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GLOBAL EYE – 3 ways to fight corruption and restore trust in leadership (Børge Brende, Pedro Gabriel Gomez Pensado, World Economic Forum)

As people around the world place their trust in the production and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, we must ensure corruption does not...

INNOVATION – Government Striving for New Ways of Working (Ryan Oakes, Nextgov)

Public sector organizations pivoted to new ways of working in the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, striving for speed, continuity and responsiveness around...

CYBER/DATA – Data Privacy and Data Governance Will Be Top Business Priorities for 2021 (Zachary Curley, Nextgov)

As COVID-19 has introduced a more aggressive and evolving cyber threat landscape, the need for companies to develop the right infrastructure to mitigate cybersecurity...

DATA/TECH – Lawmakers Want Data to Decide the Future of America’s Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the House would form an Energy Secretary-led, $10 million grant program to support local governments, electric utility companies, universities...

DEFENSE – DOD Needs Simulations to Shorten Acquisition Timelines, Official Says (Mila Jasper, Nextgov)

Members of the defense industry working on modeling and simulation should focus on building tools that can be used across multiple different functions in...

USA – House Dems Want to Know If Political Appointees Are Becoming Career Civil Servants (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

Twenty-four leading House Democrats are requesting 61 agency chiefs report on whether any of President Trump’s political appointees have or will be making their...

GREECE/ISRAEL – Greece Can Learn Valuable Lessons from Israel (George N. Tzogopoulos, BESA Center)

For years, Greek politicians approached Israel in the hope of receiving active support against Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean. While current Turkish actions in...

IRAN – The Assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: What Are the Iranian Regime’s Options? (Ardavan Khoshnood, BESA Center)

This past Friday, the architect of the Iranian nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated in a well-organized raid 70 km outside the city of...

REPORTS – The Pentagon’s UAP Task Force (Franc Milburn, BESA Center)

In June 2020, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence unveiled the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) at the Office of Naval Intelligence—a successor...

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