CONTACTS 
0201 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 8483
020101 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020102 - Construction Operations Division   =415 977 8480

SUBJECTS
COE Evaluation Communication Metrics
CE HQ Evaluation, Wider Use Comm Metrics
Comm Metrics Solves CESPN Staffing Problem
Intranets, Web, CESP Review
Intelligence Business, Similar to Military

1007 -    ..
1008 - Summary/Objective
1009 -
100901 - Follow up ref SDS 8 0000, ref SDS 6 0000.
100902 -
100903 - Max will read my letter and comment on the revised NWO... paper and
100904 - the news article on IBM's announcement to offer business intelligence.
100905 -
100906 - We considered helping people, who lack experience with Communication
100907 - Metrics, to grasp the role and cost advantages, based on the value of
100908 - intelligence, as pointed out by General Hatch. ref SDS 1 2036
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1012 - Discussion
1013 -
101301 -  ..
101302 - Delivering "Intelligence" and Decision Support via Internet
101303 -
101304 - Follow up ref SDS 8 3705.
101305 -
101306 - Max said he has not checked his email at home for the past several
101307 - days, and as a result he has not seen my letter, ref DIP 2 2479, sent
101308 - on 980227, ref SDS 8 1499, trasmitting the NWO... paper which he
101309 - reviewed at the beginning of 1996 prior to our meeting on 960105. see
101310 - ref SDS 2 0000
101311 -
101312 - Max said he will try to review it this evening and develop comments.
101313 -
101314 - We considered IBM's announcement on 980226 to market "business
101315 - intelligence," which is included in the letter sent to Max. ref DIP 2
101316 - 2479, will provide public awareness of the benefits Communication
101317 - Metrics provides.
101318 -
101319 - A challenge introducing new methods is explaining them in language
101320 - people understand in relation to their experience, which lacks
101321 - exposure to the new methods, here Communication Metrics.  I mentioned
101322 - discussing this with Tom the other day. ref SDS 6 2220
101323 - ..
101324 - Max recalled the District's report found that Communication
101325 - Metrics delivers "business intelligence" to organize and analyse
101326 - information for timely decision support.  IBM's announcement last week
101327 - therefore helps managers explain the cost savings from improving daily
101328 - management processes, based on the rationale of providing daily
101329 - intelligence to the President of the United States by the Central
101330 - Intelligence Agency.
101331 -
101332 - Communication Metrics uses technology (SDS and the Internet) to create
101333 - and deliver daily intelligence that here-to-fore has been possible
101334 - only at the highest levels and for the highest risks: to ensure the
101335 - security of the nation.
101336 -
101337 - Communication Metrics makes it cost effective to ensure the success of
101338 - a team, project, department, company, etc., by delivering...
101339 -
101340 -               Anywhere, anytime Intelligence
101341 -
101342 - Given the role of intelligence in the advancement of civilization, it
101343 - is easy to see how increasing this vital resource can improve
101344 - performance.
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