Author: james chamberlin

Wired magazine reported on the State Department’s training for diplomats who will specialize in cyber issues in Washington and at embassies abroad. The training will be done at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia, where the State Department has trained Foreign Service officers in foreign languages, culture and other…

The Federal News Network reports on how the State Department is filling it information technology positions. It says: The Foreign Affairs IT fellowship, it’s been around since 2017. And it’s a merit and needs based program, and it’s designed to attract outstanding students and professionals to prepare them for a…

The Washington Post reported on a new company dedicated to making hydroget for the green economy. It doesn’t work yet, and I think it will be very expensive, therefore limiting hydrogen to those uses that must have thermal energy, as opposed to electrical energy. The plant separates water (H2O) into…

Here are three New York Times headlines on one random day in America, Auguar 26, 2024. What happened to the legislative and executive branches: How a Federal Court in New Orleans Is Driving the Conservative Agenda Today, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is an outlier. But a Trump…

This Washington Post article by Maureen Dowd tells the fascinating story of Alex Karp, the founder and leader of Palantir Technologies. It is applying high tech methods of intelligence gathering and analysis to US national security. Karp tells Dowd, ““I’m a Jewish, racially ambiguous dyslexic, so I can say anything.”…

The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune reviewed Harry Kopp’s book,The Voice of the Foreign Service: A History of the American Foreign Service Association at 100, on the history of the Foreign Service, The review said: The origins of the State Department were inauspicious. Headed by Thomas Jefferson, it comprised a small diplomatic…

The Council on Foreign Relations as produced an excellent report on the dangers of America’s growing debt.  It says: The total debt of the U.S. government now stands at just under $35 trillion. That is $103,000 for every person in the United States and is equal to 99 percent of…

Axios reports that: Cyber diplomacy has been a major priority at the State Department during the Biden administration as nation-state hackers target U.S. critical infrastructure and criminal gangs recruit hackers from across borders. Collaborating with the private sector is a major part of the State Department’s new international cyber strategy,…

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