A series of recent cyber hacks and attacks impacting networks and industrial control systems have strengthened the resolve of Congress to make policy changes that the legislators generally have been reluctant to make previously, a Democratic staffer for the House Homeland Security Committee said on ...

The Democratic and Republican leadership of a Senate homeland security committee are asking key federal cyber security officials about the extent of compromises to federal networks arising from recently disclosed cyber hacks committed through commercial software products as well as about existing ...

Progressive lawmakers Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced a bill Friday to stop development of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program and redirect the funds toward developing a universal coronavirus vaccine and other disease research. The Investing in ...

The Senate confirmed David Turk to be deputy secretary of energy on Tuesday, voting 98-2 to install the former Obama official and Biden staffer as the Department of Energy’s No. 2. Only Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) voted no. Turk was most recently deputy executive director of ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Wednesday voted 13-13, along party lines, on the nomination of Colin Kahl for the Pentagon’s top policy job, the latest contentious step in his confirmation process.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will now have to make a motion to ...

Nuclear weapons are one of a trilogy of high-spend programs likely to affect defense spending decisions for years, the chair of a House Appropriations panel said Tuesday in an online hearing. “Cyber security, nuclear modernization and overseas contingency operations funding sound like they’re ...