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'They're dictating how to monitor networks, without fully understanding the impact on the sector' Matthew Hughes Fri 12 Mar 2021 // 11:32 UTC Share Copy Introduced last year by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the UK's Telecommunications Security Bill aims to change how mobile and fixed-line communications systems are built and operated. The bill is a recognition of the importance of comms networks to national security, and was largely spurred by the growing use of equipment from so-called "high risk" vendors, namely Huawei and ZTE. But the ...

Photograph by Jeff Elkins US Representative Jamie Raskin has become a key player in this season’s impeachment drama, serving as the lead manager of the House of Representatives’ case against Donald Trump. The congressman has repped his district since 2017, but his roots in the region extend back to the day he was born. Here’s what to know about the Maryland Democrat: He is a DC native Although his district is in Maryland, Raskin himself was born in the District in 1962. Dad Marcus Raskin co-founded the progressive think tank Institute for Policy Study while mom Barbara Raskin was a jo...

• Women Groups Kick Over Low Number The President, Muhammadu Buhari, recently assigned portfolios to 52 non-career and 43 career ambassadors screened last year by the Senate. A cursory look at the postings released showed that 11 envoys were re-appointed with eight retaining their places of primary assignment, while the other three were redeployed to other countries. But that is not all the list revealed; it also showed that of the 52 non-career ambassadors, Only 12 are women with three career ambassadors and heads of mission, bringing the grand total number of women to15 out of 95 slots. R...

ARTICLE DATEARTICLE AUTHOR AUTHOR EMAIL January 08, 2021 Jacob Shapero, a cadet lieutenant in the University of Virginia’s Army ROTC program, says that every day, he wants to “add a little value” to a team, whether it be the Army, an economics class, or a comedy club. The Navy Federal Credit Union has selected Shapero, who graduated as an economics major in May and is currently a second-year graduate student at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, as one of four Army ROTC All-Americans nationwide. The ROTC All-American Award Program, created in 2018, honors...

Soy plantation in Bolivia. China is the leading importer of soy, a commodity that drives tropical deforestation. Photo by Neil Palmer/CIAT via Wikimedia Commons A recent study by Chinese and international experts argues that China’s leaders are recognizing  the importance of greening the country’s commodity value chains. As China reassesses the vulnerability and risks of its global value chains due to the COVID-19 pandemic and considers how to build back its economy with greater resilience and sustainability, the political moment is right to make this shift. Roughly 40% of tropical fores...