USA article on January 9, 2014, about this program:
http://usatoday.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
TTD/QTBA/FU
1. Who is the actual director of the program at the DOD? Brian Beachkofski was quoted, but it did not say that he was the head of the program.
2. What is the website for the DOD Office of Technical Intelligence?
3. Where does it fit into the DOD Organization structure?
4. Where was the RFP announcement that must have been made at some point in the past to allow bidding on the project, which 1790 Analytics, LLC won the contract for? Brian Beachkofski would probably know this.
The 1790 Analytics, LLC company that is the leading contractor for the program:
Phone: 856-216-1790 ; Address: 130 Haddon Ave., Haddonfield, NJ 08033
General email: ipevaluation@1790analytics.com
Patrick Thomas: One of the leaders of 1790 Analytics, LLC, quoted about the above program: Personal Profile: http://1790analytics.com/about-us/
Chinese Report to Get: USA Article: "In September 2012, China’s defense ministry reported that military-related patents there had increased by 35% a year over the previous decade."
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) report to get on "foresight" programs worldwide: USA Article: " .... said a 2013 analysis of government “foresight” programs around the world by the European Union Institute for Security Studies." (I sent for this on Jan. 12, 2014, to the EUISS, via their direct email space on their web page.)
EUISS Main: http://www.iss.europa.eu/
DOD Office of Technical Intelligence:
Brian Beachkofski, Director of the Pentagon’s Office of Technical Intelligence:
(USA Today quoted Brian in its article about the above program).
Contact Information: Email: Phone:
He is on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbeachkofski