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United States Joint Forces Command Public Report Offers Assessment of Future Security Environment

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U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Operating Environment (JOE) 2010 report, February 18, 2010

  • “The Joint Operating Environment is intended to inform joint concept development and experimentation throughout the Department of Defense. It provides a perspective on future trends, shocks, contexts, and implications for future joint force commanders and other leaders and professionals in the national security field. This document is speculative in nature and does not suppose to predict what will happen in the next twenty-five years. Rather, it is intended to serve as a starting point for discussions about the future security environment at the operational level of war.” [via Secrecy News]

    • FCC Sends National Broadband Plan to Congress

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    News release: “Today, the Federal Communications Commission delivered to Congress a National Broadband Plan setting an ambitious agenda for connecting all corners of the nation while transforming the economy and society with the communications network of the future — robust, affordable Internet…Titled Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, the Plan found that while broadband access… Continue Reading

    New GAO Reports: Homeland Security, U.S. Insular Areas, Defense Acquisitions

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    Homeland Security: Ongoing Challenges Impact the Federal Protective Service’s Ability to Protect Federal Facilities, GAO-10-506T, March 16, 2010 U.S. Insular Areas: Opportunities Exist to Improve Interior’s Grant Oversight and Reduce the Potential for Mismanagement, GAO-10-347, March 16, 2010 Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Position Army’s Ground Force Modernization Efforts for Success, GAO-10-406, March 15, 2010 Continue Reading

    Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board Quarterly Report to Congress

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    Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Quarterly Report to Congress and to the President of the United States. Insight and Information on the Recovery Board’s Operations Through February 2010. Released March 16, 2010. “The value that transparency brings to the oversight mission should not be underestimated. For the first time ever we can screen and analyze… Continue Reading

    Leahy, Cornyn Commemorate Sunshine Week With Faster FOIA Act Introduction

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    News release: “[On March 15, 2010] Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced bipartisan legislation to make further improvements to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the nation’s premier open government law. Leahy is a longtime leader on FOIA issues, and has led efforts to make the federal government more open and transparent to the people it… Continue Reading

    Department of State Launches New Tool to Foster Online Open Dialogue

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    News release: “The Department of State today launches Opinion Space”, an interactive site hosted on State.gov that seeks to foster global conversations on foreign affairs. Opinion Space, developed jointly by the Department of State and the University of California at Berkeley’s Center for New Media (BCNM), is accessible to anyone around the world.” Continue Reading

    NIH Advised Medical Researchers Should Be Made To Publicly Disclose Possible Conflicts Of Interest

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    News release: POGO has sent a letter to Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), urging him to implement an idea he recently said he supported: a public database listing any financial arrangements, such as payment for consulting, between NIH grantees and outside organizations…Dr. Collins explained his views on such… Continue Reading