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National Defense April 2015 Arnold L. Punaro	The Case for Repealing Sequestration This year will either be a turning point away from sequester levels or the ship of state will crash head on into the sequester iceberg resulting in a titanic disaster.
National Defense April 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Big Data Helping to Pinpoint Terrorist Activities, Attacks Using big data for counter terrorism efforts will only become more prevalent as time goes on, said Josh New, a policy analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation's Center for Data Innovation.
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna	Questions Remain About Navy's Modified Littoral Combat Ship Instead of cutting down the program of record, the service will procure the full 52-ship buy, and the last 20 ships will be outfitted with beefed up weapons, sensors and armor, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert announced in December.
National Defense April 2015 Edward Lundquist	Coastal Patrol Boats Boost Naval Presence A little more than a decade ago, the U.S. Navy's coastal patrol boats were destined to be decommissioned. But after 9/11, the Navy came to realize that the small PCs could fill a big gap.
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna	Troubled Logistics System Critical to F-35's Future Like the plane itself, the Autonomic Logistics Information System, or ALIS, has had its share of problems, including delays and limitations to its functionality.
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna	Robot Puts Out Shipboard Fires Another possibility currently under development is sending robots to find and put out fires aboard Navy ships.
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna	Navy's Digital Modular Radio Gets Software Boost General Dynamics Mission Systems' digital modular radio has been deployed on Navy ships for more than 10 years. The service has focused on upgrading the radios with modern capabilities.
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna	New SharePoint Tool Facilitates Data Transfer Between Military Networks Metalogix -- a Washington D.C.-based software company -- recently released a SharePoint tool that company officials believe can help reduce military personnel's need for removable storage devices while transferring data.
Chemistry World March 10, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US chemical safety board in turmoil The US Chemical Safety Board), an independent federal agency charged with investigating serious chemical accidents, is being accused of punishing whistle blowers and appears to have widespread employee dissatisfaction.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Secret Documents Reveal The CIA Has Been Hacking iPhones Since 2006 According to The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill and Josh Begley, CIA-affiliated security researchers have worked since at least 2006 to target security keys used to encrypt data on Apple devices.
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