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Suzanne Smalley

Suzanne joined CyberScoop from Inside Higher Ed, where she covered educational technology and from Yahoo News, where she worked as an investigative reporter. Prior to Yahoo News, Suzanne worked as a consultant to the economist Raj Chetty as he launched his Harvard-based research institute Opportunity Insights. Earlier in her career Suzanne covered the Boston Police Department for the Boston Globe and covered two presidential campaigns for Newsweek. She holds a masters in journalism from Northwestern and a BA from Georgetown. A Miami native, Suzanne lives in upper Northwest Washington with her family.

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Government

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Collective of anti-disinformation ‘Elves’ offer a bulwark against Russian propaganda

Technology

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Giving water sanitation inspectors cybersecurity oversight is a mistake, say industry groups, experts

Policy

Adam Hickey, deputy assistant attorney general in the National Security Division at the Department of Justice arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 26, 2017. (Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP via Getty Images)

DOJ now relies on paper for its most sensitive court documents, official says

Government

Nate Fick, the nominee to become the first U.S. ambassador at large for cyberspace and digital policy, seen here at a 2011 tech conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Fick is former cybersecurity CEO with connections in the tech sector as well as government circles. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

State Department needs more cyber policy muscle, says cyberspace ambassador nominee

Government

The U.S. Department of State is seen on Jan. 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Security experts urge Fick’s speedy confirmation as first U.S. cyber ambassador

Government

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 28, 2022. (Photo by PAVEL BYRKIN/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian national charged in sweeping influence operation to disrupt U.S. elections, sow discord

Government

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a speech by video conference at the start of a two-day International conference on reconstruction of Ukraine, in Lugano on July 4, 2022. (Photo by MICHAEL BUHOLZER/KEYSTONE/AFP via Getty Images)

CISA, Ukrainian cyber agency deepen partnership to combat Russian threat

Government

Matthew G. Olsen, nominee for Assistant Attorney General for National Security speaks at a hearing with the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. The committee met to discuss the Biden administration’s nominees for several positions within the intelligence community. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

DOJ national security division chief backs tech antitrust bill

Threats