Cybersecurity
Obama, Intel Committee leaders propose data collection changes
The president’s plan would require a court order to collect information on individual accounts; the lawmakers’ bill would not.
Cybersecurity
A wish list for a digitized President's Daily Brief
Leading technologists argue that a paper-based briefing can no longer meet the president's information needs.
Acquisition
Deadline looms for $6 billion military intelligence IT contract
Vendors interested in the $6 billion Enhanced Solutions for Technology Enterprise need to submit their proposals by mid-May.
Cybersecurity
White House urges changes to clearance rules
The government plans to move to a continuous evaluation method for security clearances, which will require new IT systems to store and search through data.
Digital Government
NGA: Seeking full immersion in geospatial data
NGA's Map of the World will serve as the backbone for the agency's innovative efforts to satisfy the geospatial appetites of the 17 intelligence agencies.
Digital Government
Why maps matter
With new technologies and an explosion of geodata, more and more agencies are mapping to make sense of their missions.
Digital Government
The intelligence community's big-data problem
Analyzing fragmented information that doesn’t come neatly packaged is a challenge most other government users of big data can relate to.
Cybersecurity
Budget request for classified IT climbs 14 percent
Difference between budget request and IT Dashboard data suggests $6.15 billion for fiscal 2015.
Cybersecurity
Getting a handle on cyberattacks
IARPA wants to find a better way to evaluate techniques for detecting attacks.
Cybersecurity
2013 lapses drive new performance goals
The cross-agency priority goals announced in the 2015 budget grew out of the failures of HealthCare.gov and NSA security in the Snowden affair.
Cybersecurity
Draft language signals more transparent NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has been on the defensive since it was revealed that the NSA subverted encryption standards.
Digital Government
Report: Government might expand NSA's database
Pending lawsuits could prompt agency to preserve meta data far longer than planned.
Digital Government
Map of the World key to full immersion in geospatial data
Advances in cloud computing, mobile technology, networking, data transfer and computing speed allow for immediate access to geospatial data, and the intelligence community is ready to put that data to use.
Cybersecurity
Geospatial director: Make your data accessible
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency does not routinely share its information with the public, but after a recent natural disaster, the agency opened up its data with positive results.
Cybersecurity
NSA cybersecurity issues echo scathing Hill report
A New York Times story on NSA vulnerabilities bears a striking resemblance to a report by Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee detailing problems at other agencies.
Cybersecurity
Intell officials stand fast on surveillance
The bulk collection program was described as "low probability but high impact" by one witness, while an industry official warned of the economic consequences of a loss of trust in the U.S. tech sector.
Cybersecurity
After Snowden, what's changed (and what hasn't)
Despite good guidance from feds, defense contractors still feel vulnerable to cyber-threats post-Snowden.
Cybersecurity
Behind clearance reform, a struggle in data collection
Readers weigh in with real-life experience from both sides of the vetting process.
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