As our colleagues at CRA’s Policy Blog have covered, Wired.com is out with an exclusive story this afternoon about Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Director Regina Dugan: Darpa director Regina Dugan will soon be stepping down from her position atop the Pentagon’s premiere research shop to take a job with Google. Dugan, whose controversial tenure at the agency lasted just under three years, was “offered and accepted at senior executive position” with the internet giant, according to Darpa spokesman Eric Mazzacone. She felt she couldn’t say no to such an “innovative company,” he adds.   Dugan’s emphasis on cybersecurity and next-generation manufacturing earned her strong support from the White House, winning her praise […]

The U.S. Department of State has unveiled the Tag Challenge, a “social gaming competition” in which participants will attempt to find five “suspects” as part of a simulated law enforcement search spanning five cities throughout North American and Europe on March 31st. The winning entrant — the first participant or team to successfully locate and photograph all five suspects — will receive a $5,000 cash prize. According to the contest website: Jewel thieves have stolen a prized diamond. Help find them. Win $5,000.   The infamous Panther Five has pulled an audacious new heist: they’ve stolen the world’s 3rd most expensive jewel, the Adly Diamond, from the Overholt Showroom in Washington, DC. […]