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The omnibus spending bill includes money for the FBI’s new headquarters, 10 years of credit monitoring services for OPM breach victims and much more for federal employees.
December 17, 2015 -
Top officials at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee have signaled the alarm on a cybersecurity threat called "ransomware."
December 04, 2015 -
U.S. law enforcement agencies are on high alert now after recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut. New security threats mean sharing information among those agencies is more important than ever. But brass at the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service said they've got some tough barriers to overcome first. Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 24, 2015 -
Leaders within the Justice Department said law enforcement agencies are too focused on the information systems — and not enough on the threat data itself and how it can be shared — to solve problems and respond to crises.
November 19, 2015 -
If you work or ever worked for the government, if you retired from Uncle Sam, if you applied for but didn't take a federal job, odds are somebody knows a lot of your secrets. Who did it, what exactly did they do, when did it happen, where, and often most elusively, why?
September 25, 2015 -
The FBI, NARA and the Navy see turnover at the executive levels. The Navy gets a new director of information dominance who is allowed to look at classified data.
September 21, 2015 -
The Senate Judiciary Committee mediates a crisis caused by a Justice Department legal opinion that says inspectors general should not automatically get access to all records they need for their investigations.
August 05, 2015 -
The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected an amendment that would give the Office of Personnel Management an extra $37 million to make IT upgrades sooner rather than later. Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) offered the amendment. She said OPM needs to fix its IT infrastructure immediately and described the amendment as "emergency funding". Zal Azmi is president and chief operating officer for IMTAS Technologies and former chief information officer at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that agencies need to rethink cybersecurity entirely.
July 27, 2015 -
The OPM cyber attack may turn out to have a silver lining. The attack may give agencies an opportunity — if they choose to take it — to redefine encryption. Chuck Archer is the executive chairman at Covata and former assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that encryption isn't a people problem.
July 15, 2015 -
FBI Director James Comey said the White House is about to release a final tally describing the number of people whose personal data was compromised in the OPM cyber breach. The agency has offered 18 months of free credit monitoring and identity-theft protection to the 4.2 million federal employees affected by the first breach in the agency's personnel database. But it's remained quiet about who has been affected by a second, larger breach.
July 09, 2015 -
FBI director James Comey testified before the Senate and renewed his fight to allow law enforcement access to encrypted data on apps and communication devices. That’s after Apple and Google decided to offer strong encryption by default on their mobile operating systems, and as criminal and terror groups worldwide increasingly go dark by encrypting their communications. Comey wants “a secure back door,” something Paul Rosenzweig says might not be possible. He’s the founder of Red Branch Consulting and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in Homeland Security. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with his takeaways.
July 09, 2015 -
Your mom told you not to get a tattoo. Now that magnificent body art could become a sort of biometric identifier for law enforcement. The National Institutes of Standards and Technology and the FBI want to use tattoos to help identify people, be they suspects or victims of natural disasters. NIST shared some of the initial results of its research at a recent workshop. Mei Ngan is a computer scientist with NIST. She joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the identification efforts.
June 16, 2015 -
A former FBI agent accused of trying to derail a Utah investigation into an alleged defense contractor kickback scheme was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday.
March 30, 2015 -
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog on Thursday faulted the Drug Enforcement Administration over allegations that agents attended sex parties with prostitutes on government-leased property while stationed overseas. The sex…
March 26, 2015 -
What are the key priorities for the FBI's Finance Facilities and Real Property Division? How has the transition to UFMS changed the way the Bureau does its business? What is the Bureau doing to leverage mobility solutions to meet its mission?
March 23, 2015