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Recommended Reading: Silicon Valley's role in government surveillance
The NSA's surveillance tactics have been discussed at length, and will continue to be as new information comes to light. In a recent book, author S...
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OTI Applauds FCC for Taking Steps to Protect Consumers During Technology Transitions
FCC releases two items today to ensure phone users remain protected as underlying technology shifts
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took important steps to protect consumers as the technology used to route their...
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Asset Building News Week, November 17 - November 21
Retirement Savings This week analysts unpacked a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Mega-IRAs, a mechanism by which Roth I...
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America Just Launched Its 500th Drone Strike
As of today, the United States has now conducted 500 targeted killings (approximately 98 percent of them with drones), which have killed an estimat...
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Not all drones are created equal
On Nov. 20, we hosted a Google Hangout with Peter W. Singer, top-notch strategist and senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C...
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Skills for Success
Supporting and Assessing Key Habits, Mindsets, and Skills in PreK-12
It is widely acknowledged that parents and communities can play an important role in helping children and adolescents develop habits, mindsets, and...
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Iran Nuclear Negotiations
Leaders from the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and Iran policy scholars briefed congressional staffers on the potential national securit...
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"China's 600 Million Searchers Push Global Internet Towards Censorship"
“There’s an effort to get American and European companies to be more transparent on how they handle government information requests,” said Rebecca ...
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"New Yorkers Get Worse Internet Service Than People in Bucharest"
It’s no secret that when it comes to speed and price, U.S. broadband options often pale in comparison with some of the great deals available in oth...
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The Universal Internet
A recent study by New America Foundation (which is neither predictably liberal nor conservative) showed that America is falling behind. It found th...
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Should We Assume We’ve Been Hacked?
What individuals and businesses can learn from recent cybersecurity breaches
The State Department confirmed a security breach of its unclassified email system on Monday – the fourth infiltration of a federal government agenc...
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Untapped potential: Making the higher education market work for students and taxpayers
Featured Report
A recent paper published by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) argues for greater accountability for colleges and universities that receive fe...
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How to Combat ISIS, Starting in Your Community
When you hear ‘online predator,’ you probably conjure an image of a sexual predator – perhaps a middle-aged man targeting oblivious kids through va...
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Being Present Instead of Perfect
For a lot of American families today, the dinner table can feel a minefield, haunted by the ghosts of _Leave It To Beavers _past and the present-da...
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The New Case for LGBT Rights
What’s the secret to convincing the world to back a movement? Figure out how it could impact the global bottom line. Economic reasoning is part of ...
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The Cult of Kiddie Danger
The Richland, WA, school district is phasing out swings on its playgrounds. As the district's spokesman recently told KEPR TV: "It's just really a ...
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Tehran’s Nuclear Playbook
We’re down to the wire. The November 24 deadline for the Iranian nuclear deal is looming. In this final week, negotiators from the P5 +1 and Iran a...
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The Most Destructive Gender Binary
It was the latest setback for women’s empowerment. But you probably haven’t heard about it. Part of the gender equality goal set to replace one of ...
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The Future of Thanksgiving
Why is Thanksgiving dinner always late, and why does it last so long? It’s one of the last refuges of irreducible inefficiency, a throwback to the ...
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The Hackers of Oz
How do we win a war that can’t be seen? Anne-Marie Slaughter goes behind the cyber curtain to find out by speaking with ASU Future of War Fellow Sh...
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Waltz and Moss: Stop chasing the violence
President Obama’s recent decision to send an additional 1,500 U.S. personnel to Iraq “in a non-combat role, to expand our training effort for Iraqi...