President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to declare a national emergency to help address the threat posed by the country’s dependence on critical minerals from foreign adversaries to U.S. national security, economy and foreign policy. The secretary of the State Department should hand over to the executive branch a report to establish resilient critical mineral supply chains,
Read More »SBA Awards Consult DSA $5.5M Contract to Report Emergency Effects of COVID-19
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded a $5.5 million contract to Consult DSA, a woman-owned small business based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, to implement improvements amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency reported on Friday. The contract is set to run for a base of 12 months, with four one-year add-on options.
Read More »New Executive Order Seeks to Protect US Bulk-Power System From Foreign Adversaries
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order declaring a national emergency to address cyber threats and other risks posed by foreign adversaries to the U.S. bulk-power system. The order will prohibit the acquisition and installation of bulk-power system electric equipment designed, developed or supplied by foreign adversaries.
Read More »Trump Issues Extension of National Emergency Against Foreign Election Threats
President Trump extended a national emergency regarding foreign threats to the upcoming 2020 U.S. elections, The Hill reported Tuesday. He issued a memo to Congress noting the potential for foreign entities to threaten U.S. national security and policy.
Read More »Pentagon to Free Up $3.6B to Support 11 Border Barrier Construction Projects; Jonathan Hoffman Quoted
Jonathan Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, said the Department of Defense has identified 127 domestic and overseas military construction projects that could be postponed to free up $3.6B in funds to support barrier projects at the southern U.S. border, DoD reported Wednesday.
Read More »DHS Warns of Data Security Risk Associated With Chinese-Made Drones
The Department of Homeland Security issued an alert saying Chinese-built drones may be transmitting to manufacturers sensitive flight information that could be accessed by the Chinese government, CNN reported Monday. The drones "contain components that can compromise your data and share your information on a server accessed beyond the company itself,” the DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in the alert obtained by CNN.
Read More »Trump Inks Executive Order on ICT Supply Chain Security
President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday declaring a national emergency to address threats posed by foreign adversaries to the country's information and communications technology and services. The EO prohibits transactions involving ICT and related services that pose national security risks and threats to the security and resiliency of the U.S. critical infrastructure and digital economy, the White House said Wednesday.
Read More »Trump May Opt for Emergency Declaration to Fund Border Wall
President Donald Trump has said he may pursue a national emergency to fund the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border should negotiations over spending fail, Federal Times reported Wednesday. “I think we might work a deal and if we don’t, I may go that route. I have the absolute right to do national emergency if I want,” he told reporters Wednesday at the White House.
Read More »President Obama Extends National Emergency on Foreign Cyber Threat Actors
President Barack Obama has released a notice to extend for another year the national emergency he declared in April 2015 through an executive order to address the rising incidents of cyber attacks launched by threat actors overseas. “These significant malicious cyber-enabled activities continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat …
Read More »Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley: Army Reserve Needs Sufficient Resources to Address Unexpected Contingencies
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, chief of the U.S. Army Reserve, has said his organization is in need of sufficient training resources in order to maintain readiness as well as respond to unanticipated contingencies, DoD News reported Wednesday. Lisa Ferdinando writes Talley joined other National Guard and Reserve chiefs at a Senate Appropriations …
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