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.

Cybersecurity

Obama rockets to space with new policy

The Obama administration released a new policy for space exploration that calls for maintaining and enhancing space-based positioning, navigation, and timing systems, as well as protecting access to the radio-frequency spectrum.

Digital Government

Billions expected for cybersecurity research

The deputy director of national intelligence for acquisition and technology told a recent cybersecurity connference that her office and the White House Office of Science and Technology plan a multibillion dollar research project on cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity

Wanted: A better system for intelligence collection

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's Smart Collection office wants to fund research into ways to make collected intelligence more valuable.

Cybersecurity

Officers to get guidelines for open-source intell

Officials are drawing up guidance and certifications for people in the country's intelligence agencies who develop open-source intelligence.

Cybersecurity

White House names new chief of terrorism-related info sharing environment

The Obama administration has named a new leader for an office tasked with improving how agencies share terrorism-related information.

Digital Government

Reduced funding might actually improve intelligence work

Declining budgets could force intelligence agencies to streamline redundant analysis systems.

Cybersecurity

Director of national intelligence and intell sharing to step down

The country's top intelligence official, who oversees programs to integrate intelligence agencies' information technology, is leaving the post.

Cybersecurity

Intell chief wants more information sharing

More integration between collection and analysis capabilities can be achieved by intelligence agencies during the next five years, the country's top intelligence officer said today.