Digital Government
NSA Finally Gets an Independent Inspector General
Robert Storch was confirmed by the Senate after more than a year and nominations from two presidents.
Cybersecurity
Germany Accused China of Tricking German Government Workers on LinkedIn
More than 10,000 workers in parliament, ministries, and government agencies had been targeted.
Digital Government
NGA Launches Bold Recruitment Plan to Hire Silicon Valley's Best
The intel agency is hacking hiring rules to fill three new digital teams in its quest for data dominance.
Policy
Policy Opens the Door for Smartphone Use in Classified Settings
Mobile devices will still be banned from facilities where highly classified information is shared.
Cybersecurity
House Intel committee advances spy bill
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence passed a bill to reauthorize the government's spying powers 13-8 on a party-line vote.
Modernization
Security firm reveals another NSA leak
The data, including a virtual hard drive containing classified Army documents, was for a time unsecured and available for anyone to download.
Modernization
ICE memo says Chinese-made drones are snoops
An ICE intel memo claims that a Chinese UAS maker is dumping cheap drones on the U.S. market to capture sensitive infrastructure data.
Ideas
Russia Used Social Media to Weaponize American Free Will. Here’s What to Do About It.
The tech, policy and national security communities need to come together to stop disinformation campaigns.
Digital Government
Delayed Security Clearance Reforms Could Increase Costs for Agencies
Continuous evaluation could remain a pipe dream as cash-strapped agencies get no guidance from the top.
Modernization
Classified cloud now an option for federal agencies
Amazon Web Services' new AWS Secret Region promises security that meets secret classification requirements.
Modernization
Amazon Web Services Announces Secret Cloud Region For CIA
The company is able to host government data in the cloud at unclassified, sensitive, secret and top secret classification levels.
Policy
White House Discloses Rules on Weaponizing Software Vulnerabilities
The administration will publish an annual report on how it decides whether to hoard or disclose newfound cyber vulnerabilities.
Policy
Sessions: Surveillance Reform Could Be 'Exceedingly Damaging' to National Security
Getting a warrant before searching through information collected under Section 702 authorities would be burdensome, the attorney general told lawmakers.
Cybersecurity
House panel advances FISA reform
The Judiciary committee passed a bill to require federal law enforcement to obtain a warrant before querying spy databases, but some are worried about potential loopholes.
Acquisition
Agency reorgs slow down recompetes
One major federal contractor is seeing more bridge contracts as agencies put the brakes on procurements while reorganizations take shape.
Artificial Intelligence
CIA, NSA Offer Startups More Than Money
The intelligence community can serve as a test-bed for startups pitching AI and other emerging technologies.
Cybersecurity
Three paths for Congress on spy powers
Privacy advocates and security hawks in Congress are grappling over the future of surveillance.
Cybersecurity
Sessions pushes back on proposed House surveillance reform
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a Senate panel that the administration is open to FISA reform, but doesn't want to saddle the FBI with a warrant requirement.
Digital Government
A New Social-Media Simulator Is Helping US Troops Train for Hybrid War
The program harvests and remixes real tweets to generate a convincing online environment for wargames large and small.
Cybersecurity
House panel looks to curtail spy powers
Draft legislation before the House Intelligence committee puts new restrictions on the use surveillance powers to target Americans, but privacy advocates are looking for more reforms.
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