News You Can Use: 10/16/18
National Security
Five Eyes intelligence alliance builds coalition to counter China, Reuters
A Fatal Abandonment of American Leadership, The Atlantic
Drones swamp US-Mexico border but federal agents powerless to stop them, Washington Examiner
Military Leaders Are Starting To Freak Out Over Russia’s Information Warfare Dominance, Task & Purpose
Tyndall Air Force Base a ‘Complete Loss’ Amid Questions About Stealth Fighters, The New York Times
How the Trump Administration Can Cope with Obama’s Arab Spring, The National Interest
DHS Says It’s Finally Hiring More Border Agents Than It’s Losing, Government Executive
How to tell when North Korea starts to denuclearize, Brookings
Germany deports convicted 9/11 accomplice Motassadeq to Morocco, Deutsche Welle
When might we see the Army’s air & missile defense strategy?, Defense News
Strategy for Protecting and Preparing the Homeland Against Threats of Electromagnetic Pulse and Geomagnetic Disturbances, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Watchdog Faults FBI Staff for Mishandling Secret Report on U.K. Terrorist Attack, Government Executive
How to Fight Russian Infowar in Central Europe, Defense One
Paul Ryan: Give Trump’s Afghanistan strategy a chance to succeed, Washington Examiner
Cybersecurity
Pentagon reveals cyber breach of travel records, The Associated Press
Many U.S. Weapons Systems Are Vulnerable to Cyberattack, Foreign Policy
DHS Downplays Report That Data Thieves Are Selling Millions of Voters’ Data, Defense One
U.K. Cyber Security Center Says Most Attacks Are From Hostile States, Bloomberg
No One Can Get Cybersecurity Disclosure Just Right – Especially Lawmakers, Wired
Public Health
Report: World Support For Mental Health Care Is ‘Pitifully Small’, NPR
For the Sleep-Deprived, Small Distractions Can Have Dire Results, Futurity
Rate Of C-Sections Is Rising At An ‘Alarming’ Rate, Report Says, NPR
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of California Ruling on Lead Paint Remediation, Route Fifty
The Hijacked Hearse: Dispatches From The Ebola Outbreak In DRC, NPR
Human Rights & Humanitarian Efforts
China’s Great Leap Backward, The Atlantic
U.S. Blocks Aid Workers From North Korea, The Wall Street Journal
Venezuelan Doctors on US Navy Mission to Help Compatriots, The Associated Press
2018 Meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force on Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State
Government & Military Personnel
It’s now easier for Army spouses to keep their jobs in Child and Youth Services when they PCS, Army Times
The Pentagon’s Push to Program Soldiers’ Brains, The Atlantic
Here’s how to see if you’re among the 30 million compromised Facebook users, ARS Technica
Federal Retirement Claims Increase 24 Percent in Fiscal 2018, Government Executive
What Happens Next with OPM?, ChiefHRO.com
Agencies Backslide in Fight Against Jargon, Amid High Staff Turnover, Government Executive
Posted: October 16, 2018 by Simons Center
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