Note that the original article is from ProPublica and the original headline was:...

Note that the original article is from ProPublica and the original headline was:

"Government Standards Agency “Strongly” Suggests Dropping its Own Encryption Standard"

Ars Technica, however, changed it and added in "NSA-influenced algorithm" because, you know, clicks.

arthulia on Sept 14, 2013 [–]

It is also somewhat more informative about why they might possibly want people to drop it.