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Kicking off American Public Power Association Public Power Week. Learn the benefits of public power and this year's theme of "Building For the Future." https://hubs.li/Q0236Cgg0

Amazing topic an panel for #zkslaw next Executive Briefing. Register below and join us if you can.

Very simple breakdown on why Space Force communications should be separate from Air Force. Since starting at a Space Force base, it was immediately obvious how different it was. As an office, we spent hours with leadership and the team to make sure we were on the same page with our communication goals. To put this in perspective, let’s take an Air Force base. Usually 1-2 (maybe 3) air frames. Most likely, those aircraft have been there for years. There is already processes and procedures in place for almost every single aspect of those air frames - crisis communications, birthdays for the aircraft, expectations at all levels of leadership and even the community, and so on. Starting space communications in 2021, we already had 8 mission sets across two mission partners. Now, in 2023, we are closer to 20 completely different missions and preparing to support 8 mission partners. This continues to compound for space when you talk about mission specifics, safety zones or regulations for each rocket, orbits, payloads, commercial vs USSF launches, and the list goes on. I absolutely love communicating for space! I will keep doing all that I can to make it accessible and digestible for the public affairs career field. More conversations about this topic the better!

Check out my first space-related blogpost and let me know your thoughts! Today’s topic: The Outer Space Treaty vs. The Artemis Accords.

Learn more about the pace of the 118th Congress here through a historical comparison of congressional productivity since the 113th session: https://ambar.org/l7owze2f

Look forward to seeing all of our great partners, clients, and friends! A great way to start the new year discussing the key issues executives at MEDITECH EHR-based health systems face. #healthcarecybersecurity #meditech #cyberriskmanagement #cybersecurity

❓ Did you know ACSP has a blog? ❓ With a rotating cast of top industry minds, our blog is a great way to deep dive into space news relevant to your role in commercial space. Our latest issue is out now, courtesy of Cody Curabba. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/g_8-93xU

I'm honored to share that I'll be presenting at the Texas GIS Forum this October 23–27 in Austin. This forum has been a cornerstone for Texas geospatial advancements for over three decades, and I'm thrilled to participate in it. Presentation 1: How Spatial Data is Transforming Emergency Management Date: October 25, 2023 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Location: Lil Tex Room Explore the transformative power of spatial data in Emergency Management. As our urban environments grow more complex, geospatial information becomes increasingly critical in enhancing preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation processes. Presentation 2: Unlocking TIER II Data: Leveraging Analytics and GIS for Data-Driven Hazmat Planning Date: October 26, 2023 Time: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Location: Balcones Room Join me as I navigate the intricate world of TIER II Chemical Data and showcase the capabilities of GIS in revolutionizing Hazardous Material Planning. For anyone attending, I'd love to connect, share insights, and discuss the future of GIS! Let's push the boundaries of geospatial technology together. #TexasGISForum2023 #innovation #gis #emergencymanagement #data #analytics #hazmat

In just a few days, our first cohort of the Future Forecasting Program is taking place. Together we will explore what’s on the horizon. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dCCN8XK6

On Common Points of Discussion and Concern - Part Two of Four ________________________ As previously referenced in Part One, the benefits of recently considered pilot reporting legislation should, I strongly believe, extend to air, land and sea. In doing so, such domain-oriented, vetted, reporting mechanisms can assist in eventually collating a single-source, evolving, cross-referenced repository of data across the terrasphere, hydrosphere and aerosphere – with the potential of more greatly and efficiently informing our intelligence community along with congressional policy makers and, to a non-classified degree other countries and the public at large. That the recently ‘leaked’ footage of the ‘Jellyfish’ UAP leads ahead of the special IG hearing together with reporting legislation is likely no 3-way coincidence. I suspect its a common point of focus in what appears to be a pretty tightly controlled release of information overall. This approach brings together disparate interests focused on a common tangible made public via the ‘leaked’ Jellyfish video. It’s an effective way to make the news, give everyone a shared, relevant focal point and attempt to advance important legislation. The intelligence community clearly possesses a willingness to cling to secrecy, which would certainly be warranted in the genuine interest of national security. The presence of un-identifiable phenomena in our theoretically secured airspace, on land and at sea presents a litany of serious defense concerns. Among them: Can we determine UAP origins? Capabilities? Objectives? How can we communicate with them? How can we influence or defend against them - if at all? Along with warranted willingness to secret-keep, however, the intel apparatus also capitalizes on the infrastructure to support such secrecy – whether warranted or not. It is doubtful, then, that any disclosure or confirmation of UAP to any meaningful degree will occur without the intel community possessing a very compelling internal reason for doing so together with how to do it. Which may be the bigger, far more consequential story unfolding before us. Part Three of this 4-part post continues... _______________________________ Burchett’s take on the IG hearing here: “UFO hearing Friday is just to confuse, frustrate Congress: Burchett | Morning in America” https://lnkd.in/ecMDW46D ______________________________   Ryan Graves on NewsNation “UFO bill protecting pilots is 'long overdue': Ex-Navy pilot | The Hill” https://lnkd.in/eiw2bQA3   _____________________   The Graves, Grusch, Fravor Hearing from July 2023  “'Investigate these claims': UFO transparency at center of House hearing” https://lnkd.in/eqRt6Y5W ______________________ How to preview legislative language on pending Congressional bills here, via the US Library of Congress: https://lnkd.in/e22fhFTn