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National Defense March 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Middle East Turmoil Disrupts Navy's Ship Maintenance Plan Despite the fact that the Navy has come up with new maintenance plans, actors like the Islamic State -- also known as ISIL or ISIS -- may compromise its ability to get ships repaired on schedule.
AskMen.com February 19, 2015 Christopher Asandra	The Rate Of Erectile Dysfunction Recently, the Military Times reported that the United States Department of Defense had spent nearly $300 million on drugs to treat erectile dysfunction since 2011.
Information Today February 19, 2015	New Bill Could Increase Students' Technology Access Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) proposed a bill that would allow teachers, principals, and district leaders to upgrade their curricula to emphasize technology as an avenue for student achievement.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Government Is "More Data-Driven Than Most Companies," Says America's First Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil was recruited by President Obama and just appointed to the newly created position, where the ex-LinkedIn chief scientist will work in a supervisory role for a broad analytics effort across the federal government.
National Defense March 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	In Budgets as in War, Hope Is Not a Strategy Wishful thinking has been taken to new heights in this year's Pentagon budget. The hope is that Congress will somehow make peace after years of partisan trench warfare.
HBS Working Knowledge February 17, 2015 Michael Blanding	HBS Cases:The Battle for San Francisco In San Francisco, tech companies are hoping to make the world a better place -- but the fabric of the city is changing in the process. Technology workers may be threatening the very culture that they came to celebrate.
Fast Company David Lumb	Why Facebook's New Cybersecurity Site Is Trouble For Obama Obama has recently pushed for private companies to share information with the government when they face cyberattacks, both to mitigate the damage of the breach and, ideally, to prevent similar hacks in the future.
Fast Company Luke Dormehl	Google, Facebook, and Yahoo Shun Obama Cybersecurity Summit President Obama spoke at the Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection. The urgent theme that surfaced was the importance of the public and private sectors working together.
Chemistry World February 15, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US National Academies to revisit scientific misconduct The US National Academies aims to shift thinking about scientific misconduct away from corrupt individuals operating in a vacuum and toward researchers working within a flawed system, in a forthcoming report.
National Defense March 2015 Stew Magnuson	Air Force, Navy Take Steps to Restore Nuclear Forces' Reputations A November report on the state of the U.S. military's nuclear weapons delivery programs was the latest in a long list of indignities that have plagued the Air Force and Navy.
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