DorobekINSIDER has a shortened show today due to Nationals baseball, but here are some of our favorite interviews and stories from earlier this week that are worth taking a second look.

• Open data is not confined to the United States. The United Nation’s Paul Cheung told DorobekINSIDER how the UN is collecting statistical data from all over the world and compiling this information in one place, free of charge.
• We’ve all heard the saying, “doing more with less.” As the Defense Department proposes shifting $100 billion in the hopes of avoiding significant cuts, perhaps there are lessons to be learned from Great Britain, which is transitioning in a time of austere budgets. In an interview with DorobekINSIDER Tim Stevens, an associate of the Center for Science and Security Studies for Kings College in London, shares how the United States can take to heart the phrase: “Bigger, faster, cheaper.”
• Cyber criminals have stolen the identities of top officials around the world — including the head of Interpol. The hackers had created two Facebook accounts in the name of Ronald Noble, who heads the international police organization. A cyber hacking crackdown, called Operation Infra Red, led to the arrests of more than 130 criminals.
• Department of Homeland Security offices are supposed to protect Americans from potential threats. But did one DHS office in Pennsylvania go too far? The office hired a private firm to produce intelligence bulletins on activists opposed to natural gas drilling. David Silverberg, editor of Homeland Security Today, told DorobekINSIDER about some people’s concerns that the action put business interests ahead of monitoring real security threats.

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