Information Security Oversight Office

State Department declassifies diplomatic cables using AI assistant

The State Department tool cost about $400,000 to develop and is at least 97% as accurate as humans, according to an agency leader.

Artificial Intelligence

Getty Images/iStockphoto/jdwfoto

ISOO director to step down next summer

Open Data/Transparency

(Amelia Brust/Federal News Network)

New vetting guidelines set to advance security clearance reform ideas

Defense

FILE - This June 18, 2019, file photo shows a sign for the entrance to the National Archives in College Park, Md. A Virginia National Guard sergeant accused of stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland has pleaded guilty to a theft charge. (AP Photo/Michael Kunzelman, File)

Modern process to declassify records would add flexibility to federal workforce

IT Modernization

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo, Lauren Woehr pours bottled water into her 16-month-old daughter Caroline's cup at their home in Horsham, Pa. In Horsham and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. EPA testing between 2013 and 2015 found significant amounts of PFAS in public water supplies in 33 U.S. states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Defense OIG to investigate Pentagon’s use of PFAS chemicals

Federal Newscast

Getty Images/iStockphoto/jdwfoto

Agencies with classified data seek automation to get ahead of digital records ‘tsunami’

Automation

How to speed-read a billion (classified) pages

Tom Temin Commentary

Information Security Office tells POTUS declassification system is ‘unsustainable’

Ask the CIO

Declassification board ‘agitates’ for changes to document management

Federal Drive

Many agencies miss classification compliance deadline

Federal Drive

OMB wants classified systems assessed

Budget

Agencies classifying less information

NARA\’s new report to the President finds that fewer individuals are receiving classification authority. The document also says a majority of the information…

Budget