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‘It shouldn’t take a pandemic’: Coronavirus exposes Internet inequality among US students as schools close their doors
In states like Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Washington, educators say they are feeling firsthand the sting of the digital divide — the historically hard-to-erase gap between those who have speedy, modern-day Web connections and those who do not.
Trump administration, in strongest terms yet, encourages agencies to use telework (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 14:37Analysis: The federal government may be about to engage in the biggest telework experiment yet. But there are cyber challenges (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 10:36FISA reforms that address issues unearthed in review of Carter Page wiretap are a modest step forward, analysts say (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 03/12/2020 - 19:21Facebook, Twitter suspend Russia-linked operation targeting African Americans on social media (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 03/12/2020 - 19:18David Ignatius: We weren’t ready for a pandemic. We better be ready for a cyberattack. (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 03/12/2020 - 19:18Analysis: Here's how Silicon Valley is helping Washington respond to coronavirus (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 03/12/2020 - 10:24House passes compromise bill on surveillance reform
The US House of Representatives approved legislation that would institute some reforms of the government’s surveillance authority while also imposing new requirements on the way the FBI obtains wiretapping warrants in national security investigations following criticism of its monitoring of a Trump campaign adviser in 2016. The bill also permanently bans a controversial but dormant program that allowed the government to obtain Americans’ phone records in terrorism investigations.