The US Global Engagement Center (GEC) based at the State Department issued a Top 10 list of U.S. Government Research Topics on Countering Disinformation and Propaganda to help drive multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary research collaborations. The GEC worked with counter disinformation experts from the U.S. Departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),...Read More

House Intelligence Committee Holds Virtual Open Hearing with Facebook, Google and Twitter on Foreign Influence, COVID-19, and Election Security The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) convened a virtual hearing Thursday, June 18 on Emerging Trends in Online Foreign Influence Operations: Social Media, COVID-19, and Election Security. This was the Committee’s second virtual hearing,...Read More

A new report by research firm Graphika reveals a Russian information campaign dubbed “Secondary Infektion,” that used forgeries, interference, and attacks on Kremlin critics across six years and 300 online sites and social media platforms to provoke tensions between Russia’s perceived enemies and target presidential candidates in multiple countries. While the report uncovers much about...Read More

Virtual Colloquium on The Future of Neuroscience in National Security The Intelligence Community Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), sponsored by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) will host a virtual colloquium on the Future of Neuroscience in National Security on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from 11am-5pm EDT.  Of interest...Read More

On Thursday, July 9, at 1 p.m., the Wilson Center will host a webcast discussion with Nina Jankowicz, the Disinformation Fellow at the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program. Her book, “How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict,” examines five governments’ responses to disinformation campaigns, the motivations...Read More

Editor’s note: The Information Professionals Association not only seeks to provide a forum for information professionals to interact but also to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars, practitioners, and policymakers within this domain. Periodically, we’ll post funding opportunities that may be of interest to IPA Members and their colleagues. Department of State Global Engagement Center Countering...Read More

Editor’s Note: During his time as Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates advocated for instruments of “soft power” and advocated for increased spending on diplomacy and for the State Department. In a seminal speech known as the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University on November 7, 2007, Secretary Gates called for increased civilian participation in...Read More

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted May 21 to approve the nomination of Michael Pack to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America and other international broadcasting entities. Based on the Senate committee’s approval, Pack’s nomination is cleared to move to the full Senate floor for a vote in the...Read More

Editor’s Note: IPA Member and MITRE Corporation National Space Program Portfolio Director L. Dean Worley co-authored a new paper on how the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) can better communicate its needs and the intended benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) for national security applications to attract external talent and partners. Dean seeks...Read More

Matt Armstrong, former GOP Governor of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and Information Professionals Association Advisor, expresses his deep concern over President Trump’s pick to head the Agency for Global Media, which oversees the Voice of America because he says, “you have a leader that is not connected to journalism.” The whole purpose of VOA...Read More