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Now Open: Nominations for 2021 INSA Achievement Awards

ARLINGTON, VA (August 31, 2020) – The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) today announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2021 INSA Achievement Awards. Now in its 11th year, these awards recognize outstanding early- to mid-career professionals from the national security, intelligence, and homeland ...

INSA Op-Ed: Leading the IC After 2020’s Upheavals

"In the wake of 2020’s transformative events, U.S. intelligence agencies must challenge longstanding institutional habits and embrace new ways to meet the nation’s strategic challenges," INSA Chairman Tish Long writes in her July 20 Op-Ed in Government Executive. Leading the Intelligence Community After 2020's Uph ...

INSA Stands Against Racism and Injustice

(Arlington, VA) June 5, 2020 --All of us at INSA are appalled by the recent events in our country. From the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and, sadly, many others, to the continuing nationwide calls for justice, we realize we must speak out. Black lives matter. We stand in solidarity with those ...

INSA in the News

Brains, Bias, and Why the Best Teams are Diverse

Katie Keller, ClearanceJobs (Published October 5, 2020) The differences in gender and the research behind male and female brains tell us that women are more likely to recall reading this story. On average, women use three times as many words as their male counterparts, so it may take more time for female professionals ...

Fort Meade Hiring: NSA Steps Up to Support Telework

Lindy Kyzer, ClearanceJobs (Published August 17, 2020) COVID-19 is turning every workplace on its head, including the national security community. The U.S. Army and Air Force have already announced accelerating plans to make Top Secret telework possible. Now the National Security Agency is noting that it’s considerin ...

National Security Companies and Contractors Still Adjusting to Coronavirus Changes

Lindy Kyzer, ClearanceJobs (Published July 28, 2020) It won’t be back to business as usual for intelligence community and national security workers. And that means government contractors need more time to take advantage of contingency funds, urges a recent letter signed by a group of trade groups and industry associa ...