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Cyber

Congressman, Industry, And NGOs Warn U.S. Cyber Proposals On Wassenaar Too Broad

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015

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Stakeholders have warned the United States its proposed export controls on digital intrusion and surveillance technology for the international Wassenaar Arrangement are much too broad.Legislators, industry officials, and open internet non-government organizations (NGO) warned the U.S. in July 20 comments for the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security proposed export controls. The Commerce Department issued a proposed rule on May 20 to govern the export of intrusion software. The category of software was added to the list of controlled…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]