Information About

Globalsecurity.org




  Caption Screenshot of GlobalSecurityorg from April 12 , 2007
  Url GlobalSecurityorg
  Commercial No
  Type News Site
  Language English
  Registration No
  Author John Pike
  Launch Date 2000
  Current Status Active
  Revenue Online Adverts


GlobalSecurity.org, launched in 2000 , describes itself as a Public Policy organization whose mission is to be a reliable source of background information and developing News stories in the fields of Defense , Space , Intelligence , WMD , and Homeland Security . Offering its information products through its Website , the organization's editorial office is located in Alexandria , Virginia , USA . The current Senior Fellow on Homeland Security is Andrew Fois .

The website provides news and analysis on Weapon s systems and Industry , comprehensive guides and directories of military and space related programs, entities, and facilities. GlobalSecurity.org also emphasises primary political documentation— Legislation , political debates, Hearing s, and reports—materials that may or may not be available Online elsewhere, but which GlobalSecurity.org states that it processes and Collate s to make more accessible to its readers.

The website is freely accessible to readers and its income is based on Online Advertising . The website specifically targets "Subject Matter Experts", "Senior Leaders", "Junior Staff and Interns", "Concerned Citizens", and "News Reporters"; the latter stated to be the site's most important online Target Audience .


INDEPENDENT REVIEWS

Forbes.com has a review of the site and lists it in their "Best of the web" directory.


HISTORY

GlobalSecurity.org, created in 2000, was originally a fork of http://www.fas.org, the website of the Federation Of American Scientists , the former employer of GlobalSecurity.org's principal, John Pike . It uses some of Pike's content originally on the FAS site.


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