The Week That Will Be

Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)

• Mon, June 23 at 9 am: The Guantanamo Public Memory Project launches in the Rayburn House Office Building. The exhibit---curated by students from fifteen universities and hundreds of people who served, lived, and were held at the prison---features stories, images, and documents. There will be an evening reception featuring speakers such as Carol Rosenberg.

• Tues, June 24 at 10 am: The Brookings Institution hosts an event entitled The Future of Global Technology, Privacy, and Regulation with Brad Smith, the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Microsoft.

• Wed, June 25 at 10 am: The International Institute for Strategic Studies is holding a discussion on How the US is Perceived in the Cyber Domain by other Major Actors. The panel will discuss how China and Russia, for example, view Western policies on cybersecurity and cyber governance.

Employment Announcements (More details on the Job Board)

• The Army is looking for a Deputy General Counsel to work under the Secretary of the Army and the GC. The deadline to apply is July 3, 2014. A summary of duties is below:

Serves as counsel for the Department of the Army (DA) under direction of the Secretary of the Army (SA) and the General Counsel.   Personally and routinely advises the SA, USA, ASAs, and other HQDA principals. Represents the Army to DoD, DoJ, the Interagency, and Congress.  Provides strategic legal and policy advice to resolve DA's most complex issues in the areas of operations and personnel.  Acts for the SA to ensure legality/propriety of intelligence, counter-intelligence, and special operations. Oversees sensitive criminal investigations, to include acting on CID requests to use clandestine monitoring and DAIG investigations of GO/SES misconduct.   Legal advisor to the SA in his command of the DC National Guard.  Advises on the panoply of military and civilian personnel issues: recruitment, accessions (USMA, ROTC), mobilization, promotions, discipline, awards, retirement, leave, pay and allowances, and EO/EEO.  The expert on NSPS and management of the Defense Acquisition and Intelligence workforces.  Responsible for legal aspects of medical/health policy and casualty/mortuary, funeral honors, and friendly fire issues. Advises the SA on the organization/ authorities of the DA as an Executive Branch agency, to include Goldwater-Nichols, political transitions, and delegations of authority. Provides legal clearance on all legislative/ULB proposals and communications with Congress and the media.   Acts for the SA on FOIA and Privacy Act appeals.   Ensures DA interests are protected in litigation. Supervises 9 attorneys at the DISL/HQE/YA-03/COL level, and 1 paralegal. Performance is reviewed for senior leadership effectiveness and technical competence as measured by contributions to mission and client service.

• The Department of Justice is looking for a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for its National Security Division. The position is open until July 9, 2014. Here is a brief summary of duties:

The Deputy Assistant Attorney General performs all duties assigned or required to execute the AAG’s policy, programmatic, legal, and administrative agenda including but not limited to the following: Provides supervisory and management oversight of a staff of lawyers and non-lawyers that handle extremely sensitive matters of significance to NSD, including, but not limited to:  certain cybersecurity and counterintelligence-related matters; reviews of foreign acquisitions of domestic entities that might affect national security; tracking and monitoring of transactions that have been approved and identifying unreported transactions that might merit review; and responding to Federal Communication Commission (FCC) requests for the Department’s views relating to the national security implications of certain transactions relating to FCC licenses.

• The FBI's Office of General Counsel has attorney vacancies in two of its offices---the National Security Law Branch and the Litigation Branch. The application deadlines for the positions are tomorrow, June 24, 2014.