President Barack Obama yesterday offered a peek into the main themes of the new National Security Strategy as the 52-page document was released. “Our strategy starts by recognizing that our strength and influence abroad begins with the steps we take at home,” the president said. These steps were specified today in a press conference. James [...]

What do pop artist Lady Gaga, filmmaker James Cameron, CTO of HHS Todd Park and Deputy CTO of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Beth Noveck have in common? They all made FastCompany’s 100 Most Creative People in Business List for 2010. Coming in at No. 35 on the list, Beth Noveck has [...]

Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the U.S and Japan. The alliance was reconfirmed by the release of a joint statement of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates along with Japan’s Minister for [...]

In an interview with CNN’s John King, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates touched on a wide range of issues on areas such as the current U.S. relationship with Pakistan, the number of deployed troops in Afghanistan, the DoD budget predictions and his recent announced stance on the removal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Gates gave [...]

As cyberspace will change how the United States fights in the next 20 years, leaders at all levels need to understand the threats and help the military deal with them, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told graduates at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called [...]

Members of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force and their families have been targeted by a phishing attack that attempts to extract information linked to their credit union accounts. Symantec reports that a phishing site spoofing a credit union that provides financial services to service members is yet another example of online scams. [...]

Last week, Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates received a lifetime achievement award for his 40 years of public service in U.S. intelligence and national security. The defense secretary was honored again, as the recipient of the 2010 American Patriot Award given by the National Defense University Foundation. Gates will have to hold off [...]

President Barack Obama today released the National Security Strategy, a 52-page document that provides a framework for national security programs and policies for the present-day high-threat environment. John Brennan, assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism, commented, “This is the first national security strategy of any president that [...]

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III yesterday announced plans to expedite procurement of information systems in the department, starting with the establishment of a task force that will focus on speeding up the IT acquisition process during the U.S. Strategic Command Cyberspace Symposium. The task force will have experts from the DoD’s acquisition, technology [...]

Earlier this month, the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced it had awarded $220 million to 15 Beacon Communities across the nation to demonstrate a future where hospitals, clinicians and patients use health IT in different ways to strengthen healthcare delivery within their communities and achieve measurable improvements in healthcare quality, safety [...]