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Five key provisions in the just-signed 2022 intelligence authorization bill

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The 2022 Intelligence Authorization Act hitched a ride on the $ 1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday. The bill authorizes funding for intelligence agencies, provides new legal authorities for priorities like emerging technologies, enacts new restrictions in some cases and gives Congress some additional oversight measures. Here are some highlights from the 2022 bill: Progress wanted on Trusted Workforce 2.0 The legislation requires the director of national intelligence and the director of the Office of Personnel Management to publish a “policy with…

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Intelligence community whistleblowers finally get a little help, from Congress

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<p><em>Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on </em><a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-drive-with-tom-temin/id1270799277?mt=2″><i>Apple Podcasts</i></a><em> or <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-drive-with-tom-temin?pid=1753589″>PodcastOne</a>.</em></p> <p>Whistleblowers across the government have gotten increasingly more support and protection over the years. Except for those in the secretive intelligence community. They have no independent enforcement mechanisms for the protections they do have. Joining the <a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/category/temin/tom-temin-federal-drive/”><em><strong>Federal Drive with Tom Temin</strong></em></a> with how things are about to change, the policy counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, Melissa Wasser.</p> <p><em>Interview transcript:</em></p> <blockquote><p><strong>Tom Temin:</strong> Ms. Wasser, good to have you on.</p>…

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Russia’s Putin authorised pro-Trump ‘influence’ campaign, US intelligence says – BBC News

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Russia’s Putin authorised pro-Trump ‘influence’ campaign, US intelligence says  BBC News Putin waged pro-Trump ‘influence’ campaign, US intelligence finds  FRANCE 24 English Putin likely directed 2020 U.S. election meddling, U.S. intelligence finds  Reuters U.S. intelligence report: Russia’s president and Iran likely involved in 2020 election meddling  Yahoo News Russia’s Putin likely directed 2020 election meddling, US finds  Duluth News Tribune View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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U.S. intelligence report on Trump-Biden election meddling reveals who Russia, China and Iran want to win – CNBC

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U.S. intelligence report on Trump-Biden election meddling reveals who Russia, China and Iran want to win  CNBC Russia working to boost Trump’s reelection and ‘denigrate’ Biden, as China undermines Trump: US intelligence  ABC News Official: US Adversaries Taking Sides, Wielding Influence Ahead of Election  Voice of America ‘If Joe Biden was president, China would rule America’: US President Donald Trump  Times Now Russia trying to undermine Biden, U.S. intelligence report says  Los Angeles Times View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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