Intelligence

Defense officials at the 2018 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference have said the U.S. military is set to leverage a new data analytics system that will help modernize intelligence databases and accelerate data processing operations, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. The Machine-Assisted Analysis Rapid-Repository System or MARS will succeed the Modernize Intelligence Database, which …

John Sherman, chief information officer of the Intelligence Community, said the IC will implement new information technology practices as it enters the second modernization era to boost coordination across several federal agencies, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday. Sherman noted during the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference that the new IT effort will help the …

Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, has said Stratcom and Special Operations Command are both warfighting commands that rely on intelligence and information, DVIDS reported Monday. “If we don’t have intelligence information, all the capabilities [both commands have] are pretty much useless,” he said Monday at the 2018 Department of …

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has announced the release of the first set of declassified documents from CIA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency about the Tet Offensive. ODNI said Tuesday the Tet Offensive involved the North Vietnamese army, Viet Cong and their surprise attacks against the South Vietnamese and …

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has established a new organizational structure and implemented new processes as part of a transformation effort unveiled in March. “Our comprehensive approach to transformation covered many areas, including synchronizing and streamlining processes, better developing our people, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our decisions …

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is looking for a chief technology officer who will lead the development of NGA’s defense intelligence information management and technology strategy and technical efforts across the public and private sectors. A USAJobs notice published July 17 says the CTO will also coordinate with the intelligence community …

Michael Barry, senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council, is reportedly leaving his post at NSC, the Daily Beast reported Tuesday. A source said Barry will return to the CIA; his move is the latest in a string of departures at NSC as National Security Adviser John Bolton …

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and his principal deputy director, Susan Gordon, have recommended organization heads to commence the adoption of initiatives that support the Consolidated Intelligence Guidance for the fiscal year 2020 to 2024 budget. Coats, a two-time Wash100 recipient, and Gordon advised Intelligence Community officers in a release published Monday to …

Jason Matheny, director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, has said IARPA has begun efforts to advance predictive analysis through five research initiatives that explore the combinations of machine learning and human judgments, MeriTalk reported Tuesday. “Ultimately, we think that a combination of analytic tools, machine learning approaches and …

Members of the Interagency Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence held their inaugural meeting with discussions on regulatory efforts to boost AI research, training and partnerships with other working groups. The committee discussed how it would further support the AI research community, as well as how it would collaborate with other …