Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Intel community seeks to centralize OSINT under new strategy

The intelligence community’s new OSINT strategy puts a premium on using open-source data, as opposed to highly secretive sources and and methods.

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NSA women leaders find opportunities to ‘drive change and mission’

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Congress wants spy agencies to hire more experts in financial intelligence, emerging technology

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NSA, CISA call on software developers, suppliers to improve open source software management practices

Cybersecurity

Jessica Hrabrosky, Office of Strategic Communications/ODNI

Stuart Graham retrieving potential threat information to analyze and inform the Intelligence Community at the National Counterterrorism Center

Intel agencies look to build skills through public-private talent exchange

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NSA working on new AI ‘roadmap’ as intel agencies grapple with recent advances

Artificial Intelligence

Another attempt to lessen the effect prior marijuana use has on getting a security clearance

Federal Newscast

Confusion over weed policies may be blunting new recruits for intelligence agencies

Intelligence Community

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on worldwide threats. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Retiring intelligence officials are going to have to wait a few months before working for foreign governments

Federal Newscast

‘This would be wild’: Officials lay out ambitious goals for federal employee vetting

Hiring/Retention

UFO reports rise to 510, not aliens but still a threat to US

Defense

Spy agencies seek better raw data on diversity challenges

The chief of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility for the intelligence community is focused on hard data and changing culture.

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cybersecurity, intelligence, network, computers, technology

WeWork for spies? Industry group pushes for classified co-working spaces

An industry group says shared SCIFs could help intelligence agencies retain employees and give small businesses a chance to compete for classified contracts.

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FILE - In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., Jan. 9, 2008. A major United Nations meeting on the landmark nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is starting Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, after a long delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as Russia’s war in Ukraine has reanimated fears of nuclear confrontation and cranked up the urgency of trying reinforce the 50-year-old treaty. (Lt. Rebecca Rebarich/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

As Navy recruiters tread water, $100,000 bonuses land with a splash

Federal Newscast

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, murdered Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s family files a $35 million lawsuit, and GSA is offering some new help to agencies to improve cybersecurity.