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.
Cybersecurity
Intell chief denies charges of too many contractors
Reacting to a Washington Post series, the director of national intelligence said contractors are key but are not doing inherently governmental work.
Digital Government
Reduced funding might actually improve intelligence work
Declining budgets could force intelligence agencies to streamline redundant analysis systems.
Cybersecurity
Analysis, not info sharing, blamed for intell failure
Officials failed to search all available databases to uncover data on the would-be airplane bomber, a preliminary White House review has found.
Cybersecurity
Panel OKs bill that would increase cybersecurity oversight
A Senate committee has approved a bill that would require the president to notify Congress about existing and new cybersecurity programs that involve personally identifiable information.
Modernization
Web 2.0 can recruit new workforce
The next generation of federal employees will be looking for a government presence in social media, and the government will suffer if it is not there.
Modernization