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National Defense November 2012 Valerie Insinna |
License Plate Reader Technology Sparks Lawsuit The American Civil Liberties Union sued two departments, including Homeland Security, 38 states and the District of Columbia in September over documents related to the federal government's use of automatic license plate readers. |
CIO April 15, 2003 Ben Worthen |
What to Do When Uncle Sam Wants Your Data As the czars of data, CIOs better be prepared when the FBI knocks on their doors. |
Reason August 2003 Matt Welch |
Reporters Sans Entree Now that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken over America's ports of entry, the INS may have gained an unlikely new fan base: French technology journalists. |
PC World March 7, 2001 Jennifer O'Neill |
FBI Battles Computer Crime 'Epidemic' Bureau works to balance tough stance with privacy rights, director says... |
InternetNews April 10, 2009 Alex Goldman |
FBI Throws Data-Sharing Tech at Serial Killings The Internet allows law enforcement agencies to collaborate in tracking highly mobile criminals who have escaped detection for years - sometimes for decades. |
Wall Street & Technology June 13, 2006 Cory Levine |
Former FBI Man to Lead BofA Security The financial firm lured Chris Swecker from the FBI to head its corporate security efforts. This will be Swecker's first foray into the private sector. |
Reason June 2007 Jeff Taylor |
Letters of the Law A report from Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine confirmed what many critics of the PATRIOT Act had long suspected: Under the law, warrantless searches and seizures have skyrocketed, especially via the FBI's national security letters. |
Popular Mechanics June 30, 2008 Erik Sofge |
FBI's Next-Gen ID Databank to Store Face Scans--A Good Idea? Lockheed Martin is building a massive digital warehouse of criminal information, set to bring facial recognition and eye scans to local law enforcement. Privacy advocates say there's reason for law-abiding citizens to worry. |
PC World March 2002 Kim Zetter |
Snoopware: New Technologies, Laws Threaten Privacy The FBI's 'Magic Lantern' keystroke logger could help catch terrorists, but at what cost to your fundamental rights? |
InternetNews May 10, 2005 Tim Gray |
Teen Held For Allegedly Swiping Code Reports say stolen Cisco source code was used to infiltrate military computers. |
Wired April 24, 2007 Vince Beiser |
One Database Under the Law Within the next few years the Justice Department will build an unprecedented network of databases from the FBI, the DEA, the ATF, the Bureau of Prisons, and the US Marshals Service. |
Salon.com June 18, 2002 Jeffrey Benner |
Every dial you take The FBI is asking for more information about what you do on the phone, and no one is saying no. |
InternetNews January 21, 2005 Roy Mark |
FBI Abandons Carnivore New FOIA documents show that feds haven't used once controversial e-mail snooping system in two years. |
CIO June 15, 2002 Michael Goldberg |
Hero Wanted, Cheap The FBI is seeking a successor for Bob Dies, a career IBM executive who took the bureau's top IT job in July 2000. The description posted on www.fbijobs.com makes it sound like Superman's cape would be a good thing to bring to the interview. |
InternetNews October 19, 2006 Roy Mark |
Feds Still Stumping For Data Retention Regs Department of Homeland Security, FBI tell police chiefs ISPs should keep more customer data for longer periods. |
Fast Company March 15, 2007 J.J. Brazil |
Mission: Impossible? The FBI is battling to transform itself in an age of technology and terrorism. It may be the toughest, most important change effort of our time. |
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. |
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. |
CIO July 15, 2003 Sarah D. Scalet |
Why the FBI Didn't Get Its Man One of FBI Director Robert Mueller's most prominent appointments after September 11, Darwin John's mission as CIO was to transform the burdensome bureaucracy into an IT-powered hive of supersleuths. He lasted just 10 months. |
InternetNews May 21, 2004 Roy Mark |
Democrats Call for Privacy Czar A new bill would mandate federal privacy officer to balance civil liberties with homeland security concerns. |
Salon.com September 27, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Bush aide: FBI is playing politics with spy probe Karen Hughes accuses the Clinton administration of leaking false information about a Bush staffer. |
InternetNews March 23, 2010 |
FBI Underboss Outlines Anatomy of a Cyber Gang As cyber criminals grow ever more sophisticated and organized, law enforcement agencies have had to step up their game to keep pace. One of the top men at the FBI shares what the bureau is doing to combat cyber crime. |
CIO February 15, 2003 Sarah D. Scalet |
The Unlikeliest G-Man Can Darwin John, a mild-mannered, compulsively conceptual CIO, survive in the FBI's macho culture long enough to transform the bureau from a technological Keystone cop shop to an IT-powered collection of supersleuths? Don't bet against him. |
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. |
National Defense October 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Security Beat Chemical Plant Protection Legislation on the Way... DHS, State Department Wage Visa War... Document Requirements Waived for Hurricane Victims... U.S. Court Blocks Enforcement of Personnel Rules... etc. |
InternetNews January 14, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
FBI's Virtual Case File Flops The FBI is ready to scrap Virtual Case File (VCF), an automated case management system, to replace an antiquated method of gathering information that relied heavily on paper. |
Reason February 2008 Radley Balko |
House of Death Feds shield snitches. |
Information Today April 16, 2007 Paula J. Hane |
New Database Pools Info to Fight Retail Crime Retailers and U.S. law-enforcement agencies have joined forces in an effort to combat the growing problem of organized retail theft. |
CIO February 15, 2002 Abbie Lundberg |
Response Ability How do you respond to a computer security incident? |
InternetNews July 29, 2010 |
Authorities Nab Mariposa Botnet Kit Purveyor A 23-year-old man was arrested last week in Slovenia for allegedly creating and selling the Butterfly botnet kit used to spread the loathsome Mariposa botnet. |
Salon.com May 12, 2001 Alicia Montgomery & Fiona Morgan |
Botched! "If the government can't get it right in this case, how can we rely on it to get it right in any case?" Experts react to the FBI blunder... |
Bank Technology News February 2001 Maria Bruno |
Fraud Flat Despite Visa Application An anti-fraud initiative Visa USA rolled out on time for holiday shopping appears not to have diminished online fraud... |
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Roy Mark |
FBI Hunkered in The Bunker Cyber G-men are responsible for investigating cyber attacks by foreign adversaries and terrorists, and for preventing online criminals from using the Internet to steal, defraud and otherwise victimize U.S. citizens, businesses and communities. |
InternetNews August 26, 2005 Tim Gray |
Authorities Nab Zotob Writers Joint cooperation nails virus writers overseas. |
Job Journal November 30, 2003 Julia Hollister |
Homeland Security From patrolling our vast shorelines to keeping vigil on high-profile landmarks and facilities, homeland security has become a growth industry offering an array of employment opportunities. |
IEEE Spectrum September 2005 Harry Goldstein |
Who Killed the Virtual Case File? How the FBI blew more than $100 million on case-management software it will never use. |
U.S. Banker June 2011 Glen Fest |
Catch Me If You Can Two years in the making, a new crime database could help banks drastically improve robbery response and prevention. |
CIO July 1, 2002 Todd Datz |
Busting Crime by Decoding Phone Bills Gabby criminals beware: there's a new technology out there to help the good guys catch you. PatternTracer TCA, telephone call analysis software from Springfield, Va.-based i2, helps law enforcement agencies decipher complex relationships buried in billing records. |
InternetNews March 18, 2010 Larry Barrett |
FBI Says Cybercrime Skyrocketing A new report from the FBI says the rate of cybercrime incidents is growing rapidly at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars a year. |
PC World June 11, 2002 Anne Ju |
Consumers Face Wiretapping Fees FBI demand for new surveillance functions forces telecos to upgrade equipment, forego new customer services. |
RootPrompt.org July 17, 2000 |
Calling the Cops I have had a lot of questions concerning the police and the cracker that I have written about in the Cracked! articles. With these questions in mind I have written this article that explains several incidents involving the police and system administrators and attempts to answer some of these questions.... |
CIO October 15, 2002 Sarah D. Scalet |
Fear Factor A reality check on CIOs' top five concerns about reporting security incidents. |
Bank Systems & Technology November 30, 2004 Scott Thompson |
One Question For: Scott Thompson, Inovant How does Visa complete the complex updates of its global payment network without any system interruptions? |
Salon.com August 4, 2000 Daryl Lindsey |
"Hollering fire in a crowded theater" The FBI's chief negotiator during the Waco siege says critics and conspiracy theorists are sowing dangerous discord. |
CIO May 1, 2003 Ben Worthen |
Database Cracks Murder Case Now, searching a set of prints against the 45 million on file in the FBI's national database takes only a couple of minutes. The system helped crack a case that had been closed for 45 years. |
BusinessWeek May 30, 2005 |
Meet Cyberspace's Head Fed Nailing the Internet's most wanted takes a combination of tech wizardry and good, old-fashioned police work. |
InternetNews March 5, 2010 |
FBI Director Seeks Industry Help on Cybersecurity In an address at the annual RSA show, FBI Director Robert Mueller outlines challenges the agency has in fighting cyber crime, seeks broader partnerships with private-sector firms. |
Information Today August 11, 2008 George H. Pike |
CriminalSearches.com Offers Free Access to Criminal Records It recently has become much easier to find out whether your daughter's boyfriend or your new neighbor has a criminal record. |
CIO January 27, 2011 Kim S. Nash |
FBI CIO's Mission: Modernize When he joined the FBI from Lehman Brothers, Chad Fulgham inherited an obsolete IT infrastructure and major project on the brink of failure. Two years later, agents have BlackBerrys and SharePoint, but the work isn't finished. |
InternetNews December 2, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
FCC Wiretap Order Raises ACLU Ire The American Civil Liberties Union Thursday became the latest member of a growing group challenging the Federal Communications Commission's order that all Voice over IP providers must build a standardized wiretap backdoor into their systems. |