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FBI Should Tighten Monitoring of Employee Texting, Watchdog Says

Software recommendations come as follow-up to 2016 review of alleged political bias.

  • By Charles S. Clark

The Wheels of Justice Are Grinding to a Halt

FBI agents say the government shutdown is costing them confidential sources, postponing indictments, and shutting down investigations.

  • By Natasha Bertrand, The Atlantic

FBI Agents Say the Shutdown Is a Threat to National Security

Nearly 5,000 FBI special agents, intelligence analysts, attorneys, and professional staff have been furloughed.

  • By Natasha Bertrand, The Atlantic

The FBI is Trying Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Software

The software allows the FBI to go through video surveillance footage much faster than agents can.

  • By Frank Konkel

The FBI Needs to Burn 53 Tons of Classified Material

It's going to be a document inferno.

  • By Justin Rohrlich, Quartz

FBI Issues Timeline for $5 Billion IT Contract Solicitation

The bureau’s ITSSS contract has gone through a lot of changes recently but officials expect to have the draft and final RFPs out early next year.

  • By Aaron Boyd

ACLU Pushes Court to Release Secret Facebook Wiretap Order

The devil is in the details.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

FBI’s Counterterrorism Investigations Now Run on Amazon

The FBI is the latest intelligence agency to partner with Amazon Web Services.

  • By Frank Konkel

A Rare Peek Inside the FBI’s Internal Video-Streaming Service

It's like a homegrown YouTube.

  • By Justin Rohrlich, Quartz

FBI Drops Full and Open Competition for $5 Billion IT Recompete

The bureau will turn to GSA’s schedules to fill out its IT Supplies and Support Services contract.

  • By Aaron Boyd

FBI Director Implores Corporate Boards to Join Cyber Fight

Companies should amp up protections and be wary of deals that expose U.S. intellectual property, FBI Director Chris Wray says.

  • By Joseph Marks

FBI Fights Viral Influence Campaigns With Informational Videos

The videos offer security tips that could benefit all internet users.

  • By Jack Corrigan

FBI Looking For Tech to Foil Fingerprint Obliteration

The FBI wants artificial intelligence tools that can ID people with burnt, cut or otherwise altered fingerprints.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Watch Out For Travel Scams, FBI Warns

If it seems too good to be true...it probably is.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

FBI Warns Banks About New ATM Scam

A new era of bank robbing.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

3 Essential Skills for Setting Work-Life Boundaries

A former FBI hostage negotiator offers tips on setting boundaries at work.

  • By Leah Fessler, Quartz

4 Big Ideas in the DNC Hacking Indictments

The indictments show how complicated spear-phishing really is.

  • By Joseph Marks

VPNFilter Malware Still Has Its Sights Set On Your Router

Time to take action.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Civil Liberties Groups Urge IG Investigation Into Faulty FBI Encryption Stats

The FBI says the inflated figures were due to a methodology error.

  • By Joseph Marks

FBI Stands Firm on ‘Going Dark’ Problem While Acknowledging Inflated Data

The bureau may have overstated by three times or more the number of encrypted devices it couldn’t access last year.

  • By Joseph Marks