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The best IT acquisition isn't always the fastest, says Army official
Speedy acquisition of IT isn't always going to work when it comes to meeting Army needs, said Tami Johnson, program manager for Army's Rapid Equipping Force.
Zelikow memo made a case against enhanced interrogation
Several of the enhanced interrogation techniques undertaken by the CIA were “cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment” and unconstitutional, a State Department counselor during the George W. Bush presidency argued in a 2006 memo newly released by a Freedom of Information Act request from the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
Country of origin bad heuristic for supply chain risk
Just tracking the country of origin of information technology products would not stymie supply chain vulnerabilities, intelligence community officials told Government Accountability auditors. In a
DNI should create a climate change monitoring body, says DSB
The Director of National Intelligence should stand up an organization to monitor how climate change affects political and economic development worldwide and its possible impacts on U.S. national
Vast disparities in agency FOIA processing times
Federal agencies react with wide disparity in the amount of time it takes to process complex Freedom of Information Act requests, compared to simple ones, according to a Sept. 6 report from
Spotlight: CIA releases invisible ink formula
Got a secret message? You can now utilize an once highly secret invisible ink recipe from World War I, which the CIA got around to declassifying and releasing publically on April 19. "When historical
Clarke: Regulation needed to defend critical infrastructure against threat of cyberwar
The likelihood of a cyber war anytime soon is remote, but if it did happen, the United States would have no plan and no capability to defend its critical infrastructure, said Richard Clarke, former
CIA opens new counterproliferation center
The CIA is opening a new unit dedicated to halting the spread of dangerous weapons, announced CIA Director Leon Panetta on August 18. The new Counterproliferation Center will allow "for even greater
Intelligence community collaboration efforts underway
Collaboration may not be pervasive in the government space, but it's becoming more of a priority that federal information technology officials are working toward, said a panel June 15 during a
Mission-critical collaboration at CIA and high-risk agencies
After more than 30 years toil at the Central Intelligence Agency, one might expect Carmen Medina, the recently-retired associate deputy director for intelligence, to have a fairly conservative view
