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*** A staff report from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform found that officials reversed the recommendations of a Customs and Border Protection Discipline and Review Board to fire or sanction dozens of employees for racist, sexist and derogatory social media posts on a private Facebook group called "I'm 10-15," a reference to a Border Patrol code for "aliens in custody." The report found that the board recommended 24 removals but only two employees were ultimately let go. The report also noted that awareness of the Facebook group on the part of top CBP officials dates back to 2016, and alleges that "longstanding and widespread poor morale at CBP [contributed] to a culture that allowed 'I'm 10-15' and other Facebook groups to flourish."

*** The Intelligence and National Security Alliance is looking for changes to the federal government's controlled, unclassified information (CUI) program to make it less complex, account for proprietary information and set up uniform implementation across agencies. "The explosion of CUI categories, overly complex protection [and] handling guidelines, and a lack of strong centralized management authority undermine the program's effectiveness," ISNA states in a new paper.