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1 month ago | 
kuow.org | Libby Denkmann |Lauren Williams
There is a lot going on in D.C. right now, and elected officials are working overtime to negotiate ahead of a looming government shutdown deadline. As the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee and the senior senator from Washington state, Senator Patty Murray is leading the charge on funding negotiations. At the same time, budget talks are happening about how much the federal government will spend and on what priorities.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Lauren Williams |Shan Li |Omar Abdel-Baqui |Meridith McGraw
Quotes of the Day:"Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace." – Mike Ditka"Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility."– Robin Morgan"No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny."– Hannah Arendt1. The Inaugural Address January 20, 20252.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Lauren Williams |Constant Méheut |Emily Baker-White |Iain Martin
Quotes of the Day:“Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward.” - Oscar Wilde“Before you argue with someone, ask yourself, is that person, even mentally mature enough to grasp the concept of different perspective?
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Angela Giancarlo |Justin Herring |Adam Hickey |Timothy J. Keeler |Stephen Lilley |Marcia G. Madsen | +2 more
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a good time to highlight one trend in federal efforts to address cyber risk: proscriptive regulation of the information and communications technology and services (“ICTS”) supply chain. Supply chain risk management is a broad field encompassing, among other things, federal efforts to improve software security, and proposals to revise the FAR to standardize cybersecurity and incident reporting requirements for US government contractors.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
nextgov.com | Lauren Williams
Electronic warfare’s role in Russia’s war on Ukraine has pushed the U.S. Army to tweak its modernization plans to keep pace with the ongoing threats, the leader of Army Futures Command said Monday. “We’ve got a moral responsibility to learn from this horrific war—to include the one they just started 72 hours ago—and I take that very seriously,” Gen.
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Oct 3, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Howard W. Waltzman |Veronica Glick |Lauren Williams |Sasha Keck
Recently, world leaders and key stakeholders gathered for the
78th session of the United Nations General Assembly
("UNGA") to discuss global challenges with the goal of
furthering peace, security, and sustainable development. A key
topic of discussion was the "digital revolution,"
focusing on the opportunities and challenges presented by
artificial intelligence ("AI"), as well as the continued
importance of strengthening global cybersecurity.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
nextgov.com | Lauren Williams
The Pentagon’s lead military intelligence agency has been relying on public and commercially available information to keep tabs on Russia’s movements in Ukraine. The Defense Intelligence Agency recently invited a small cadre of reporters to view recovered remnants of unmanned aerial vehicles made in Iran and used by Russia in its war on Ukraine, noting that open-source intelligence has played “an outsized” and “critical” role.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
govexec.com | Lauren Williams
It’s time to get serious about data—how it’s collected, curated, and capitalized upon by humans and machines—lest the country lose its intelligence edge, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says in its new three-year data strategy. “To date, we have not significantly prioritized data as a strategic and operational [intelligence community] asset.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
govexec.com | Lauren Williams
The controversial law used to digitally spy on foreigners in other countries is widely misunderstood, according to lawmakers and others who want to re-up the expiring legislation. The problem, they say, is that the information that could convince skeptics is largely classified. “We desperately need to get 702 reauthorized,” Sen. Mark Warner, who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said Wednesday during the confirmation hearing for the next head of the National Security Agency.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
capitalbnews.org | Lauren Williams
We began in 2022 with a commitment to equip Black communities with trustworthy, meaningful journalism. We’re relatively new, but the idea behind Capital B is not. Our roots go deep. Freedom’s Journal, the first Black newspaper in the country, began publishing in New York City in 1827.
