NICHE DREAM JOB ALERT!
The General Services Administration (which houses
18F, Login.gov, Cloud.gov, and many more fascinating technology things) is hiring a senior executive counsel to oversee technology law across the agency:
Nerds taking over the government
To celebrate the DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act of 2019, a friend put together a list of bills with recursive acronyms:
GSE Subsidy Elimination Act
OIRA Insight, Reform, and Accountability Act
TAA for Automation Act
GAO Access and Oversight Act
DEA Enforcement and Authority Act
GPS Protection & Safety Act
MRSA Research and Study Act
FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act
FDA Device Accountability Act
EPA Pays Act
Macron's proposal for French government ethics reform sounds pretty outstanding: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/world/europe/france-emmanuel-macron-ethics-reform.html
Did you know? Clouds are formed from the evaporated tears of many thousands of network and systems admins https://mastodon.social/media/g3ikKTz9Hp6ID-BJrJE
We're looking for a new Comms Director! 😀 Know anyone who is qualified and wants to help tell the world about Tor? 🤓 Please help us spread the word. 👍
Politics
Congratulations to Macron on your victory! https://mastodon.cloud/media/XAfxZyPKsZlSpTygGXU
Before you even think about bashing FF8 realize that it represents the pinnacle of weapons technology for the entire series
https://mastodon.social/media/kxDvzCUpKooKdoZCyQ4
(it's a leadership candidate development program for federal government people) https://ourpublicservice.org/issues/leadership-development/excellence-in-government-fellows-program.php
what you're all doing is so powerful https://www.wired.com/2017/04/130000-year-old-mastodon-threatens-upend-human-history/
Good points from @alex_gaynor on why forward secrecy is the most important property for secure communications: https://alexgaynor.net/2017/apr/26/forward-secrecy-is-the-most-important-thing/
Currently: White House Office of Management and Budget, tech and cybersecurity policy.
Formerly: 18F at GSA, Chrome Security, TechCongress in the Senate, and the Sunlight Foundation.