The FBI's Strategic Information and Operations Center (SOIC) posted a 'Request for Information (RFI)' online last week seeking companies to build a social network monitoring system for the FBI. The 12-page document (.pdf) spells out what the bureau wants from such a system and invites potential contractors to reply by February 10, 2012.
It says the application should provide information about possible domestic and global threats superimposed onto maps "using mash-up technology".
It says the application should collect "open source" information and have the ability to:
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