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AFP eWire August 11, 2015	AFP News Release: Clinton College Plan Damaging to Philanthropy Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's college tuition plan would limit the value of the charitable deduction for gifts made by certain taxpayers.
Information Today August 11, 2015 Abby Clobridge	OA Roundup: FASTR Moves Forward; New Controlled Vocabulary Supports Repositories In late July, the open access arena saw advancements on both ends of the policy and practice spectrum.
Information Today August 11, 2015	E-rate Program Update The Federal Communications Commission pushed back its Sept. 1 deadline for providing schools funding for wireless and internet upgrades as part of the E-rate program.
Information Today August 11, 2015	Leadership Directories' QuickConnect Is Now Available on Salesforce's AppExchange QuickConnect helps businesses connect with federal, state, and local government executives who make decisions about procurement, logistics, regulations, staffing, and technology.
National Defense September 2015 Graham Kilmer	Cuba Ties Seen as Advantageous to U.S. Security Increased cooperation between the United States and Cuba should be a boost for U.S. national security, according to a recent report.
National Defense September 2015 Taylor Feuss	Report: U.S. Vulnerable to Biological Attack "We're going to see the use of biological weapons eventually," said former intelligence officer Asha George, co-director of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense.
National Defense September 2015 Taylor Feuss	Bell-Boeing Cinches V-22 Contract with Japan The U.S. Navy awarded Bell-Boeing, a joint venture between Bell Helicopter and Boeing, a contract to deliver five V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to Japan by 2018, the company announced in July.
National Defense September 2015 Graham Kilmer	Consulting Firm Develops Crisis Simulator Former employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have developed a platform for first responders to practice handling the glut of data that accompanies a catastrophe.
National Defense September 2015 Taylor Feuss	IBM Watson Applied to Intelligence Problems IBM's cognitive computer system, Watson, which once beat Jeopardy's top human players, can assist in situations specific to defense and intelligence communities, product officials said.
National Defense September 2015 Kopp & Bhatia	U.S. Cracking Down on Defense Industry Corruption Overseas The race for international sales during the past few years has been followed by a wave of government investigations into defense companies for both major and relatively minor violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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