CIA

CIA official ‘doesn’t envision’ chatbots replacing human analysts

A top CIA analyst says ChatGPT won’t be giving the president’s daily brief anytime soon.

Artificial Intelligence

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Intel agency IT leaders prioritize accessibility in technology

Technology

FILE- This Jan. 21, 2017, file photo shows the floor of the main lobby of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va. The FBI “exercised remarkable caution and candor” in securing search warrants that led to espionage charges against a former CIA employee, prosecutors have told a federal judge presiding over the case. Prosecutors said a court hearing is not necessary to reject Joshua Adam Schulte’s claims that evidence should be tossed out because searches of his New York City residence and various electronic accounts were illegal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

CIA aims to decrease median hiring time ‘by orders of magnitude’ by December

Intelligence Community

New OSINT foundation aims to ‘professionalize’ open source discipline across spy agencies

Inside the IC

FILE - A young man stands in front of a shelve with hard liquor at a beverage market in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, June 15, 2007. The German government's drugs czar has proposed raising the age when people can buy beer and win from 16 to 18, and cracking down on alcohol and tobacco advertising. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Vets suing Army for not recognizing substance abuse disorders in discharges

Federal Newscast

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Classification has an unholy handmaiden, the pre-publication review board

Agency Oversight

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Pentagon’s race to modernize the military may not be marching fast enough

Defense

FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in a Blue Dot Network Discussion at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Ministerial Council Meeting, Oct. 5, 2021, in Paris. The State Department on Friday, Nov. 5, named a new coordinator for its investigation into cases of so-called Havana Syndrome, responding to increased pressure from lawmakers to investigate and respond to hundreds of brain injuries reported by diplomats and intelligence officers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

State Dept. names new coordinator on ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases

Workforce

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo provided by the Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group hosts the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Military service members must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, ordering service leaders to “impose ambitious timelines for implementation.” (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP)

Just how many vaccine exemptions has the military given out?

Federal Newscast

Groups of people with shared interests or aims. Concept of the diversity of people's talents and skills associated with different brains.

Intelligence community workforce is more diverse, but still struggles with retention and promotion

Workforce

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. The United States is renewing calls for the Cuban government to determine the source of “attacks” on U.S. diplomats in Cuba that have affected some two dozen people. At a senior-level meeting with Cuban officials in Washington on June 14, 2018, the State Department said it had again raised the issue, which has prompted a significant reduction in staffing at the U.S. Embassy in Havana.(AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

Senators want to provide financial aid for those suffering from mysterious Havana Syndrome

Federal Newscast

William Burns, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency director, testifies during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

Burns confirmed as CIA director as US faces diverse threats

Without opposition, the Senate has confirmed veteran diplomat William Burns as CIA director

People

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A peek inside the newest federal laboratory, at an agency that never had one

The CIA last fall opened the doors to CIA Labs, the agency’s first laboratory. For why the CIA needed a lab, deputy director John Lewis joined Federal Drive.

Technology

For CIA, pop culture no longer enough to recruit next generation of talent

Hiring/Retention

Over the last two-plus years, the CIA has launched an Instagram page, a page on the dark web, created an office of Hispanic engagement and recently updated its website.