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The OSINT Foundation, the professional association of Intelligence Community (IC) open-source intelligence (OSINT) professionals, hosted its annual awards reception on November 22. The event celebrated the achievements of OSINT practitioners and IC organizations whose work has enhanced the national security of the United States. Launched in 2022, the OSINT Foundation’s mission is to promote OSINT tradecraft, elevate the discipline, and develop the practitioner community to advance the national security of the United States.
The following recipients of the OSINT Foundation’s 2024 Awards were recognized:
- Paige McMillan, U.S. Army Asian Studies Detachment received the LTC Ed Waller IC OSINT Practitioner of the Year award, which recognizes the IC OSINT professional who has demonstrated exceptional service to the nation, materially contributing to the OSINT discipline and mentoring other OSINT practitioners.
- S. Army Asian Studies Detachment, 500th Military Intelligence Brigade (Theater) received the Dr. Graham Turbiville IC OSINT Unit of the Year award, recognizing the IC unit that has demonstrated exceptional impact to national security and materially contributed to the OSINT discipline by making its products or services available to the broader IC or decisionmakers, gaining greater respect for the contributions of OSINT, implementing innovations and codifying and sharing resulting tactics, techniques, or procedures, or demonstrating effective means of displaying or disseminating its OSINT-related products.
- Neil Stern, Directorate of Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation received the inaugural Dr. Adele Kibre IC OSINT Catalyst of the Year, which recognizes OSINT professionals such as librarians, data scientists, auditors, trainers, linguists, operational support, COTRs, policy analysts, program managers, and OSINT managers who enable practitioners, demonstrate exceptional service to the Nation, and materially contribute to the OSINT discipline.
- Indo-Pacific Regional Center, Defense Intelligence Agency, for “North Korea: Enabling Russian Missile Strikes Against Ukraine” was given the IC OSINT Product of the Year Award, recognizing a finished, completely unclassified and publicly available OSINT product that has demonstrated exceptional value to the nation, provided substantial impact to the organization’s mission, and benefitted the public good by increasing the public’s understanding of the value of OSINT.
- The Open Source Enterprise, Central Intelligence Agency, for the Osiris platform, was recognized with the inaugural IC OSINT Innovation of the Year Award, given for the novel technique, process, or platform that is at the unclassified level, derived from U.S. Government technology, and which has demonstrably improved the effectiveness of the OSINT discipline and significantly impacted the national security of the United States.
- David Reese, Chairman, OSINT Foundation Practitioner Committee, was named the OSINT Foundation Volunteer of the Year award in recognition of his outstanding service to the OSINT Foundation and the OSINT discipline.
The Awards Reception drew over 140 attendees, with the keynote address given by Jason Barrett, the Intelligence Community OSINT Executive. Also in attendance were Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tonya Ugoretz; MG Timothy Brown, Commander of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command; and Randy Nixon, Director of the CIA Open Source Enterprise. BAE Systems hosted the event at its Falls Church, Virginia facility.
Source: OSINT Foundation
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