Modernization

Daring Deal

Amazon is building a cloud for the intelligence community under a plan to upend the status quo.

Cybersecurity

Why branding matters -- even in government

More focus on building and enhancing the employer brand could help agencies find and keep talent.

Cybersecurity

Who's the top employer among IT and engineering students?

Government agencies make the top 10 list of best employers.

Modernization

Agencies seek to shed antiquated acquisition model

DOD and the intelligence community use an acquisition process better suited to a bygone era, but efforts to move forward are gaining speed.

Digital Government

DHS releases new information-sharing guidance

New guidelines are part of an effort to improve consistency in handling classified information.

Modernization

Agencies' needs could imperil FedRAMP

The specific requirements some federal agencies have could undercut the standardized approach of the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program, industry experts say.

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

CIA official wants top secret classification system revamped

Should the CIA evolve its confidential tiers after 70 years to keep up with the digital times?

Cybersecurity

Bin Laden's tech habit could trip up his terrorist group

Despite his efforts to go off the grid, Osama bin Laden's dependence on technology might lead to the biggest blow to his terrorist group.

Cybersecurity

Bin Laden's tech trove may give up secrets

The Defense Department and CIA are participating in a multi-agency task force to glean actionable intelligence from the large volume of material taken from Osama bin Laden's compound.

Digital Government

National security switcheroo: Panetta to DOD, Petraeus to CIA?

The top U.S. commander will likely succeed current CIA Director Leon Panetta once Panetta replaces Robert Gates as defense secretary, and more shake-ups are imminent, news outlets report.

Digital Government

Top dogs, same dogs

According to an often-repeated bit of common wisdom, change comes from the top. But how often does that happen?

Digital Government

Petraeus could become CIA head

Rumors suggest that Gen. David Patraeus, America's top military man in Afghanistan, could become CIA director.

Cybersecurity

Bill would threaten pensions of loose-lipped intell employees

Intelligence employees who leak information would forfeit their federal pension plans under new legislation.

Modernization

CIA needs nimble tech to keep pace

Chief Technology Officer Gus Hunt describes how the CIA is building its future on cloud computing, social media and other emerging technologies.

Digital Government

GAO bows to CIA decision to waive conflicts of interest

GAO’s ruling is evidence that it won’t second-guess agency officials' decisions to waive organizational conflicts of interest.

Cybersecurity

Could WikiLeaks set back information sharing?

Former CIA director Michael Hayden says the recent posting of classified material about the war in Afghanistan exposes the risks of information sharing among intelligence agencies. But the government’s use of IT could be a bigger threat to personal privacy.

Cybersecurity

CIA, Google fund Web analysis firm

In-Q-Tel and Google Ventures are investing in Recorded Future, a company whose technology monitors the Web in real time and develops predictions of future events from that content.