Modernization
Intelligence agencies seek crystal ball
The Open Source Indicators Program would extract and analyze public data to reveal patterns that precede global upheavals and generate warnings of such events.
Cybersecurity
Federal information sharing environment needs work, GAO says
The federal Information-Sharing Environment needs work to bring in more foreign affairs data and intelligence, according to a new GAO report.
Cybersecurity
Learning on the job: How to make the most of mentoring
Former and current government officials share their tips for establishing a solid mentoring relationship.
Cybersecurity
ODNI report says office did no data mining in 2010
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has filed its latest required report on data mining.
Cybersecurity
Legislation would tighten intell IT oversight
Program officers would have to tell the director of national intelligence about their IT projects before they could spend money if a new spending bill becomes law.
Digital Government
Intelligence community to get CIO
President Barack Obama has picked a CIO for the intelligence community
Digital Government
Drones as do-it-yourself project?
Dawn Meyerriecks says DIY drones aren't out of the question.
Cybersecurity
OMB says post-WikiLeaks assessments due Jan. 28
White House and national security officials want federal agencies to complete their post-WikiLeaks assessments of how they are handling classified information by Jan. 28.
Cybersecurity
Priscilla Guthrie to leave CIO job at ODNI, report says
The national intelligence director has announced Charlene Leubecker will be acting CIO.
Cybersecurity
OMB exec brings wide-angle lens to anti-terror unit
Mike Howell's move from OMB to the Information Sharing Environment could bolster that program and expand the administration's understanding of it, experts say.
Digital Government
New cyber role, budgetary measures headed to ODNI
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says he is creating new top-level jobs for cybersecurity and U.S. intelligence, and plans to move $50 billion from the Defense Department budget into his office.
Digital Government
Senate confirms Clapper as intell chief
The Senate has voted to confirm retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper as the country's fourth director of national intelligence.
Digital Government
Contractors in top secret programs may pose a major challenge for insourcing proponents
The explosive series of news articles currently running in The Washington Post—“Top Secret America”—is bound to add weight to the case against outsourcing.
Cybersecurity
Spymasters in search of forecasting software to enhance intell analysis
The research organization for intelligence agencies wants organizations to propose research to develop methods that provide more accurate, precise and timely intelligence forecasts.
Cybersecurity
Obama rockets to space with new policy
The Obama administration released a new policy for space exploration that calls for maintaining and enhancing space-based positioning, navigation, and timing systems, as well as protecting access to the radio-frequency spectrum.
Digital Government
Billions expected for cybersecurity research
The deputy director of national intelligence for acquisition and technology told a recent cybersecurity connference that her office and the White House Office of Science and Technology plan a multibillion dollar research project on cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Wanted: A better system for intelligence collection
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's Smart Collection office wants to fund research into ways to make collected intelligence more valuable.
Cybersecurity
Officers to get guidelines for open-source intell
Officials are drawing up guidance and certifications for people in the country's intelligence agencies who develop open-source intelligence.
Cybersecurity