A report issued today by the National Intelligence Council and the European Union’s Institute for Security Studies turns its focus toward global governance–the collective management of international problems–and reaches some sobering conclusions. “The growing number of issues on the international agenda, and their complexity, is outpacing the ability of international organizations and national governments to [...]
When the annual NATO summit gets underway in November, along with discussions of strategy and success in Afghanistan, the military alliance of Western democracies will also explore ways to revitalize the organization itself. “We have a whole series of reform proposals looking at command structure, NATO agencies and institutions, NATO committees and NATO financial reform,” [...]
In an opportunity for small-business owners, this month’s rates for both 20-year and 10-year Small Business Administration’s 504 loans are at their lowest levels since the program began. The program has nominated a number of Certified Development Companies to help finance 680 small businesses with the loans in September alone. The loans have been used [...]
As part of ongoing efforts to increase transparency in the federal bureaucracy, President Barack Obama’s chief performance officer announced a new website, performance.gov, will be available to the public later this fall. In a Sept. 14 memo to the Senior Executive Service – the top executives of the federal civilian workforce – Jeffrey Zients, who [...]
The Washington, D.C., metropolitan areas is one of the best-performing during the post-recession era, according to MetroMonitor, a quarterly report by Brookings Institute’s Metropolitan Policy Program. By the second quarter of 2010, Washington was one of the 10 best overall cities nationwide in terms of improvements in employment, gross metropolitan area product, and housing prices [...]
After last year’s cyber policy review, the government is making moves to protect U.S. networks against hackers and other threats, but critics say there is still a long way to go. Although President Barack Obama deemed cybersecurity a national priority last year, some government agencies have struggled to quickly deploy protections. For example, the Department [...]
The U.S. Navy is pouring funds into environmentally friendly algae fuel to be used on board its ships and aircraft. The biofuel’s producer, Solazyme, just signed its third contract with the military to provide the algae-based biofuel – 150,000 gallons by 2011. The company has already delivered 20,000 gallons to the Navy. Solazyme will also [...]
The Federal Trade Commission recently testified before a U.S. House of Representative subcommittee about its measures to keep consumers protected against monopolies in a quickly-developing technology market. “Some have argued that there should be different rules for markets characterized by rapid technological development, but Congress drafted the antitrust laws in general terms to accommodate changing [...]
Powerwave Technologies Vice President of Government Solutions Jake MacLeod will present during the Homeland Security for Networked Industries 2010 expo, held Sept. 20-21 in Washington, D.C. MacLeod will speak during a session titled “The Emergence Management Lifecycle: From Disaster Preparedness to Emergency Response and Rebuilding.” He will lend his experience from his work rebuilding the [...]
Boeing has signed an $89 million deal with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop an unmanned solar-powered aircraft. The SolarEagle is being created under the auspices of the Vulture II demonstration program and will have its first flight in 2014. “SolarEagle is a uniquely configured, large unmanned aircraft designed to eventually remain [...]