OSINT Education Spotlight: Gray Literature

DID YOU KNOW? The official spelling of gray literature (and the definition) was established for the whole of the U.S. Government in the 1990s. Gray literature is frequently misconstrued as solely hardcopy, however, it may transcend both hardcopy and digital formats. According to the U.S. Government Interagency Gray Literature Working Group (IGLWG) (pronounced ‘ig-el-wig’), “Gray literature, regardless of media, can include, but is not limited to, research reports, technical reports, economic reports, trip reports, working papers, discussion papers, unofficial government documents, proceedings, preprints, studies, dissertations and theses, trade literature, market surveys, and newsletters. This material cuts across scientific, political, socio-economic and military disciplines.”