Congress
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BudgetHASC Hears Case For Consolidating Innovation Under Single Senior Defense Official
In order to overtake the pace at which potential adversaries Russia and China are developing military technologies, the Defense Department needs to consolidate its innovation efforts under a single, very […]
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CongressMarine Aviation Chief: Readiness Improving But Slowly
The Marine Corps’ aviation chief said July 6 that his service’s well-publicized aviation readiness problems are improving but that progress is not fast enough and is endangered by another potential budget […]
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CongressHouse Leader’s Bill Would Focus DHS Efforts On Countering Violent Islamic Extremists
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last Friday introduced a bill that would create a new office within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) squarely focused on countering radical Islamist […]
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CongressEx-Congressman Urges More Defenses For U.S. Satellites
Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 2011 to 2015, said June 30 that the United States needs to better protect […]
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CongressHouse Republican Staff Report Warns Against Restrictions On Consumer Technology Encryption
Limiting encryption in everyday communications technologies like smartphones that can be used by terrorists to help evade detection could harm the competitive position globally of companies in the United States, […]
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CongressFAA Promotion And Oversight Of Commercial Space Industry Dominates House Hearing
Debate over the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation’s (AST) dual role of both promotion and oversight dominated House Transportation aviation subcommittee’s first hearing in seven years on commercial space. […]
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Air ForceAir Force Chief Nominee Suggests An About Face On Revealing B-21 Contract Award Value
The nominee to become the next chief of staff of the Air Force will toe the service line that releasing the contract award value of the B-21 strategic bomber would […]
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CongressHouse Subcommittee Approves Cyber, First Responder Bills
A House panel on Thursday unanimously approved three homeland security bills including one to improve cyber security risk information sharing with state and local fusion centers and another to make […]
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Air ForceAir Force Chief Nominee Gen. Goldfein: Nuclear Modernization Milestones Imminent
The nominee to become the next Air Force chief of staff announced imminent program milestone decisions for two of the service’s nuclear modernization programs during a confirmation before a Senate […]
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Business/FinancialDHS Clarifies That Liability Protections Apply To Private-To-Private Sharing Of Cyber Threats
Answering the call from the private sector for more clarification around liability protections for private entities to share cyber threat data with each other under a relatively new law, the […]