News You Can Use: 09/21/18
National Security
DHS Needs More Data to Help Stop Bioterrorism, Nextgov
FBI, DOJ said to plan redactions despite Trump’s document order, Stars and Stripes
State Dept: Worldwide terrorist attacks decreased by 23 percent in 2017, The Hill
U.S. To Go on Offense in Cyberspace, Bolton Says, Nextgov
National security negligence needs to end, The Hill
When strongmen fight: The US and Turkey need diplomats to resolve their leaders’ dispute, Brookings
Ex-CIA analyst: Trump order on Russia documents abuses power, risks national security, USA Today
Mitigating Flood Impacts With Resiliency Parks, Route Fifty
Time for Peace Talks With ISIS and Al Qaeda?, Foreign Policy
Pentagon Races to Empty Its Coffers by Month’s End, Defense One
Cybersecurity
DoD releases first new cyber strategy in three years, Fifth Domain
Defending Forward: The 2018 Cyber Strategy is Here, War on the Rocks
Watchdog worries Trump’s cyber strategy is not cohesive, Fifth Domain
Trump’s new strategy calls for more cyberattacks, Fifth Domain
Company That Pushed Hackers Out of DNC Now Protecting Government Systems, Nextgov
Shanahan: cybersecurity will become new measure for industry, Fifth Domain
Public Health
Puerto Rico’s Tap Water Often Goes Untested, Raising Fears About Lead Contamination, NPR
43 years after the Vietnam war, many Navy veterans are still battling for benefits for potential Agent Orange exposure, Business Insider
Predicting Obesity From a City’s Infrastructure, Route Fifty
Parents Are Leery Of Schools Requiring ‘Mental Health’ Disclosures By Students, NPR
HHS lacks standardized framework for interagency data sharing, Health Data Management
Human Rights & Humanitarian Efforts
China’s long game on human rights at the United Nations, Brookings
U.N. Calls for Genocide Charges Against Leaders of Myanmar’s Military, The Wall Street Journal
How many people will the world leave behind?, Brookings
Drop in Mexican-Born Immigrants Attributed to Hostility Here, Opportunity There, Route Fifty
Which places made progress against poverty in 2017?, Brookings
Justice Department Inspector General to Investigate DEA Program Linked to Massacres in Mexico, ProPublica
U.N. Report Condemns Burma for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, Democracy Now!
Government & Military Personnel
The Army is trying to find criminal conduct among immigrant recruits, email shows, The Washington Post
The Fake News Era Demands Ethics in Government Communication, Government Executive
Report ranking military installations for sex assault risk delayed, Military Times
Federal Science Agencies Launch New Policies to Root Out ‘Pervasive Culture of Sexual Harassment’, Government Executive
Numbers game: How the Air Force is following the Army and Navy’s bad example, Defense News
Changes to the TSP, the Latest on a Pay Raise, and More, Government Executive
Best Dates to Retire 2019, Government Executive
The Army in Europe is lifting some restrictions on housing allowances. But Big Army might add new ones., Stars and Stripes
Posted: September 21, 2018 by Simons Center
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