A bipartisan group of senators last Thursday introduced a bill that would require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a federally-funded Cybersecurity State Coordinator program, providing an official in every state to work across all levels of government and other organization to help ...

The Navy deserves a larger cut of the annual budget to ensure it is prepared for its role in a future conflict with peer adversaries, but must make tough choices and coordinate both Navy and Marine Corps assets to successfully make that case to Congress, a House Armed Services Committee member and ...

Grappling with various concerns over the accuracy, use and accelerating rollout of facial recognition technology, Democratic and Republican leaders on a House committee plan to introduce legislation soon related to the technology. The forthcoming bill that Democrats are working on will be � ...

Maine Senators Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) are “deeply concerned” with reports the Defense Department may reduce planned ship procurement in the fiscal year 2021 budget request, according to a recent letter. “We write to express our strong support for a 355-ship Navy and to urge ...

Lawmakers who sit on the recently formed Cyberspace Solarium Commission hope that a new report to be released early this year will provide ample guidance to prompt the U.S. government to shape up its cybersecurity game and push both the public and private sector to become more agile and responsive ...

The Senate passed H.R. 1158, a minibus appropriations bill providing funds to the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, among others, by a vote of 81-11 Dec. 19. Lawmakers voting “no” included Republican Sens. Mike Braun (Ind.), Ted Cruz (Texas), Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Mike Lee (Utah); ...