed in 1995, route and history of a suspicious freighter hijacked off Somalia in 2002, and warlords in Somalia. The relationship between open source and other intelligence methods will be discussed, for confirmation and cueing. (3BB2)
- Bio, Abstract, and PowerPoint (3BBY)
- Raffle: A Selection of KM-related Books – Bring a business card to put into the hat. (Those who won books at the July meeting are ineligible to participate this time.) (3BB3)
- Closing Remarks – Mr. Michael Novak and Dr. Steven Else (3BB4)
- Breakout Session (location TBD) – Ms. Jeanne Holm, Co-Chair, the Knowledge and Human Capital Retention Special Interest Group. (3BB5)
- Open to all who are interested in Human Capital planning, Knowledge Retention, the “Brain Drain,” and similar topics. Please plan to attend and become contributors to the SIG’s projects. (3BB6)
- The Tools and Solutions Exhibition, Professional Education Program sessions, and Networking Reception are open to all who register at www.e-gov.com. Cost is free for government/nonprofit, and nominal for private sector. Please plan to stick around for these, and continue networking with your colleagues. You may even wish to sign up for the full two-day Security Conference. (3BB8)
- Notes: (3BB9)
