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December 2015

• U.S. Increasingly Dominates Global Arms Trade: Congressional Report by Brendan McGarry, DoD Buzz, December 28. "The U.S. continues to dominate the global arms trade, with agreements totaling about $36 billion last year -- more than half of the worldwide market, according to a new congressional report."
• What everyone's getting wrong about the president's No. 1 job by Daniel Bush and Travis Daub, PBS Newshour, December 18. "President Barack Obama often says that protecting the American people is his first responsibility, though his oath of office says otherwise."
• 2020 Census Called Vulnerable to Online Fraud by Charles S. Clark, Government Executive, December 14. "The next decennial census, planned as the first to depend chiefly on the Internet for data collection, is vulnerable to fraud by pranksters, anti-government protesters, phishers seeking personal data and even manipulators of House of Representatives reapportionment, a report found."
• Clapper memo outlines ICITE architecture by Adam Mazmanian, Federal Computer Week, December 11. "Director of National Intelligence James Clapper's top IT priorities include reducing duplicative spending and corralling and securing the nation's intelligence data."
• Wanted: Men and Women of Steel for U.S. Spy Agencies by Jeff Stein, Newsweek, December 10. "Employees of federal spy agencies should risk their careers to speak truth to power, U.S. intelligence guidelines say. Good luck with that."
• Government Suspected Of Wanting CIA Torture Report To Remain Secret by David Welna, National Public Radio, December 9. "A Senate panel released a redacted synopsis of the 7,000 page report. Copies of the full classified report sent to federal agencies have gone unread. Some fear the report may never be made public."
• Exclusive: The FBI wants your ID if you want their information by Greg Otto, FedScoop.com, December 1 "The FBI's new eFOIA platform comes with new terms: hand over a government issued ID or forget about having your request filled."

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