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OSINT Foundation Announces 2024 Awards Recipients

11/25/2024

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.

The following recipients were recognized:

  • Paige McMillan, U.S. Army Asian Studies Detachment received the 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.
  • U.S. Army Asian Studies Detachment, 500th Military Intelligence Brigade received the 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.
  • Neil Stern, Directorate of Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation received the inaugural IC OSINT Catalyst of the Year, which recognizes OSINT professionals other than collectors or analysts who enable practitioners, demonstrate exceptional service to the Nation, and materially contribute to the 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 publicly available OSINT product that has demonstrated exceptional value to the nation, provided substantial impact to the organization’s mission, and benefited 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 US.
  • David Reese, Chair, 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 by Mr. Jason Barrett, of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who serves as the IC OSINT Executive. Also in attendance were Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Tonya Ugoretz; MG Timothy Brown, Commander of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM); and Randy Nixon, Director of the CIA Open Source Enterprise. BAE Systems hosted the event at its Falls Church, Virginia facility.