Digital Government

DHS releases new information-sharing guidance

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

Cybersecurity

Intelligence director urges Congress to act on cyber threat

National Intelligence Director James Clapper cited threats posed by Iran, China and Russia as dangers Congress must address.

Digital Government

Analysis: How to cut intell budgets smartly

Deloitte's GovLab public sector research arm is recommending technologies and strategies to cut costs while maintaining capabilities.

Cybersecurity

Counterterrorism effort gets new tech

The director of the National Counterterrorism Center shared details on recent upgrades to IT systems and data tools at a Senate committee hearing.

Cybersecurity

The creation of DHS and ODNI: cautionary tales

A new report offers management lessons learned from the creation of DHS and ODNI after the 2001 terrorist attacks.

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.