President Obama formed <i>The President's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity</i> on April 13, 2016 to develop a plan for protecting cyberspace and America's economic reliance upon it. The commission's final report was released in December 2016. The report examined the state of cybersecurity today, looked ahead to the challenges in the future, and made recommendations to the incoming Trump administration and future administrations on ways the military, government, and private sector should enhance cybersecurity. - Summary by TriciaG
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TriciaG wrote: ↑May 9th, 2020, 5:46 am
Claims entered! Moving this to Readers Wanted before it's totally claimed in the Launch Pad. LOL!
I just wonder how many of these action items actually became reality.....
Considering the report was released in December 2016, one month before a change in presidents? VERY hard to say.
Yeah, well consider who the new administration is, I could make a guess.....: roll:
Quick question: What do you prefer to have for the intro and outro on Section 00?
I always found "Section zero" a little odd and usually substitute "Preface" or "Introduction" as the case may be. Here it is a bit different. I recorded it several ways, so maybe one of them will be right, but thought I'd ask before submitting.
This would be my first read of text including footnotes. Any guidance on reading these - i.e. after the sentence referencing or not at all? I have seen some pretty complicated URL's that would be strange to read but I'm happy to do so.
silverquill wrote: ↑May 9th, 2020, 10:36 pm
Quick question: What do you prefer to have for the intro and outro on Section 00?
I always found "Section zero" a little odd and usually substitute "Preface" or "Introduction" as the case may be. Here it is a bit different. I recorded it several ways, so maybe one of them will be right, but thought I'd ask before submitting.
I'm happy if you say something like "Introductory material of..." or "Prefatory material of..." Did you record it that way?
jdgibson wrote: ↑May 10th, 2020, 3:28 am
May I claim sections 8, 9, and 10 please?
This would be my first read of text including footnotes. Any guidance on reading these - i.e. after the sentence referencing or not at all? I have seen some pretty complicated URL's that would be strange to read but I'm happy to do so.
8-10 are yours!
Skip the footnotes altogether, please. I didn't see any that were "interesting" or added to the material; they were all just references.