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This week on Fed Access, host Derrick Dortch talks with Dr. Shawn Joseph, director of the Urban Superintendents Academy at Howard University and Dr. Matthew Daniels, founder of Good of All and chair of Law & Human Rights and founder of the Center for Human Rights and International Affairs at The Institute of World Politics.

They will discuss the importance of using Dr. Martin Luther King’s principles of nonviolence as an antidote to violence around the world.

This curriculum is developed to fight violent extremism that caused the recent deadly mass shooting in Buffalo  New York and the murders of  49 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Dortch also discusses with his guests the McGraw-Hill-funded scholarship program that focuses on developing leaders who will teach the MLK curriculum in various communities.

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This week on Fed Access, Savannah Fellows, Daniel Brown and Rhiannon Thomas, counterterrorism intelligence analysts on the NORTHCOM Team at The Counterterrorism Group , join host Derrick Dortch to discuss terror threats in the US.

They will talk about threats against the FBI, federal agents and the IRS, the increase in hate crimes around the country, and the group’s recent Flash Alert on the high risk of violence with the publication of “The Hard Reset: A Terrorgram Publication.

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This week on Fed Access, host Derrick Dortch talks to Stacey Casas and Savannah Fellows, counterterrorism intelligence analysts at The Counterterrorism Group (CTG).

The CTG covers North America and South America, and Casas and Fellows will discuss terrorism threats throughout the western hemisphere including in the United States.

They will talk specifically about the Patriot Front, threats against law enforcement in the U.S., the increased threat environment because of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, and recent mass shootings across the country.

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This week on Fed Access, host Derrick Dortch talks to Stew Magnuson, editor in chief of National Defense Magazine about developments in the U.S. Special Operations Command and topics discussed at the recent 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC).

Magnuson talks about the future of the command and its technology priorities as is refocuses its attention on military operations in China and the Indo-Pacific region.

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This week on Fed Access, host Derrick Dortch spoke with Marina Tovar, counterintelligence and cyber team lead at the Counterterrorism Group.

Tovar discussed how cyber warfare is being used in the war in Ukraine, the spillover effects of cyber warfare, and the rise in ransomware attacks around the world.

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This week on Fed Access, host Derrick Dortch speaks with Becca Stewart, an intelligence analyst and special teams manager at The Counterterrorism Group about the Terrorism Outlook for 2022.

Stewart gives her take on the situation with Ukraine and Russia, the prominence of Islamist terrorism within Africa, the rise of incel extremism, and the continuation of COVID-related violence and the links between anti-vaxxers and the far right.

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This week on Fed Access, host Derrick T. Dortch moderates a wide ranging discussion on the importance of teaching Dr. Martin Luther King’s principles of nonviolence to students in the U.S., and institutionalizing a MLK curricula into schools.

Joining Dortch in the conversation will be  the co-authors of the MLK curricula: Matt Daniels, founder of Good of All, Anthony Jones, vice president of Enrollment Management at Bethune Cookman University and Vern Howard, chairman of the MLK Colorado holiday commission.

Show Topic: Teaching Dr. Martin Luther King’s Principles of Nonviolence – Institutionalizing a Curricula in the U.S. Education System

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This week on Fed Access, host Derrick Dortch interviewed Jon Harper, managing editor of National Defense Magazine on the Defense Department’s space efforts, with Space Command and Space Force, and new developments being announced at the 36th Space Symposium.

Harper also discussed new developments with robotics being implemented by the military.

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This week on Fed Access, Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joined host Derrick Dortch to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the clearance jobs market, including the ability of some cleared professionals to work remotely from home.

According to Lesser,  67% of employers in a recent survey said they currently have a telework option for some cleared workers and 82% said they are going to continue to allow some employees to telework even after the pandemic is over.

Lesser also gives an update on the progress the federal government is making in speeding up the security clearance process. The processing times decreased for four straight quarters but he said they rose slightly during the pandemic. Currently it takes about 136 days for a job seeker to get a top secret security clearance and 132 days for secret clearances. Lesser said the increased processing times are due in part to delayed  investigations of potential workers, and the inability to do face-to-face interviews with job applicants.

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This week Fed Access, host Derrick Dortch talked to Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins about her organization, Women of Color Advancing Peace & Security (WCAPS) and the work they are doing to be a strong voice and network for women of color and individuals who support the organization’s mission, while encouraging dialogue and strategies for engaging in policy discussions on an international scale.

Jenkins is the founder and executive director of the organization and she discussed WCAPS working groups, pipelines, and projects focused on addressing a number of national security and international affairs issues.

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This week on Fed Access, Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss what the clearance jobs market will look like during President Joe Biden’s administration.

He also gives an update on the progress the federal government is making in speeding up the security clearance process. According to Lesser, the processing times have decreased for four straight fiscal quarters. Currently it takes about 136 days for a job seeker to get a top secret security clearance and 107 days for other clearances.

Lesser also talks about the Defense Department’s work-from-home initiatives post-pandemic, the jobs outlook for cleared professionals in 2021 and the ClearanceJobs.com employer survey results.

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This week on Fed Access, Camille Cosgrove, intelligence analyst for the Extremism Team at The Counterterrorism Group joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss domestic terrorism and the threat it presents to this week’s presidential inauguration.

Cosgrove explains what domestic terrorism is and what federal law enforcement officials can do to prevent future incidents like the one that occurred on January 6th, when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol and gained access to the US Senate floor and the offices of members of Congress.

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This week on Fed Access, Jon Harper, managing editor of National Defense Magazine, joined host Derrick Dortch to discuss President-elect Joe Biden’s defense spending plan, and what it means for the Defense Department.

Harper explained in detail the president-elect’s proposal and how it differs from President Donald Trump’s spending priorities.

He also discussed the challenges DoD faces during the presidential transition.

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This week on Fed Access, host Derrick Dortch spoke with Matthew Daniels, chair of Law and Human Rights at the Institute of World Politics, and Anthony Jones, associate provost & assistant vice president of Enrollment Management at Howard University.

They will discuss a new initiative they created to teach students about the life and life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The course is part of a broader education effort titled Good of All, which Daniels describes as a social change movement with a digital twist, to help the next generation of students find its own voice as “champions of Dr. King’s principles.”

He added that the course teaches students how to use social media to spread ideas to uplift society rather than tear it down.

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This week on Fed Access, Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss how the security clearance process is being impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

According to Lesser, many federal employees with security clearances are currently working from home due to the pandemic, and he says the federal managers he’s surveyed, believe teleworking has not been the national security disaster that many of them thought it would be.  In fact, he says he expects that even after a vaccine for Covid-19 is developed, national security officials may take another look at what work from home means for cleared professionals and how it can be more effective.

Lesser also said the job market continues to be good for workers with security clearances, especially those working in cybersecurity, software development, and systems engineering and hardware.

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