The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management has secured $3.5 million in Energy Department funds to help develop tools for the cybersecurity of U.S. electric power grids and oil and natural
MoreU.S. Army Secretary John McHugh believes the service should put force readiness as its top priority amid current challenges in the budget and threat environments, Defense News reported Wednesday. Michelle Tan writes that McHugh indicated
MoreRobert Gates, a former U.S. defense secretary, has told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he believes Congress should not rely on war funds to circumvent defense spending limits for fiscal 2016, The Hill
MoreFBI Director James Comey has told the House Committee on Homeland Security about the bureauâs efforts to counter terrorism and cyber threats as well as improve intelligence gathering. Comey said in a
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Senate counterpart Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plan to hold congressional hearings to re-examine a 1986 law that established the U.S. military’s current command structure, Defense News reported
MoreThe Senate started to discuss the CyÂberÂthreat InÂformÂaÂtion SharÂing Act Tuesday and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he expects to put the bipartisan bill to a vote early next week, Fedscoop reported Tuesday. Shaun Waterman writes
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President Barack Obama is set to nominate Lisa Fairfax, a law professor at George Washington University, as a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the White House said Tuesday. The White House
MoreMartin Keller, formerly associate laboratory director for energy and environmental sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has joined the Alliance for Sustainable Energy as president and director of the National Renewable Energy
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House and Senate leaders want to put budget negotiations on hold until Congress approves an increase in the U.S. debt limit, Roll Call reported Tuesday. Niels Lesniewski writes Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
MoreA Center for a New American Security report indicates emerging powers of potential global adversaries could undermine the U.S. Navy‘s aviation programs and their focus on short-range capabilities, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney
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