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2018/07/042018/07/02

Steven Aftergood: Pentagon Audit Underway, “There Will Be Unpleasant Surprises”

PENTAGON AUDIT: “THERE WILL BE UNPLEASANT SURPRISES” For the first time in its history, the Department of Defense is now undergoing a financial audit. The audit, announced last December, is itself a major undertaking that is expected to cost $367 million and to involve some 1200 auditors. The results are to be reported in November …

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2018/07/032018/07/02

Steven Aftergood: CRS on US Research & Development (R&D) Funding and Performance – Half a Trillion — 500 Billion — A Year

U.S. Research and Development Funding and Performance: Fact Sheet John F. Sargent Jr. Specialist in Science and Technology Policy Congressional Research Service June 29, 2018 Comment and key graphic from report below the fold.

2018/05/282018/05/28

Steven Aftergood: DoD Report on North Korea Divorced from Reality

DoD: North Korea is Committed to its Nuclear Forces “Pyongyang portrays nuclear weapons as its most effective way to deter the threat from the United States,” the Department of Defense says in a newly disclosed report to Congress on North Korean security policy. “North Korea’s primary strategic goal is perpetual Kim family rule via the …

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2018/05/082018/05/06

Steve Aftergood: CRS on Artificial Intelligence and National Security

Artificial Intelligence and National Security Daniel S. Hoadley, US Air Force Fellow Nathan J. Lucas, Section Research Manager Congressional Research Service, April 26, 20

2018/05/042018/05/01

Steven Aftergood: JCS on Strategy — Directing All the Instruments of National Power

STRATEGY: DIRECTING THE INSTRUMENTS OF NATIONAL POWER The tools that can be used to assert national power and influence have often been summarized by the acronym DIME — Diplomatic, Informational, Military, and Economic. But “US policy makers and strategists have long understood that there are many more instruments involved in national security policy development and …

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2018/04/262018/04/25

Steven Aftergood: CRS on Peace Treaty with North Korea

A Peace Treaty with North Korea?, & More from CRS In the past 25 years, there have been multiple failed attempts to negotiate a peace treaty or a non-aggression pact with North Korea and to formally end the Korean War. A new report from the Congressional Research Service surveys these efforts with an eye toward …

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2018/04/082018/04/06

Steven Aftergood: CRS on Data, Social Media, and Users (Privacy is Non-Existent and Not Regulated)

Data, Social Media, and Users: Can We All Get Along? Data Ownership, Rights, and Usage: Consumers’ expectations and reality on who owns data and how data may be used are commonly misaligned. Data Security and Privacy: Data security is not generally prescribed by law for the information technology sector.