Despite the relative calm following the storm that was the House and Senate Armed Services Committee hearings on the closing of the Joint Forces Command last week, the skirmish over JFCOM continues
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White House National Security Adviser James L. Jones will resign, NBC News reports. He will be replaced by Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon. President Barack Obama is expected to make a
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In the post-9/11 world, government agencies in charge of national security information have learned how to share data. But now the government’s top official in charge of efforts to increase sharing efficiency
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The news recently about relationships and cooperation between federal agencies sounds like it could have been taken from a kindergarten report card: Government agencies need to learn how to work well with
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They come from a variety of backgrounds: from the centers of power in Washington to the crucible of the battlefield, from Capitol Hill to the U.S. military. And now they have been
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Improving local government, economics and education are key steps to combating terrorism along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, said Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a speech at
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Cyber warfare will likely be a battlefield weapon in future conflicts, William J. Lynn III, deputy defense secretary, said at the Council on Foreign Relations last week. “Any major future conflict will
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Small businesses have borne the brunt of the recession, and the Department of Homeland Security hopes they won’t bear the worst in the event of a national disaster. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano
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In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday, the Defense Department’s acquisitions chief Ashton Carter sketched out the details of his plan to restructure acquisitions, including increasing competition on contract bids.
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At a House Armed Services Committee hearing yesterday, not only did representatives come out swinging against the proposed closing of the Joint Forces Command — one of the topics up for discussion
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