News You Can Use: 02/22/17
National Security
What Trump should do about terrorism (but probably won’t), Brookings
Homeland Security Outlines New Rules Tightening Enforcement Of Immigration Law, NPR
Trump Finalizes Executive Order to Put ISIS Detainees in Guantánamo, Foreign Policy
How McMaster Could Change the Way the US Goes to War, Defense One
DoD to Deliver Counter-ISIS Review to White House Next Week, DoD News
FBI pursuing at least 3 probes of Russian-backed hacking: report, The Hill
Can Any National Security Advisor Tame President Trump?, Foreign Policy
Trump Chooses H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser, The New York Times
A new push for missile defense in space under Trump?, Defense News
Flynn leaks ignite surveillance debate, The Hill
New immigration ban applies to same 7 countries: Report, Washington Examiner
Concerns over Trump’s alleged use of personal, unsecured smartphone, Federal Times
Cybersecurity
Offensive cyber still in infancy, says Air Force official, Fifth Domain Cyber
US Military Is Looking to Add AI to Its Cyber Defense, Defense One
Trump cyber policy could be ‘remarkably boring’, Fifth Domain Cyber
An Interior Data Center’s Security May Have Exposed Data For Years, Nextgov
The World Can Expect More Cybercrime From North Korea Now That China Has Banned Its Coal, Time
$50M cyber center to open in Georgia, Fifth Domain Cyber
Public Health
The Affordable Care Act: The View From a Hospital CEO, The Wall Street Journal
What new Cures Act means for HIPAA in 2017, Federal Times
Brazil’s Expanding Yellow Fever Outbreak Started With Monkeys, NPR
Rural Voters Elected President Trump. Is He About To Ruin Their Local Hospitals?, Forbes
Va. gov vetoes bill to defund Planned Parenthood, The Hill
Risky treatment can stop multiple sclerosis for years, BBC News
Human Rights & Humanitarian Efforts
DHS Immigration Orders Will Likely Lead to Human Rights Abuses, Amnesty International
Iraq: Sunni Women Tell of ISIS Detention, Torture, Human Rights Watch
In Madagascar, mothers weep and send their children to bed without water to drink, Los Angeles Times
UN, Government Declare Famine in Parts of South Sudan, Voice of America
France and Canada: 58th and 59th Countries to Endorse Safe Schools Declaration, Human Rights Watch
Government & Military Personnel
Forget the hiring freeze, OMB plan could alter the workforce, Federal Times
Government Must Pay Damages to 25,000 Feds Who Worked During 2013 Shutdown, Government Executive
US Air Force ‘Urgently’ Needs Funds By April, Defense One
Civil Service Reform Starts With Performance, ChiefHRO.com
How to Cope With an Anxiety-Provoking Boss, Government Executive
How to hack a hiring freeze, Federal Times
Posted: February 22, 2017 by Simons Center
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