News You Can Use: 07/03/18

National Security

The New Arms Race Threatening to Explode in Space, Wired

How America Protects Its Citizens and Allies from Ballistic Missiles, Defense One

Concern over using US military to help border enforcement, The Associated Press

Special Operations DEPTEMPO and the National Security Risk, The Cipher Brief

North Korea Expands Key Missile-Manufacturing Plant, The Wall Street Journal

North Korea Has Continued Ballistic Missile Launcher Production in 2018, Per US Intelligence, The Diplomat

DHS projected to make fewer border arrests in June: report, The Hill

NSA Reports Data Deletion, National Security Agency

DoD stands up its artificial intelligence hub, C4ISR Net

Cybersecurity

Cyber Command moves closer to a major new weapon, Fifth Domain

You Should Be ‘Significantly Concerned’ There’s No White House Cyber Coordinator, Policy Experts Say, Nextgov

Foreign spying comes under new scrutiny from lawmakers, The Hill

Can NATO’s new cyber strategy survive risky summits?, Fifth Domain

Krebs: Companies need ‘military-grade’ investments to defend against foreign government hackers, CyberScoop

Banning Software Won’t Keep the Government Safe, Says Nuclear Security Agency Official, Defense One

North Korea ‘hacking the hell out of Latin America’, Fifth Domain

Public Health

Kentucky Not Giving Up on Medicaid Work Requirements After Judge’s Ruling, Route Fifty

Rising Cost Of PrEP To Prevent HIV Infection Pushes It Out Of Reach For Many, NPR

Children’s exposure to food insecurity is still worse than it was before the Great Recession, Brookings

Sleep disturbances common in National Guard soldiers after deployment, Reuters

Human Rights & Humanitarian Efforts

Trafficking in Persons Report 2018, U.S. Department of State

QUIZ: The Country That Gives The Most Humanitarian Aid Is …, NPR

Criticism of North Korean Repression Is Discouraged, Activists Complain, The Wall Street Journal

Lawmakers Cast Doubt on Claims of Smooth Interagency Handling of Family Separations at the Border, Government Executive

The American Dream Deferred, Brookings

Government & Military Personnel

Feds get guaranteed paid parental leave under new bill, Federal Times

Most TSP Funds Flat in June, Government Executive

Survey: One in Three Feds Say They or a Colleague Have Received Threats in 2018, Government Executive

Here are 3 new efforts to tackle issues of military spouse employment, Military Times

Social Impact Bonds, Explained, Government Executive


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