>>10507675

TYB

Sentinel (FBI)

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Sentinel is a software case management system developed by the US FBI with the aim to replace digital and paper processes with purely digital workflows during investigations.[1] There was a previous failed project called Virtual Case File.

The project started in 2006 with a $425 million budget. After several delays, new leadership, a slightly bigger budget, and adoption of agile software development method,[2] Sentinel was completed under budget and was in use agency-wide on July 1 2012.[3]

An audit of the program in 2014, two years after completion, revealed ongoing issues with Sentinel's search function, with only 42 percent of surveyed FBI employees indicating that they often found results they needed.[4][5] In spite of this, the audit was broadly positive, and found that most FBI employees reported that Sentinel enhanced their ability to enter and share case information.

References

1: https://web.archive.org/web/20120402215006/http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/232800018

2: http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/fbi-puts-sentinel-hold/2010-03-21 (dead link)

2: on wayback machine https://web.archive.org/web/20110226213338/http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/fbi-puts-sentinel-hold/2010-03-21

3: https://www.informationweek.com/applications/fbis-sentinel-project-5-lessons-learned/d/d-id/1105637?

4: https://www.newsweek.com/fbis-expensive-sentinel-computer-system-still-isnt-working-despite-report-272855

5: https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2014/a1431.pdf

The FBI awarded the original contract for the case management system toLockheed Martinin 2006, but an impatient Fulgham, who was hired in 2008 to get the project on track, decided to bring it in house in September 2010.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120402215006/http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/232800018

https://web.archive.org/web/20120405005818/http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/227400495

Private sector (2005–2013)

Comeyleft the Department of Justice in August 2005.[71]In August 2005, it was announced that Comey would enter the private sector, becoming the general counsel and senior vice president forLockheed Martin, the U.S. Department of Defense's largest contractor.[72] Comey's tenure took effect on October 1, 2005,[73] serving in that capacity untilJune 2, 2010, when he announced he would leave Lockheed Martin to join the senior management committee at Bridgewater Associates, a Connecticut-based investment management firm.[74] Comey received a three million dollar payout from Bridgewater, his net worth estimated at 14 million dollars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Comey

FBI puts Sentinel on hold

March 21, 2010— 8:57pm ET | By David Perera

The FBI will delay starting new work on Sentinel, its web-based case file application, FBI Director Robert Mueller told a House panel March 17.

Mueller's decision to prolong Sentinel's second phase and delay additional work on its third and fourth phases could add $30 million to the project's price tag, Congressional sources told the New York Times.

Mueller told the House Appropriations commerce, justice and science subcommittee that the FBI is adjusting the system "so that when we roll it out, it would be successful."

"On the one hand there were certain things that users requested," Mueller said according to a transcript of the hearing quoted by Government Computer News. "Secondly there were coding issues and thirdly we want to make certain that the system when it goes out meets the,I guess it would bethe infrastructure requirements."

https://web.archive.org/web/20110226213338/http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/fbi-puts-sentinel-hold/2010-03-21

Looks to anon like SENTINEL is why Cornball was at Lockheed Martin in the first place. Reeks of corruption IMO

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>>10507753

FBI's Sentinel Project: 5 Lessons Learned

Agency used agile development and private sector know-how to finish its long-delayed digital case management system.

1. Commercial software plays an important role. Sentinel is based in part on commercial software, a fact that's often overlooked because of all the custom coding and systems integration involved. Under the hood are EMC's Documentum document management software, Oracle databases, IBM's WebSphere middleware, Microsoft's SharePoint, and Entrust's PKI technology. Critics who say that Sentinel would have gone more smoothly if only it had been based on off-the-shelf software seem unaware that, in fact, it is.

https://www.informationweek.com/applications/fbis-sentinel-project-5-lessons-learned/d/d-id/1105637?

FBI's Expensive Sentinel Computer System Still Isn't Working, Despite Report

BY JEFF STEIN ON 9/24/14 AT 9:22 AM EDT

Two common employee complaints in 2010 were not addressed in the new IG report. One was that "several users lost partially completed forms and hours of work while using Sentinel," because it lacked an auto-save capability. In addition, "users also found the lack of an integrated spell checker unacceptable because most current word processing software includes this feature," the IG said then.

https://www.newsweek.com/fbis-expensive-sentinel-computer-system-still-isnt-working-despite-report-272855

AUDIT OF THE STATUS OF THE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION’S

SENTINEL PROGRAM

U.S. Department of Justice

Office of the Inspector General

Audit Division

Audit Report 14-31

September 2014

https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2014/a1431.pdf

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Along deserted avenues

Steam begins to rise

The figures primed and ready

Prepared for quick surprise

He's watchin' for a sign

His life is on the line

Sworn to avenge

Condemn to Hell

Tempt not the blade

All fear the Sentinel

Dogs whine in the alleys

Smoke is on the wind

From deep inside its empty shell

A cathedral bell begins to toll

A storm begins to grow

Sworn to avenge

Condemn to Hell

Tempt not the blade

All fear the Sentinel

Amidst the upturned burned-out cars

The challengers await

And in their fists clutch iron bars

With which to seal his fate

Across his chest his scabbards rest

The rows of throwing knives

Whose razor points in challenged tests

Have finished many lives

Now facing one another

The stand-off eats at time

Then all at once a silence falls

As the bell ceases its chime

Upon this sign the challengers

With shrieks and cries rush forth

The knives fly out like bullets

Upon their deadly course

Screams of pain and agony

Rent the silent air

Amidst the dying bodies

Blood runs everywhere

The figure stands expressionless

Impassive and alone

Unmoved by this victory

And the seeds of death he's sown

Sworn to avenge

Condemn to Hell

Tempt not the blade

All fear the Sentinel 4x

https://www.metrolyrics.com/sentinel-lyrics-judas-priest.html

World War II

During World War II, Wilmington was the home of the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company. The shipyard was created as part of the U.S. government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Workers built 243 ships in Wilmington during the five years the company operated.

Three prisoner-of-war (POW) camps operated in the city from February 1944 through April 1946. At their peak, the camps held 550 German prisoners. The first camp was located on the corner of Shipyard Boulevard and Carolina Beach Road; it was moved downtown to Ann Street, between 8th and 10th avenues, when it outgrew the original location. A smaller contingent of prisoners was assigned to a third site, working in the officers' mess and doing grounds keeping at Bluethenthal Army Air Base, which is now Wilmington International Airport.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington%2C_North_Carolina#World_War_II

>>10508009

>at the same damn time

Easily.

His ability to simultaneously target multiple opponents, and inflict considerable damage on them, was well established in 2016.

>>10507763

>Two common employee complaints in 2010 were not addressed in the new IG report. One was that "several users lost partially completed forms and hours of work while using Sentinel," because it lacked an auto-save capability. In addition, "users also found the lack of an integrated spell checker unacceptable because most current word processing software includes this feature," the IG said then.

Now that's just corney.

2.3 Analysis: Now that you have identified the information collected and the sources of the information, please identify and evaluate any potential threats to privacy that exist in light of the information collected or the sources from which the information is collected. Please describe the choices that the component made with regard to the type or quantity of information collected and the sources providing the information in order to prevent or mitigate threats to privacy. (For example: If a decision was made to collect less data, include a discussion of this decision; if it is necessary to obtain information from sources other than the individual, explain why.)

SENTINEL will contain sensitive information about individuals that is collected to support the FBI’s multi-faceted mission. Given the wide scope of this mission, the critical importance of collecting information in support of it, and the uncertainties and vagaries inherent in law enforcement investigations and in threat detection and prevention, the risks exist that too much personal information about individuals will be collected, and that much of it will prove to be inaccurate and/or irrelevant. To mitigate these risks, FBI internal policy provides that personal information may be collected only if it serves a valid law enforcement or national security purpose, or is relevant to an FBI personnel or administrative function. Furthermore, an approval process will be used so that supervisors and other reviewers approve the insertion of documents into appropriate files. Use of this approval process ensures that only personally identifiable information that pertains specifically to FBI approved matters will be collected and used in SENTINEL. Part of this approval process will be to corroborate and verify the accuracy of personal information from available sources. In addition, security controls, including role-based access control and controls related to data sharing will be used to manage access to personally identifiable information and ensure that only individuals with appropriate need-to-know have access to data.

Furthermore, the investigative process is designed to ensure that any information that does prove to be inaccurate and/or irrelevant is retained only for record purposes. Rules have been put in place to ensure that documents are appropriately marked or, in some cases, purged. Training will be provided to all Bureau personnel on the need to ensure that only information that is necessary for mission-related purposes is collected and maintained.

>>10508196

Virus you say?

>>10508196

>>10508274

Furthermore, case managers have the discretion to limit access to their cases by name or organizational unit, subject to approval from their respective program manager.

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>>10508274

>>10508196

The risk of inappropriate use of information is further mitigated through the use of auditing to monitor user’s activities. The use of these controls in combination with policy and procedural controls, including privacy and security training, acknowledgment of Rules of Behavior, use of levels of review of information, and, if necessary, disciplinary action, protects the privacy of information in SENTINEL.

>protects the privacy of information in SENTINEL.

Unless you have a SARS virus, that is.

In which case all bets are off.