Germany’s new defense minister is set to decide whether to authorize the delivery of Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine in support of the latter’s fight against Russian invasion, Reuters reported Tuesday.

Boris Pistorius succeeds Christine Lambrecht as Germany’s defense secretary and is expected to host U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a two-time Wash100 awardee, on Thursday ahead of a meeting of Western allies on Friday at a U.S. airbase in Germany.

Berlin has expressed concerns that approving tanks for Ukraine could be looked at as an escalation of the conflict, according to the report.

“All of this currently relies on the German government’s decisions – not only whether the Germans will supply their own Leopards, but whether or not they’ll give permissions to others. I would urge my German colleagues to do that,” said Ben Wallace, U.K. defense secretary.

Finland and Poland have said they would send battle tanks to Ukraine once Germany grants its approval.

DOD News reported the U.S. has agreed to send Bradley fighting vehicles to Ukraine and Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said the country respects the decisions of NATO and other allies with regard to security assistance to the Eastern European country.

“We’re absolutely supportive of any type of defense capabilities that our international allies and partners can provide to Ukraine to include tanks,” Ryder said.

The U.S. Army has transitioned more than 180,000 personnel to Google Workspace, a suite of productivity and collaboration tools for email, chat and storage functions, C4ISRNET reported Saturday.

The transition comes less than a year after Google secured Impact Level 4 authorization from the Department of Defense for the multi-cloud collaboration toolkit, enabling it to handle controlled unclassified information for federal government clients.

Gabe Camarillo, undersecretary of the Army, said Google Workspace has been working as intended and there have been no glitches or compatibility issues reported since the platform’s deployment.

Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer previously disclosed that the Army had been conducting early testing of Google Workspace as an alternate email option for troops who may have lost access to official email accounts amid the Army 365 system transition.

Google Workspace is currently used by the Defense Innovation Unit and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and other federal government organizations.

President Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass a bipartisan measure that would hold Big Tech companies accountable as part of efforts to protect privacy, competition and children.

Biden wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal that his administration has embraced three reform principles and one is the need to advance federal measures to protect the privacy of U.S. citizens.

“That means clear limits on how companies can collect, use and share highly personal data – your internet history, your personal communications, your location, and your health, genetic and biometric data,” he said.

He urged Congress to restrict targeted advertising and ban it for children.

The chief executive called on lawmakers to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in order for Big Tech companies to take responsibility for the content they post online as well as promote transparency about the algorithms used by such companies to help address discrimination.

Biden also highlighted the need to further advance competition in the tech sector.

“My vision for our economy is one in which everyone—small and midsized businesses, mom-and-pop shops, entrepreneurs—can compete on a level playing field with the biggest companies. To realize that vision, and to make sure American tech keeps leading the world in cutting-edge innovation, we need fairer rules of the road,” he noted.

Additionally, the President encouraged Republicans and Democrats in Congress to unite and find common ground in safeguarding privacy, children and competition.

“There will be many policy issues we disagree on in the new Congress, but bipartisan proposals to protect our privacy and our children; to prevent discrimination, sexual exploitation, and cyberstalking; and to tackle anticompetitive conduct shouldn’t separate us. Let’s unite behind our shared values and show the nation we can work together to get the job done,” Biden added.