Cameron Dixon

@notgov.org

Infrastructure as a (public) service. Fighting errorism with sapphire bullets of pure love. Not actually Sir Humphrey. I write my own emails.

Here’s a thought for Rep. Stefanik—the U.S. would do well to first hire and retain (and rehire) all the technologists who already want to serve their country before thinking about a new service academy. Many such pathways to serve already existed and were entirely destroyed by DOGE. wapo.st/45dVoxX

Opinion | Cyber warfare has arrived. Here’s the United States’ best defense.

The U.S. must establish a national institution to train the next generation of digital defenders.

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New from Jen Easterly and me: as threats to our critical infrastructure increase, U.S. policymakers need to defend + strengthen the role of security research. This is personal for me, having received legal threats for good-faith security research. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/adva...

Advancing Secure by Design through Security Research

It is essential for U.S. policymakers to actively protect and promote the role of security research within an open and transparent ecosystem.

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The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites. Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.

I’m heartsick thinking about the destruction of 18F. The lights of my own public service turned on when I learned about them in 2014. I’ve worked among them and learned from them, and the American public lost orders of magnitude more than whatever small amount won’t be expended on work left undone.

A laptop with several stickers including a black square one that says “18F” in white letters