US spy chief wants intel community to get away from building its own tech

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks with Vice President of Amazon Web Services' Worldwide Public Sector Dave Levy on June 10 at the AWS public sector conference. David DiMolfetta/Staff

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday that she wants the federal government to pivot away from developing its own in-house solutions and rely more on the private sector to supply technologies needed for spies and analysts.

Under her leadership, “I want to get us away from having the government trying to build tech solutions for itself because it’s really not what the government is best at doing, but really focusing on buying and purchasing solutions wherever we can, so that our workforce can really focus on the things that we are very good at and have exclusive responsibilities to fulfill,” she said.

The remarks, delivered Tuesday at a fireside chat at the Amazon Web Services annual ...