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Cumulative Index to Journal of Defense Research, 1969-1978
Steven Aftergood obtained this 27 page document through FOIA.
- The document: Cumulative Index to Journal of Defense Research, 1969-1978
- About the document: Journal of Defense Research, 1969-1978, by Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News (July 6th, 2010) The Journal of Defense Research (JDR) was a classified publication sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to encourage dissemination of classified research on topics of military or national security interest. It began publication in 1969, replacing the former Journal of Missile Defense Research.
Official vs. Unofficial Government Information: DoD version
Steven Aftergood reports on a new Defense Dept policy designed to regulate Pentagon interactions with the news media.
- SecDef Defends New Policy on Limiting Media Access, by Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News, (July 9th, 2010) ...[I]t seems practically certain that the new guidance will significantly impede the flow of information to the press and will complicate the already difficult task of probing beneath the official surface of events. The Gates memorandum seems to reflect a view of the press as a conduit for "official government positions" that are "authorized" and placed "in proper context." But everyone knows that the most interesting and important news stories often begin with unofficial and unauthorized statements that are lacking in context and may even be inaccurate. It is the reporter’s job to validate them, assess their significance, place them in context and communicate them, and if the results appear "before I or the White House know anything about them," so much the better.
Quadrenial Defense Review (QDR) 2010 released
Today the Department of Defense (DoD) released it's once-every-four-years report to Congress on the military's defense planning called the Quadrennial Defense Review 2010 (see DoD press release). Significant highlights of the report include the consideration of the significance of climate change on national security; the greening of the Department of Defense, including efforts to make the military more environmentally friendly, to anticipate and prepare for environmentally driven crises and disasters, and to achieve energy security; and efforts to convert the nontactical vehicle fleet away from gasoline-dependence, and a Navy plan to deploy a carrier strike group running on biofuels and nuclear power by 2016. For more analysis of what's inside the QDR, please see the following articles:
- Growing Pentagon Focus on Energy and Climate. Andrew C. Revkin. NY Times dOTEarth blog.
- What's inside the Quadrenial Defense Review. Robert Farley. Tapped: the group blog of the American Prospect
Defense Department Social Media Links
Here is an interesting collection of officially unofficial military blogs, facebook, flickr, myspace, and delicious pages, youtube channels, twitter accounts, and more.
- DoD Social Media (Defense.gov "Registered Sites")
The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the United States Department of Defense of the linked web sites, or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities as military exchanges and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) sites, the United States Department of Defense does not exersise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. All links are provided consistent with the mission of Defense.gov.While these quasi-official social media channels are at least quasi-official, there is even more, less-official, information coming soon. A Twitter thread on Gov 2.0 has been hot recently asking the question, "What if every govt employee have a blog?" and referring to this O'Reilly post: Why Posterous Is a Smart Tool For Informal Government Blogging. See also: Lost Conversations, Lost Decisions, Lost History. Continue reading
Web 2.0 at Dept. of Defense
The Department of Defense has a site devoted to a discussion of using Web 2.0 and social media in general.
- DoD Web 2.0 Guidance Forum "We want to examine the importance and relevance of Web 2.0 capabilities to Military families and get your view of its impact."
- Signs Of Support For DoD 2.0, By J. Nicholas Hoover, InformationWeek, (August 12, 2009) "An online forum created to promote discussion about the use of social media by the U.S. military is buzzing with commentary. The White House is pointing to the forum as an example of the type of openness and transparency the Obama administration seeks to encourage among federal agencies."
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