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- Brock is the former Executive Editor at Atlantic Media Strategies and former Chief Washington Correspondent for MSNBC; he is the founder/creator/editor of CyberWire Dispatch, the Net's pioneering online journalistic news service. Previously he was the Director of Communications for the Center for Democracy & Technology, a non-profit, Washington, D.C.-based public interest group working to keep the Internet open, innovative, and free. The views expressed here are his alone and do not reflect the opinions, attitudes, or policy positions of his employer(s), past or present.
![So you’re a free spirit kind of person, eh? Don’t want to be using any device forced on you by “the man,” and so you’ll take any and every chance […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/device-small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Trifecta of BYOD Concerns")
![A group of veterans describes their experiences in transitioning from active military service to the Cisco workplace. Some of the nation’s top business leaders are joining The First Lady to […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/8432916526_5d31f6c42f_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Combat Fatigues to Cyber Networks: Veterans for Hire")
![A government proposal to turn the entire Internet–its apps, services and software–into one giant, easy-to-access wiretap port drew withering fire in a report released today from a renowned group of […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/iStock_000016066249small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Experts: FBI Dream of Wiretap Ready Interent Flawed")
![Apparently some shabby bookkeeping and sloppy routine filing by the Center for Copyright Information (CCI) has resulted in its right to do business revoked, according to a story in TorrentFreak. […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1073857136_4010a2f961_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Copyright Watchdog Caught With Pants Down")
![WTF is a “MOOC“? It’s a Massively Open Online Course developed by a college or university. MOOC’s are revolutionizing college education. The courses put a college education within reach of […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photodune-3406263-businessman-pressing-social-media-icon-m.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Behind Scenes Look at an MOOC"){kind=icon}
![This is the story of my first “Story by Disney,” which is a new storytelling app the company just released today in Apple’s App store. The idea is deceptively simple: […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/story.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Story of My First ‘Story’")
![Can you really make money writing a blog? I don’t know. Never tried. The selfish philosopher rages. But we’ll see. This pristine site will soon start carrying ads; I may […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photodune-549338-investment-charts-m.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Incredible Blightness of Blogging")
![Behind every boring, data laden clump of numbers are hundreds, thousands of interesting stories. You want numbers to matter to your reader then it’s up to you to forge that […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photodune-4187216-idea-m.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Four Building Blocks of Data-Driven Storytelling")
![A bold proposal from the FBI would mandate that popular Internet products like Facebook or Twitter build in secret surveillance back doors that only the Feds have access too. More […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SPI0092642_Veer.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Feds Float Idea of Internet ‘Wiretap Tax’")
![Big news powering the current ECPA reform push being headed by my former CDT colleagues. First out of the gate, the Senate Judiciary Committee‘s historic move in passing (on a […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ComeBackWithAWarrant.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "ECPA Reform Gets a Two-Fer")