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National Defense December 2004 Peter M. Steffes |
Troubled Security Clearance Program Needs Fixing For the past decade or more, the defense industry has witnessed an alarming decline in the federal government's ability to process the background investigations needed to approve security clearances for the industry's civilian workers. |
Parameters Spring 2005 Saxby Chambliss |
We Have Not Correctly Framed the Debate on Intelligence Reform Over the last decade, our intelligence community has failed us. It wasn't able to penetrate the al Qaeda terrorist organization, and we paid a high price for that failure. |
National Defense September 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Reluctance to Share Information Hampers Counterterrorism Efforts As part of an ambitious plan to improve the flow of intelligence among law enforcement agencies, the U.S. government has set up several command centers where federal, state and local officials can share information. |
InternetNews August 29, 2007 David Needle |
No Secret: NSA Taps VMware For Virtualization Defense contractor General Dynamics has tapped VMware as a sub-contractor for development of a highly secure workstation based on commercial products. |
Parameters Summer 2006 Arthur C. Winn |
The Future of US Intelligence The four books reviewed here address the future of US intelligence. However, each has a different focus: Countdown to Terror: The Top-Secret Information that Could Prevent the Next Terrorist Attack on America...and How the CIA has Ignored it by Curt Weldon... etc. |
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Paul Magnusson |
The Smart Way To Fix Intelligence From Pearl Harbor to the terrorist attacks of September 11, the lesson keeps being repeated: A dollar spent on identifying the threat and preventing the attack can be worth far more than the millions spent safeguarding targets or the billions spent cleaning up the aftermath. |
Information Today February 3, 2015 George H. Pike |
New U.S. Laws Impact Information Gathering and Security Congress has not been the only branch of government acting in ways that could impact the information industry. The Supreme Court is continuing its recent trend of increased attention to patent and copyright issues. |
National Defense June 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Intelligence Sharing: `Still a Battle' According to the National Counterterrorism Center, despite efforts since 9/11 to improve the gathering and analysis of government and military intelligence, getting agencies to pool information is still difficult. |
National Defense January 2009 Magnuson & Rusling |
A Domestic Counterterrorism Agency? It's a Numbers Game The question of whether to create a standalone domestic intelligence agency for counter-terrorism comes down to some cold, hard math, said The Rand Corp. in a recent study. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 |
2005: The Year to Get a Handle on Terrorism Despite the compromise intelligence bill hammered out by Congress Dec. 7 and 8, the issue of coordinating this country's intelligence operations to tackle the issue of terrorism is far from resolved. |
InternetNews November 16, 2004 Roy Mark |
Tech Hopes Dim With Lame Duck Congress A final, four-day session leaves little time for new Internet access tax moratorium and other items on tech agenda. |
InternetNews March 20, 2008 |
Bush Picks Security Aide With Wiretap Background U.S. President George W. Bush named a Justice Department official with experience in terrorism wiretap programs as his White House homeland security adviser on Wednesday. |
National Defense May 2010 Dunderdale & Tyliszczak |
Is It Possible to Both Share and Protect Sensitive Data? The Defense Department must be able to communicate critical intelligence across agencies and geographic boundaries quickly and securely. |
National Defense February 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Funding, Numbers of State Fusion Centers Uncertain So far, there is no congressional mandate for state or local agencies to organize intelligence fusion centers such as the one found in Maryland. There are also no guarantees that the federal grants helping fund such centers will last. |
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson |
DHS Intelligence Nominee to Revamp Beleaguered Office's Hiring Practices Caryn Wagner, nominee to be undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the Department of Homeland Security, said she will try to improve the low morale, high turnover and slow hiring process at the organization. |
National Defense June 2015 Ted Girard |
How Defense Agencies Can Better Cope With Big Data The Defense Information Systems Agency's five-year strategic plan says big data capabilities are becoming essential to modern warfare. |
Parameters Summer 2005 |
Commentary & Reply Intelligence Reform: More Needs to Be Done... Clausewitz and "How Has War Changed?"... etc. |
National Defense October 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Balking at Intel Reform Recommendations Pentagon officials are publicly questioning some of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. |
National Defense January 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Acquisition Workers: No More Reforms! Agencies have been deluged by reform proposals and never have enough time to implement them before the next wave. |
PC World September 11, 2001 Dan Verton |
Terrorist Attacks Shake U.S. Infrastructure Cyberspace may be clogged, but it's apparently not a target -- this time, experts say... |
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson |
DHS Warns Local Law Enforcement Of New Homegrown Terrorist Threat The general consensus in the intelligence community is that the homegrown terrorist threat during the last year has supplanted plots that originate overseas. |
Salon.com November 1, 2000 Fiona Morgan |
The case for leaks Journalists are urging President Clinton to veto a bill that would make it a felony to disclose any classified information to the media... |
National Defense August 2007 Jessica Pearce |
Documentary Aims to Boost Coast Guard's Public Image As the Coast Guard reels from criticism of its mishandling of the Deepwater acquisitions program, one filmmaker hopes to counteract that negative publicity and bring some positive exposure back to the service. |
Reason March 2005 Poole & Harper |
Transportation Security Aggravation Debating the balance between privacy and safety in a post-9/11 aviation industry. |
National Defense June 2004 Pappalardo & Erwin |
Security Beat Law enforcement agencies, using grant money from the federal government, increasingly are investing in robots to prepare for domestic threats. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004 |
The 9/11 Report: Details of the central event of our time It's not the sophisticated sensors, signal processing, satellite communications, and automation technology that wins the day in the end; it's the people who use the technology that make the difference. |
InternetNews August 6, 2007 Roy Mark |
Bush Signs Temporary Wiretap Law A new law allows government to conduct surveillance of foreign e-mails and phone calls without a warrant. |
CRM January 2004 Barton Goldenberg |
Is Government CRM the Next Big Boom? Citizens are customers, too. And government agencies are looking for better ways to serve them. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Tom Taulli |
SAIC: A Company Built to Last An old company with the potential for growth in new technologies goes public. On its first day of trading, the stock surged from $15 to $18.18. Given the company's strong fundamentals, it looks like investors were not overreacting. |
Insurance & Technology November 12, 2007 Steve Terry |
Beneficial Financial Group CIO Steve Terry Discusses Business Intelligence Tools For the life and annuity industry, being effective with the available business intelligence tools can be a real challenge. |
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Securitybeat Congress Rejects Post-Disaster Continuity Amendment... Homeland Defense War Game Tests Interoperability... Truck Detector Test Program Underway in El Paso... Intelligence Center Collates Transportation Data... etc. |
National Defense July 2011 John Mercier |
The Jobs of the Future in National Security and Intelligence The nation's civilian and military leaders have delivered a consistent message: A highly skilled technical work force is key to national security. |
Wall Street & Technology November 23, 2009 Penny Crosman |
Data Projects to Pave the Way for Business Intelligence Business intelligence tools can deliver decision-making insight to areas on Wall Street that sorely need it, such as portfolio and risk management. |
National Defense June 2010 Richard L. Moorhouse |
Foreign Influence Can Create Security Clearance Pitfalls Many companies are hugely dependent on classified work. Key employees holding security clearances must therefore take actions and avoid situations that would put their clearances at risk. |
CRM May 2013 Patrick Gibbons |
The Road to Customer-Focused Results Implement an initiative that pays off. |
Information Today January 21, 2014 |
Government Reforms Intelligence Collection Policies The White House announced the adoption of reforms for how the government collects intelligence information. |
Information Today September 13, 2012 |
FirstRain Announces New Customer Intelligence Solution FirstRain Performinator is a new subscription-based solution for easily adding strategically tuned customer intelligence to the daily lives of major accounts sales and marketing pros. |
Information Today August 26, 2014 |
ACS Adopts CCC's RightsLink for Open Access The American Chemical Society implemented Copyright Clearance Center's RightsLink for Open Access platform to manage the article processing charges for its open access content. |
National Defense November 2014 Stew Magnuson |
13 Years Later, Still a Ways to Go on Sharing Terrorist Threats With Public The government needs to have a clear communication strategy to combat misinformation and speculation. |
AskMen.com Justin Menkes |
Executive Intelligence In this excerpt from Executive Intelligence, the author introduces the concept of executive intelligence, a new theory outlining the cognitive skills that are specific to the business environment. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2005 |
Program Intelligence Manager The e-learning division of eCollege has launched the Program Intelligence Manager, a set of business intelligence tools that enable educational institutions to easily identify, capture, analyze and act on key program metrics. |
HBS Working Knowledge January 10, 2007 Garry Emmons |
Working Independently, Working Together: The Challenge of Managing National Security The issues around managing national security provide an extreme example of the challenges faced by organizations that break into specialized parts yet must get the parts to work together. |
Job Journal January 9, 2005 |
Jobwire for the Week of January 9, 2004 2004 adds 2.2 million new jobs... Security clearance candidates in demand... Who's hiring and who's firing... |
CRM October 20, 2010 Juan Martinez |
Interactive Intelligence Collects Latitude Software for $14 Million In an effort to expand its position in the collections vertical, Interactive Intelligence recently acquired Latitude Software, a provider of debt-collection software and services. |
National Defense April 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Cybersecurity Executive Order Can Only Do So Much; New Legislation Needed, Official Says The order called for the expansion of the Defense Industrial Base Information Sharing Program, in which companies alert the Defense Department to attacks on their systems, and it, in turn, sends out reports on the new threats to all participants. |
CIO June 11, 2012 Thor Olavsrud |
Big Data Problem Plagues Government Agencies Government agencies are collecting vast amounts of data, but they're struggling just to store it, let alone analyze it to improve efficiency, accuracy and forecasts. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2008 Sally Adee |
Q&A With: IARPA Director Lisa Porter The first director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity discusses the differences between intelligence work and defense |
Financial Planning February 1, 2012 Stephanie Bogan |
Breaking Through Barriers The first few months of a new year is an ideal time for a company founder to make sure the business is ready to climb to the next level of success. |
InternetNews April 17, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Microsoft Talks Data Tools for Law Enforcement Taking a page from its business intelligence and enterprise collaboration tools, Microsoft releases a suite of data-sharing and analysis software for law enforcement agencies |
ONLINE September 2000 Deborah Lynne Wiley |
Hardcopy, Recommended Reading This issue's Hardcopy looks at some ways to help your organization become more effective. These books will help you develop long-term strategies for your organization, including ecommerce and competitive intelligence initiatives. |