News You Can Use: 07/05/16
National Security
Drone Casualty Data Highlights the Limits, and Downsides, of Transparency, World Politics Review
Defense Department’s Program to Monitor for Insider Threats Mirrors Other Agencies’ Efforts, Nextgov
U.S., INTERPOL Hold Multilateral Dialogue on Nuclear Smuggling Prosecutions, State Department
How Breaking Up Military Satcom Could Aid U.S. And Allies, Aviation Week & Space Technology
Air Force Reserve units ready to spray pesticide for Zika-carrying mosquitoes, Air Force Times
The U.S. Military’s Protection Deficit Disorder, War on the Rocks
Cybersecurity
US-Israel Sign Cyber Defense Declaration, Federal Times
Senate confirms new Navy Fleet Cyber commander, Federal Times
DHS cyber role elevated in new legislation, Federal Times
Brexit
Brexit: The first major casualty of digital democracy, Brookings
Brexit, Syria and chaos in our interconnected world, Washington Post
Government & Military Personnel
John McCain Goes Straight Talk Express on Defense Personnel Reform, Government Executive
Attention U.S. Citizen Students! Apply July 1- 22, 2016, for Virtual Student Foreign Service eInternships, State Department
Federal Agencies Continue to Shed Security Clearance Holders, Government Executive
Carter Congratulates Top Officers on Senate Confirmation, DoD News
Are Agencies Up to the Task of Managing Electronic Records?, Government Executive
Human Rights & Humanitarian Efforts
Tools and Strategies to Prevent Mass Atrocities Committed by Violent Extremist Organizations, CSIS
UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, State Department
Amnesty Documents ‘Chilling’ Abuses by Armed Groups in Syria, Associated Press
Ebola’s Second Punch: Hunger, USAID
Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Susan Coppedge on the 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, State Department
Posted: July 5, 2016 by Simons Center
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