A new security memo from the White House on Artificial Intelligence, the first ever released, will galvanize the federal government in its AI National Security mission, officials said. The... Read More »
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS) successfully completed tests of several autonomous and networked systems during Autonomous Warrior 24, a three-week series of maritime experiments and exercises, in Australia. "AUKUS partners have long histories of working together on... Read More »
The U.S. Army has awarded RTX’s Raytheon a $676 million contract to continue manufacturing the TOW weapon system. The tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided TOW system will be in service with the U.S. and allied forces beyond 2050, officials said. The contracts cover two separate... Read More »
Members of Congress proposed a bipartisan bill Oct. 22 that aims to strengthen law enforcement operations and collaboration at America’s southern border. “For the safety of our communities, we have to restore the rule of law and secure our borders, and DHS [Department of Homeland Security]... Read More »
On Monday, Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security requested a hearing from intelligence agencies about the cyberattack by Salt Typhoon on ISPs like AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies. U.S. Reps. Mark Greene (R-TN), Andrew Garbarina (R-NY), and Laurel Lee (R-FL)... Read More »
American consulting firm McKinsey & Company is working for the Chinese military and Chinese Communist Party, according to the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Committee Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently shared... Read More »
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators led by Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) recently asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take action on the nation’s intravenous fluid shortage. In an Oct. 11 letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the senators urged the department to address... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that Raytheon Company, a subsidiary of RTX, will pay more than $950 million as a result of an investigation into a major government fraud scheme. According to the DOJ, Raytheon will pay the fine and enter into a three-year deferred... Read More »
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor, urging the agencies to release the maximum number of Congressionally-authorized H-2B visas for fiscal year 2025. The H-2B Temporary … Read More
Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation recently sent a letter to the heads of the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), urging the ATF to increase its work to mitigate the influx of … Read More
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) said on Oct. 23 it awarded 19 research teams from Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) $1.78 million in Summer Research Team Program funding for homeland security-related research. Awardees include Hispanic … Read More
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently approved the first group of Small Business Investment Company Licensees and Green Light Approved investment funds under the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology (SBICCT) Initiative. The … Read More
The Justice Department recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement an executive order President Joe Biden issued in February. The order, Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of … Read More
The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security on Oct. 17 released an assessment, detailing recent instances of Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-related espionage in the United States as well as acts of transnational repression. The assessment, China Threat Snapshot, also documents … Read More
A bipartisan bill under consideration in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee would improve visa processing by reducing the need to mail physical copies of documents that are already submitted electronically, easing the burden on applicants and saving the U.S. State … Read More
A DNA project lawfully owed by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has helped law enforcement collect 3,000 DNA profiles of serious criminal offenders over the past five years and logged them into the national Combined DNA Index System. The … Read More
