national security

Central Command awards a gigantic task order to help with a range of intelligence challenges

Not many task orders are worth nearly $1 billion. But the Defense Department’s Central Command just issued a big one to Peraton.

Contracts/Awards

White House makes fighting corruption a major focal point of national security policy

Federal Newscast

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks as Karen Gibson, the new Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, listens outside Schumer's office, Monday, March 22, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

New Senate sergeant at arms describes long-term security issues following Jan. 6

Congress

GAO

GAO worried foreign adversaries are getting their hands on NIH-funded discoveries

Agency Oversight

DoD potentially vulnerable to private military companies controlled by other nations

Defense

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

$715B defense budget takes flak from left and right

Defense

Biden makes cybersecurity ‘top priority’ in national security guidance

Cybersecurity

Agencies increasingly turning down FOIA requests

Open Data/Transparency

President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy, at the State Department, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden calls for agency ideas to win the race for national security talent

Workforce

Protecting US research from foreign adversaries

Workforce

Securing the inauguration from a continuity of government standpoint

People

Biden chooses veteran diplomat Burns as CIA director

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director

People

ODNI asks White House to undo ‘overcomplicated’ system for sensitive records

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has asked the White House to repeal an Obama-era executive order putting controlled unclassified information…

Agency Oversight

Current Army budget may make modernizing more difficult

Army

At 245 years old, the Army remains a fundamental unit of national security. But it must modernize to many changes and technology and in the world threat situation.