Many Feds Face Furloughs Twice
Dems Back Retroactive Shutdown Pay
How Long Has the Shutdown Lasted?
Agencies Post Shutdown Plans Online
No TSP Contributions During a Shutdown
How Contractors Might Weather a Shutdown
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Jessica Herrera-Flanigan
Jessica Herrera-Flanigan
Jessica R. Herrera-Flanigan is a partner at the Monument Policy Group, where she focuses on the issues affecting our nation’s security, technology, commerce, and entertainment markets. Previously, she served as the Staff Director and General Counsel of the House Committee on Homeland Security. She also has served as Senior Counsel at the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, where she led the Section’s cybercrime investigation team. She was a Member of the CSIS Commission on Cyber Security and is a Member of the ABA Standing Committee on Law & National Security. She currently serves as the Fellow for Cybersecurity at the Center for National Policy.
Fallout from Snowden Leak Should Be Greater Transparency
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FROM NEXTGOV
As the debacle over Edward Snowden’s leak of information about alleged NSA surveillance continues to unfold, numerous cybersecurity lessons have been learned and threats revealed. The most obvious lesson, of course, is that the biggest threat to networks and systems, whether they belong to the government or the private sector, ...
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FROM NEXTGOV
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The Gaming-Cyber Nexus Feds Should Explore
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FROM NEXTGOV
Walking around E3, the annual video game conference and show being held this week in Los Angeles, is an experience. Innovation at its best on display throughout the LA Convention Center through Thursday. As a gamer, I was thrilled to be at the show and see the new consoles and ...
Lessons in Homeland Security
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Cyber Recruiting, Country Music Style
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FROM NEXTGOV
The need for skilled cybersecurity experts continues to be a priority for the U.S. government, the private sector and academia. Since the need for a skilled workforce has been stressed in traditional and non-traditional methods and publications in almost every way possible – except maybe in song – I thought ...
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FROM NEXTGOV
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FROM NEXTGOV
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FROM NEXTGOV
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FROM NEXTGOV
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FROM NEXTGOV
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