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The People Who Built America's Cyber Arsenal Say We're Losing. They're Probably Right.

John Z Black Mar 29, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #nsa #rsac #cyber-deterrence #doge #national-security #policy #paul-nakasone #whistleblower

Four former NSA directors told RSAC that America has failed to deter adversaries in cyberspace, and a federal whistleblower's thumb drive allegation shows what that failure looks like from the inside.

DOGE Sent a Lawyer With No Nuclear Experience to Run NRC Meetings. He Dismissed Safety Concerns.

John Z Black Mar 23, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #doge #nrc #nuclear-safety #governance #regulatory #policy

A 31-year-old DOGE-placed lawyer with zero nuclear background was chairing technical meetings at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and reportedly dismissing staff safety concerns -- at exactly the wrong moment.

DOGE Used ChatGPT to Kill $100 Million in Research Grants. Court Filings Describe the Process.

John Z Black Mar 22, 2026

AI Security #ai-governance #doge #chatgpt #government-ai #accountability #neh #ai-policy #rsac-2026

Court depositions describe DOGE staffers using ChatGPT to flag humanities grants as DEI and terminate them -- no domain experts, no review, just a chatbot and a spreadsheet deciding $100 million in funding.

CISA Is Running on Fumes While Threats Keep Piling Up

John Z Black Mar 16, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #cisa #doge #policy #government #workforce #cybersecurity #institutional-risk

A third of CISA's workforce is gone. The agency is operating at 38% capacity during a shutdown. And a DOGE whistleblower alleges someone walked out with Social Security data. This isn't a policy debate. It's a capacity crisis.

DOGE's Data Problem: Why America's Federal Privacy Crisis Is a Cybersecurity Story

John Z Black Mar 15, 2026

Privacy & Digital Rights #data-governance #privacy #federal-data #access-controls #doge #civil-liberties

DOGE personnel reportedly accessed federal systems holding tax returns, Social Security records, and benefits data without proper audit trails or legal authority. This isn't politics. It's a data governance failure affecting tens of millions of Americans.