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National Defense February 2016 Chris Wiedemann	Finance, Health Care, Agriculture Play Key Roles in Critical Infrastructure Protection Anyone looking to support the mission of critical infrastructure protection outside of DHS should be reaching out to the Departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture.
National Defense February 2016 Ashley Johnson	Naval Energetics Research Needs Renewed Focus While other nations are making strides in energetic material development, the United States has remained dormant.
National Defense February 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Congress Boosts Coast Guard Budget The Coast Guard has often been characterized as perennially underfunded, but thanks to Congress, the service received a major boost to its acquisition accounts for fiscal year 2016.
National Defense February 2016 Stew Magnuson	Planetary Defense: A New Hot Market With little fanfare, NASA in January opened up its planetary defense coordination office with a mandate to identify potential chunks of rock hurdling toward Earth and to stop them if possible.
National Defense February 2016 Allyson Versprille	Lockheed Expands Training and Simulation Enterprise Lockheed Martin is increasing investments in training and simulation technologies with the expectation that international and domestic demand for such systems will remain strong, said executives for the defense contractor.
National Defense February 2016 Stew Magnuson	DHS Opens Silicon Valley Office in Search of Innovation The Department of Homeland Security in January opened an office in the heart of Silicon Valley seeking innovation at companies that don't normally do business with the federal government.
National Defense February 2016 Stew Magnuson	New Generation of Commercial Satellites to Benefit Military Commercial satellite communications providers are in the process of launching a new generation of high-capacity spacecraft that will be a boon for their military customers.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Pentagon Chief Deals Blow to Navy's LCS The Navy's littoral combat ship/frigate program took a major hit recently when Secretary of Defense Ash Carter suggested the service should slash planned procurement from 52 to 40 ships, a 23 percent cut.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Battle Looms Over Military Health Care Reform Members of the Armed Services Committees are expected to make a push this year for military health care reform. But opposition from advocacy groups and lawmakers standing for reelection may stymie those efforts, analysts said.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Air Force Facing Budgetary Train Wreck Absent a major increase in topline funding, the Air Force acquisition budget will experience a crunch in the 2020s, analysts said.
Fast Company Mark Sullivan	This New Site May Finally Make The Smartphone A Must-Have Tool For Voting Change Politics helps voters "engage directly with the candidates in the lead-up to the election, and shift influence in elections from parties and paid ads, to individuals' trusted personal networks," according to the group's blog.
Fast Company Michael Grothaus	Uber Will Pay $7.6 Million Fine For Failing To Share Data Uber has agreed to pay the state of California $7.6 million for failing to share enough data about the trips users have taken using the service
Fast Company Michael Grothaus	Obama Administration To Announce Self-Driving Car Initiative Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will be in Detroit on Thursday to discuss the administration's initiative to get autonomous vehicles on the road faster in part by laying down a legal framework and guidelines that governs their use.
National Defense February 2016 Craig R. McKinley	New Blood May Stem Industry Consolidation At the National Defense Industrial Association we are concerned about the shrinkage of the defense industrial base that has occurred over the past two decades.
Fast Company Michael Grothaus	The U.S. Intelligence Chief Has Been Hacked...By A Teenager The hack was carried out by a member of the same group, known as "Crackas With Attitude," that hacked into the email account of CIA Director John Brennan in October.
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	NASA's New Office Wants To Save Earth From Asteroids In a move that could easily double as a plotline in a sci-fi flick, NASA has created a task force that will be charged with scouting for asteroids and other potentially devastating threats to planet Earth.
Fast Company Michael Grothaus	Google Exec Says Drone Deliveries Could Begin Early Next Year Dave Vos's proclamation that drone deliveries could become a real thing in 2017 might seem like wishful thinking, but he says it's possible because the hurdles aren't technical, they're regulatory.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Homeland Missile Defense Projects Remain in Limbo Uncertainty surrounds the future of homeland missile defense at a time of budget constraints and technology challenges.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Defense Department Moving Slowly on 'Internet of Things' The "Internet of Things" is a key component of the military's modernization strategy. But the Pentagon is behind the curve due to security concerns and other impediments, cyber experts said.
AFP eWire January 9, 2016	IRS Withdraws Substantiation Proposal Thanks to Thousands of Nonprofit Comments The Internal Revenue Service has dropped its proposal to create a new substantiation form that could have had charities asking for donor's Social Security numbers.
Fast Company P. Claire Dodson	The White House Is Now On Snapchat POTUS has seemingly completed the social media trifecta -- with the debut of the White House's new Snapchat account.
National Defense February 2016 Sandra I. Erwin	CEOs Not Yet Ready to Take a Gamble Defense executives don't have clear answers as they weigh investment choices in an uncertain market.
National Defense February 2016 Denise Brucker	Carefully Tailor Codes of Conduct A company must be exceptionally careful about the language that it uses in describing and proscribing prohibited behavior to avoid running afoul of federal labor law.
National Defense February 2016 Fenster et al.	Don't Bank on Relief from DCAA Audits The Truth in Negotiations Act is a statute with which defense contractors are likely familiar. It requires contractors to submit current, accurate and complete cost or pricing data when negotiating certain contracts with the government.
National Defense February 2016 Allyson Versprille	Army Tests Counter-Drone Technology To combat the increased use of small drones by adversaries, the Army is looking to develop technology that will more effectively counter them.
National Defense February 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Wearable Device to Assist First Responders The device, which was developed by Mutualink, a Wallingford, Connecticut-based communication and multimedia company, can be used to give agencies and commanders better situational awareness.
National Defense February 2016 Allyson Versprille	Emergency Military Network to Go Under Sea Military scientists are developing a rapidly deployable undersea network, which could restore tactical military communications that are compromised by adversaries.
National Defense February 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	DARPA Investing in Vanishing Air Vehicles The project, which is being spearheaded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is known as the "inbound, controlled, air-releasable, unrecoverable systems" (ICARUS) program.
National Defense February 2016 Allyson Versprille	3D Database to Improve Simulated Flight Training Rockwell Collins has unveiled a synthetic database to model environments across the globe that will reduce simulated training costs while improving military readiness, according to a company executive.
Fast Company Michael Grothaus	White House Officials To Meet With Tech Execs To Discuss Countering Terrorism Online They will discuss the ongoing concern of how terrorists have become adept at using social media to recruit members and converts online.
Chemistry World January 7, 2016 Rebecca Trager	US bans three food packaging chemicals The US Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of three perfluorinated compounds in food packaging because of their structural similarity to other toxic substances.
Chemistry World January 7, 2016 Rebecca Trager	Shale feeds US methanol boom A surge in new US methanol production capacity is anticipated over the next few years, driven by readily available shale-derived feedstock.
Fast Company Harry McCracken	How Google And HUD Plan To Bring Broadband To More Americans At Google's Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt held a "fireside chat" on Thursday morning with Julian Castro, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Chemistry World January 6, 2016 Rebecca Trager	US bans microbeads from personal care products The new law, which is aimed at protecting the nation's waterways, will also ban sales of cosmetics containing microbeads beginning July 2018, and over-the-counter drugs containing these plastic particles by July 2019.
Information Today January 5, 2016 George H. Pike	The Year in Congress: Accomplishments in 2015 A review is offered of new laws that affect the library community and the information industry.
Fast Company Steven Melendez	Lumosity Must Pay $2 Million After "Unfounded" Brain Game Claims The maker of brain game app Lumosity has agreed to pay $2 million to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission, which alleged it deceived consumers about the product's brain-training benefits.
CRM January 2016 Leonard Klie	The FCC Saves Millions with Zendesk The federal agency's Consumer Help Center costs far less to deploy and maintain
Chemistry World December 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US research agencies finally get their new budgets The US fiscal year 2016 appropriations, signed by President Obama on 18 December, provide $148.6 billion for federal research and development, an increase of 8.1% above current levels
Fast Company Peter Wade	Basta! Hillary Clinton Is #NotMyAbuela, Twitter Says The Clinton post sparked a backlash on Twitter, as ham-handed political maneuvers are wont to do, and Hispanic users showed their umbrage with the hashtag #NotMyAbuela.
Chemistry World December 23, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US chemical safety law poised for reform in early 2016 The Senate broke its deadlock and at last passed legislation to revamp the US Toxic Substances Control Act on the evening of 17 December, right before Congress adjourned for 2015.
Fast Company Daniel Terdiman	AP Report: U.S. Power Grid Subject To Repeated Foreign Hacks The U.S. power grid is subject to being hacked from abroad, and foreign hackers have gained remote access to American power operations about a dozen times over the last decade.
National Defense January 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Navy's Long-Endurance Underwater Drone to Begin Deep-Ocean Navigation The system has been in the works for years. It is being designed as an underwater vehicle that can travel across oceans for long periods of time without refueling.
Information Today December 17, 2015	GPO Signs Up to Help Preserve Historical Government Technical Reports The U.S. Government Publishing Office became the first federal agency to join the Technical Report Archive & Image Library. The organizations will work together to advance free public access to government information
Registered Rep. December 8, 2015	2015 Broker Report Card: Fiduciary Worries The Department of Labor is set to rule that brokers working with retirement accounts meet a fiduciary standard.
Registered Rep. November 26, 2015 Mark Miller	Medicare Changes Coming Up If you haven't done a check-up on your clients' retirement health care costs lately, it's a good time to update the numbers.
Fast Company Christina Farr	FDA Unveils New Site To Tailor Medical Treatment To An Individual's DNA The initiative is part of the Obama Administration's $215 million "Personalized Medicine" effort, which aims to banish the "one-sized-fits-all" approach to medicine.
Fast Company Christina Farr	How Effective Is It To Vet The Social Media Activity Of Visa Applicants? Technology company employees are skeptical that government pilot programs to scrutinize visa applicants' social media activity will be effective at rooting out potential terrorists or terrorist sympathizers.
National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper	Marine Corps Develops Equipment Wish List The Marine Corps is looking for new capabilities as it prepares to return to its amphibious roots and operate in more challenging environments.
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	Own A Drone? You Have Until February To Register With The FAA The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that anyone who owns a consumer drone weighing between 0.55 pounds and 50 pounds must register it within the next two months.
Fast Company Steven Melendez	FBI Renews Warnings on Terror and Encryption, With No Clear Solution in Sight FBI Director James Comey reiterated warnings that popular encrypted communication apps are making it difficult for law enforcement officials to monitor suspected criminals and terrorists.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Anonymous Wants To Take Down Donald Trump In a statement on YouTube, Anonymous said it is focusing its efforts on Trump due to his deeply bigoted rhetoric against Latinos and Muslims.
National Defense January 2016 Thomas B. McVey	Executives: Be Wary of Export Regulations One of the important legal requirements facing defense contractors is compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations and export controls.
National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper	Fight Over Gitmo Detainees Coming to a Head As President Barack Obama continues to push for the closure of the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before he leaves office, government cost data is stirring discussions about where to house detainees.
National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper	Budget Deal Won't End Defense Funding Debate Powerful lawmakers will seek a higher topline for defense than what was agreed upon in the recent Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, according to a senior congressional staffer.
National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper	Modernization 'Slowdowns' Anticipated in FY 2017 Unless it receives additional funding, the Defense Department will likely tap the brakes on some modernization programs in fiscal year 2017, the Pentagon comptroller said recently.
National Defense January 2016 Sandra I. Erwin	The Rise of the Machines? ... Not So Fast Robots working in tandem with troops are said to be the next big thing in defense technology.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	More Learning, Less Testing to Boost STEM The defense and aerospace workers of the 21st century will need more than expertise in STEM fields. They will need to be creative, critical thinkers, and they will need to know how to work in teams to solve problems.
National Defense January 2016 Sid Ashworth	Turning Point Coming for National Security The national security landscape has seen significant change over the past five years. The number of deployed forces declined by more than 60 percent from 2011 to the start of 2016, and the Budget Control Act of 2011 ushered in a period of uncertainty.
National Defense January 2016 Cassidy et al.	Defense Increases Scrutiny of Supply Chain The Defense Department has offered some clarification on how it plans to deal with suppliers that pose potential security risks.
National Defense January 2016 Sandra I. Erwin	Special Operations Equipment Plugs Into the Digital Revolution U.S. Air Force elite forces known as "special tactics airmen" will be going to war with a modern suite of portable electronics, including a newly developed system that guides fighter jets to enemy targets.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	Marines Prepare to Fight at Sea, on the Ground, From the Air After more than a decade of slogging counterinsurgency warfare, the Marine Corps is preparing for the conflicts of the future.
National Defense January 2016 Stephanie Meloni	Defense Department Assuming Growing Cyber Security Role The Defense Department sees cyber as a domain that spans air, land, sea and space, but it struggles with how to handle it as a war fighting domain to best protect the nation.
National Defense January 2016 Gaudry & Golladay	What Happens When the Feds Decide an Invention Is 'Secret?' The Invention Secrecy Act provides authority for keeping inventions secret if the publication or disclosure of the invention would be detrimental to national security.
Fast Company Sarah Kessler	Facebook, Twitter Would Be Forced To Report Terrorist Activity Under Proposed Bill Efforts in Washington have put a spotlight on the debate around the role of technology companies in aiding law enforcement's investigation of terrorist activity.
Fast Company Daniel Terdiman	Burn! Amazon CEO Suggests Sending Donald Trump Into Space Given that Bezos's rocket company Blue Origin launched, and then landed, a reusable rocket last month, it's not entirely clear if he was offering Trump a one-way ride, or a round-trip.
Fast Company Lydia Dishman	Could Finland's Universal Basic Income Ever Work In The U.S.? According to the Atlantic, in the U.S. there is a small but growing movement for a universal income.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	NASA: We're Leaving The Space Station To The Private Sector Due to a combination of government budget cuts and declining costs for the private sector, private space companies have increasingly taken over space exploration and logistics for the U.S.
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