News You Can Use: 07/20/16
National Security
US government looks to private sector for Zika tools, DevEx Impact
France needs its own National Counterterrorism Center, Brookings
Defense Intelligence Agency is Scoping Out Social Media Background Checkers, Nextgov
GOP convention starts with a focus on national security, Benghazi, Military Times
Cybersecurity
Army Cyber Command hits key milestone, C4ISRNet
Bug-Hunting Computers to Compete in DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge, DoD News
What defines an armed cyberattack? It depends, C4ISRNet
McAuliffe on Cybersecurity: ‘It’s Something That Every Governor Needs to Focus On’, Route Fifty
Update on ARCYBER’s HQ move, C4ISRNet
Coup in Turkey
Why Coups Fail: The Outcome in Turkey Was No Surprise, Foreign Affairs
Chairman Expresses Concern Over Turkish Coup Attempt, Relief at Aftermath, DoD News
Turkey widens post-coup purge, demands Washington hand over cleric, Reuters
In Egypt, Many Leaders Quietly Cheered Turkish Coup Plotters, The New York Times
Turkey: Erdogan may restore death penalty with parliament approval, CNN
Pentagon was surprised by attempted coup in Turkey, Stars and Stripes
Turkey Coup Attempt to Take Over Agenda at Global Defense Summit, Military.com
Human Rights & Humanitarian Efforts
Boko Haram Has Left 250,000 Children Suffering from ‘Severe Malnourishment’, Time
Syria’s Weaponized Humanitarian Space, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
U.S. says hopes to raise in excess of $2 billion in aid for Iraq, Reuters
Aung San Suu Kyi Must Focus on Ending Burma’s Civil War, Foreign Policy
US Envoy in Cambodia to Discuss Its Human Rights, Politics, Associated Press
Egypt: Hundreds disappeared and tortured amid wave of brutal repression, Amnesty International
Repression in Venezuela, Human Rights Foundation
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Global Anti-Corruption Consortium, State Department
Government & Military Personnel
Americans Think National Parks Are Worth $92 Billion, But We Don’t Fund Them Accordingly, Government Executive
How to Cope When the World Feels Like Total Chaos, Time
How Can the U.S. Fix a Broken Government?, Government Executive
Despite Improvements, Government Still Bottom of the Barrel in Customer Experience, Nextgov
Avoiding the Sickening Effects of Stress, Government Executive
The Biggest Problem With Email? It’s Way Too Convenient, Government Executive

Posted: July 20, 2016 by Simons Center
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