“CIA’s Use of GIS in Intelligence Analysis: Case Studies” March 14, 7 pm

2012-03-14 CIA GIS lecture

Come see and hear discussion on the “CIA’s Use of GIS in Intelligence Analysis:

Case Studies.”

James F.

DNI Open Source Center
Wed – 14 March
Durham Hall – Room 261
7:00-8:30PM

GSM Consulting, Inc. position available

GSM Consulting, Inc. position available

GSM Consulting, Inc. is looking for a few great students with at least a year to go in their academic study, who are interested in an Information Technology career, with a Top Secret security clearance, in the Intelligence Community.

GSM is a small IT support firm with consultants working in multiple IC agencies (CIA, ODNI for example) in the Northern Virginia area. We are listed by Washingtonian magazine as one of the top 50 firms to work for in this area. Our consultants have Top Secret, full lifestyle polygraph clearances, which take an average of 12 months to get. For Virginia Tech students, the idea is to make you an offer in your Junior year, put you in for this high clearance, and provide an internship over the summer. The goal is both a clearance and a job offer right after graduation.

For more information, our web site is: www.GSMconsulting.net
Following is an Open Position we have right now:
2516 - Software Developer / Programmer

• Significant experience with Java, Javascript, HTML/XHTML, XML.
• Knowledge of Windows XP or Solaris operating environments.
• Experience with full life-cycle software development projects.
• Ability to translate requirements into end-to-end design for applications that involve multiple interfaces to other applications and supporting data repositories.
• Demonstrated programming troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Familiarity with open source products and tools, such as Eclipse, Ant, JUnit.

GSM will be on campus 28 Feb. If you are interested, please use the Scholar Assignment tool to submit your resume by 21 Feb.

Intelligence Community Virtual Career Fair

• 2012_ICVCF_Flyer.pdf

Register today for the third annual IC Virtual Career Fair.

Tuesday, March 6, 2 p.m. – 8 p.m. 

U.S. citizenship is required.
Space is limited. Pre-register at www.ICVirtualFair.com

2012 IC CAE GIS Scholarship Application NOW OPEN

2012 IC CAE GIS Scholarship Application to attend the ESRI User’s Conference in July is NOW OPEN

The 2012 IC-CAE GIS Scholarship to attend the ESRI User’s Conference in San Diego, CA 23-27 July application is now open ( https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1327498768324 ) and will close on 20 Feb 2012.

This application is for VT IC CAE students with GIS backgrounds and a desire to use such skills in the IC to attend the ESRI Conference this summer.

This is an incredible opportunity to attend the premier GIS conference and learn how such analytic tools are used in the IC and within the National Security arena.  This program is open to all Virginia Tech students who are US citizens. You need to have a background in GIS to apply and attend the conference.

The program will pay air fare, hotel, and meals, as well as registration for the conference.  There will be over 400 sessions to attend to learn the latest in GIS technology, as well as the  opportunity to meet with US Government entities which use GIS, and the vendors who make the tools and applications.

 

For further information, Ken Stiles at kls@vt.edu.

National Security Agency will be on campus

NSA Information Session Feb 14

NSA will be at the CSRC Spring Career Fair and the Career Services Connection Fair Feb 13-14 and will have a dedicated information session for IC CAE students.

EE, CpE, CS and related majors are most needed, but the visitors have broad experience an could also provide some guidance to other students interested in NSA.

Times and locations will be posted on the Scholar site when they are available.

New IC-CAE Associate Application Open: All current/continuing ICCAE Scholars and Associates must reapply

New IC-CAE Associate Application Open: All current/continuing ICCAE Scholars and Associates must reapply

The Intelligence Community Scholarship application is closing this week and we will be updating the IC-CAE Scholars and Associates list. All current/continuing IC-CAE Scholars and Associates must reapply.  You can do this by either submitting an application to the IC Scholars program:

http://www.hume.ictas.vt.edu/scholar/

or, if you are not applying for the scholarships, by submitting an IC-CAE Associates Application

www.hume.ictas.vt.edu/iccae_apps

 

Over the next couple weeks we will be updating the participant list with access to the Virginia Tech ICCAE Scholar site and removing inactive members.

To remain an IC-CAE Associate, you must participate in at least 3 event per semesters.

All signups for events will go through the Virginia Tech ICCAE Scholar site.

CIA Directorate of Intelligence representatives on campus 7-8 Feb

CIA DI representatives on campus 7-8 Feb

Representatives from the CIA Directorate of Intelligence will be holding an open informational session and office hours and workshops for IC-CAE Scholars and Associates on Feb 8.

 

Info Session – open to campus

Date: 8 Feb, 9:00-10:30am

Location: Graduate Life Center Room G

 

Workshops, Office Hours, and Mock Interviews

Following the info session, there will be a resume workshop, one-on-one office hours (20 min. blocks), and a mock interview session for IC-CAE Scholars and Associates. Sign up at the VT IC CAE Scholar site under SIGNUP on the far left menu.