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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: September 24, 2001 11:00 AM Monday; Rod Welch

Called Pat Lincoln follow up on letter endorsing SDS.

1...Summary/Objective
2...SRI Can Contribute to National Security through Alliance with Welch
3...National Security Emergency Requires Extra Effort for Intelligence
4...Alliance SRI to Advance KM Requires Ownership in SDS

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1...Pat has identified a person on his staff he plans to

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0201 - SRI International                                                                                                                                                  O-00000103 0701
020101 - Mr. Pat Lincoln; Director
020103 - Computer Science Laboratory                                                                                                                                      O-00000103 0701

SUBJECTS
Partners Welch SRI Strategic Business Opportunities
DCMA Inquiry Proposal Partnership Welch SRI
Marketing Advantage SDS Enables SRI to Deploy KM Rather than Seek Pay
Proposal Welch SRI Partnership Based on DCMA Inquiry
Recommend SRI Research SDS Deployment and Partnership Pat Will Write
Assign Staff to Assist Pat Preparing Letter Recommending SDS
National Security Intelligence Enabled by SDS Requires Research
National Security Connecting Data Information into Intelligence

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6710 -    ..
6711 - Summary/Objective
6712 -
671201 - Follow up ref SDS A3  0000, ref SDS 98 0000.
671202 -
671203 - Discussed ideas from the letter, ref DIP 6 0001 submitted to Pat on
671204 - 010920, to suggest Pat orient his letter of recommendation to Curt
671205 - Carlson for "intelligence" support to meet demand arising from the
671206 - current national security crisis.
671208 -  ..
671209 - Today, I proposed that Pat.....
671210 -
671211 -     1.  Change orientation of recommendation to Curt that SRI propose
671212 -         SDS for national security "intelligence" support.
671213 -
671214 -         There is a long history of debate about internal v. external
671215 -         management reported on 890809. ref SDS 4 0880 and ref SDS 4
671216 -         8492  Pat made a similar point on 010522. ref SDS 80 PV6G
671217 -         ..
671218 -         National security cited in the proposal to SRI on
671219 -         001011, ref SDS 59 WZD8, offers a nominal "external" target
671220 -         that avoids controversy about "accountability," by using SDS
671221 -         to connect information collected daily by current intelligence
671222 -         capability into useful "knowledge" using five (5) features
671223 -         better than other tools....
671224 -
671225 -           a.  organization................ 890523, ref SDS 2 SQ5L
671226 -           b.  analysis tells "story"...... 931130, ref SDS 11 7911
671227 -           c.  alignment connects cause effect..... ref OF 1 034J
671228 -           d.  summary connected to details........ ref OF 2 3007
671229 -           e.  feedback refines understanding...... ref OF 2 0936
671231 -          ..
671232 -         SDS methodology provides continual triangulation to establish
671233 -         accuracy and reveal trends from building chronologies of cause
671234 -         and effect. ref OF 1 16EF and ref OF 1 2200
671235 -         ..
671236 -     2.  We have to expand the base of people at SRI who know
671237 -         about and endorse SDS for relying on knowledge rather than
671238 -         ignorance to avoid accountability, cited in the letter,
671239 -         ref DIP 6 MH7O, to Pat on 010920. ref SDS A3  N54K
671241 -          ..
671242 -         Right now Pat is an isolated "bright star" at SRI.  He has no
671243 -         allies with whom he can discuss building a culture of
671244 -         knowledge, nor to help Curt understand this opportunity.  We
671245 -         tried to make Curt an ally, and this has failed so far, per
671246 -         the cancelled meeting that had been set for 010522.
671247 -         ref SDS 79 0001
671249 -          ..
671250 -         Possibly there are other VPs at SRI who can engage the ideas
671251 -         in SDS for improving management and research practices.
671252 -                                     ..
671253 -         Pat has identified a person on his staff he plans to
671254 -         assign for assisting him in writing the letter recommending
671255 -         SDS, upon return to the office in the next day or so.
671256 -
671257 -             [On 011015 Pat will send email to make this assignment and
671258 -             recommend coordinating with Welch to expedite review.
671259 -             ref SDS A7  U78M
671261 -          ..
671262 -         One idea might be to engage Morris Jones at Intel, and Cliff
671263 -         Joslyn at LANL, possibly Doug Engelbart to generate some
671264 -         energy behind the effort to strengthen national security by
671265 -         deploying SDS.
671266 -
671267 -         a.  Morris explained advantages of SDS on 911123. ref SDS 6
671268 -             0477
671269 -             ..
671270 -             He has maintained that SDS is "overkill", for
671271 -             example on 950204, ref SDS 13 5932, and most recently on
671272 -             010720. ref SDS 96 JG6M  Some of this perspective flows
671273 -             from difficulty on 920214 learning to use SDS without
671274 -             help. ref SDS 7 5820  Moving from IT to a culture of
671275 -             knowledge needs transitioning, as set out in the letter to
671276 -             Doug Engelbart on 000301. ref SDS 44 0001
671278 -              ..
671279 -             When people are getting killed due to lack of analysis
671280 -             that SDS enables, then what formerly seemed like
671281 -             "overkill" is now essential "intelligence."
671282 -             ..
671283 -             New information today from John Deneen suggests an
671284 -             avenue Pat to engage Morris about contacting David
671285 -             Tennenhouse at Intel to consider SDS for supporting the
671286 -             CITRIS project at UC Berkeley on investigating new
671287 -             technologies, as reported in another record today.
671288 -             ref SDS A4  IX3L
671290 -              ..
671291 -             Pat indicated he knows David Tennenhouse, and indicated
671292 -             his prior work with David would not support contacting him
671293 -             with an initiative, perhaps flowing from the record on
671294 -             010426 showing DARPA, where David worked previously, has
671295 -             not been receptive to prior initiatives on KM. ref SDS 74
671296 -             657O
671297 -
671298 -                [On 010925 received letter from John Deneen with
671299 -                background on David Tennenhouse, DARPA and CITRIS.
671300 -                ref SDS A5  0001
671302 -                 ..
671303 -                [On 010928 submitted letter to Morris on this matter.
671304 -                ref SDS A6  0001
671306 -              ..
671307 -         b.  Cliff Joslyn leads the team at LANL investigating KM, and
671308 -             on 000727 Cliff made a presentation at SRI commending SDS
671309 -             capabilities. ref SDS 52 3960
671311 -              ..
671312 -             Cliff followed this up on 000925 with a letter saying SDS
671313 -             has excellent for some objectives of KM. ref SDS 58 RK3I
671315 -              ..
671316 -             Up until now, Cliff has maintained that LANL cannot
671317 -             support SDS, essentially because SDS is a DOS program, and
671318 -             everybody is using Windows 95.  Under the current
671319 -             emergency that requires effective intelligence support,
671320 -             Cliff may be willing to join SRI in supporting SDS as the
671321 -             only effective intelligence support, based on his remarks
671322 -             to SRI on 000727 and his letter on 000925.
671323 -
671325 -  ..
671326 - SRI Can Contribute to National Security through Alliance with Welch
671327 - National Security Emergency Requires Extra Effort for Intelligence
671328 -
671329 - Pat has discussed SDS a little bit with Doug, and understands he is
671330 - somewhat supportive of SDS for managing an OHS/DKR project.  Possibly
671331 - this interest can be developed from the record on 001027, ref SDS 62
671332 - XV6F, and later on 010111, ref SDS 69 N85H to engage Doug as an ally
671333 - for SDS at SRI.
671335 -  ..
671336 - //
671337 - I mentioned that on 010111 Doug planned to recommend that SRI use SDS,
671338 - and that if SRI did not do so, that Doug would hire Welch for Com
671339 - Metrics support. ref SDS 69 N85H
671341 -  ..
671342 - Pat said Doug has run out of money again.  SRI came up with some
671343 - donations that has kept his work going the past few months, but that
671344 - funding has now been expended.
671346 -  ..
671347 - Pat advised that Curt Carlson is in Washington DC this week seeking
671348 - funds for Doug's OHS/DKR project.  If successful, this might enable
671349 - SRI to get involved with SDS.
671350 - //
671351 - ..
671352 - We reviewed recent events the past few weeks where national
671353 - security has gained greater importance and visibility due to terrorist
671354 - bombings in New York and at the Pentagon in Washington DC.  SDS
671355 - provides a unique capability for filling the gap in performing
671356 - analysis that connects mountains of data and information generated by
671357 - existing agencies each day into useful intelligence now needed in
671358 - order to avoid future calamities.
671360 -  ..
671361 - This is an immediate need that only SDS can meet.  CIA, NSA, FBI and
671362 - other agencies can hire a lot of analysts.  SDS offers significantly
671363 - increased capability to connect chronologies showing cause and effect
671364 - based on subject context, cited above. ref SDS 0 OC5J
671365 - //
671366 - Pat said SRI has a number of people on staff working in Washington
671367 - D.C. for NSA.  He feels these are not good contacts for presenting
671368 - SDS to strengthen "intelligence" capability."
671369 - //
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SUBJECTS
Give-up Some SDS Ownership to Develop Alliances for Advancing Civiliz

7503 -
750401 -  ..
750402 - Alliance SRI to Advance KM Requires Ownership in SDS
750403 -
750404 - Pat explained Curt is hesitant about SDS because of preference to
750405 - promote SRI developments, rather than partner with others who bring
750406 - breakthrough capability, like SDS, to SRI, confirming understandings
750407 - from telecon on 000829, ref SDS 56 SY5F, and meeting at SRI on 001017.
750408 - ref SDS 61 3960
750410 -  ..
750411 - Personal preference must be balanced with immediate national security
750412 - needs for intelligence support, which SDS can meet, per above,
750413 - ref SDS 0 OC5J, and which cannot be met by any other method, as shown
750414 - in the record on 000425. ref SDS 48 0480
750415 -
750416 -      [....later reviewed with Morris factors that make SDS unique and
750417 -      efforts to duplicate SDS problematic. ref SDS A4  NK4J
750419 -  ..
750420 - SDS offers a direct path to save $100M of dollars in development costs
750421 - and begin immediately researching deployment, which is a major issue
750422 - that every KM project will eventually face, as noted by Curt from the
750423 - telecon with Pat on 010920. ref SDS A3  2C6F
750425 -  ..
750426 - We reviewed the need to find a home for SDS to become normalized as
750427 - the engine of enterprise management by advancing underlying alphabet
750428 - technology to move from IT to a culture of knowledge, explained in
750429 - POIMS. ref OF 1 JE6L and ref OF 1 3742
750431 -  ..
750432 - SRI has strong research capability that is essential to deploy SDS, as
750433 - set out in the draft letter for Curt Carlson, submitted to Pat on
750434 - 010711, ref DIP 4 01RS, and citing gives and gets identified on
750435 - 010608. ref SDS 87 X14H  A partnership between SRI and Welch can
750436 - exploit these advantages for advancing SRI mission to advance the
750437 - nation and civilization, and to accomplish specific goals for
750438 - improving management and education.
750439 - ..
750440 - SRI ownership in SDS may meet Curt's objective for promoting
750441 - SRI, so that progress can go forward.  On 001116 developed analysis
750442 - for giving up ownership of SDS to enable alliance that advances
750443 - civilization. ref SDS 64 CW8P
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