Tag: USA

Data is the Fuel of Digital Transformation, Officials Say (Patience Wait, Nextgov)

Harnessing the information hidden within the federal government’s truly vast stores of data is one of the biggest challenges in pursuing digital transformation. Panelists during...

5G is ‘Going Live’ at Tyndall Air Force Base (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

Nodes enabling Verizon’s 5G ultra wideband coverage are going live at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, Nextgov confirmed this week, marking a key step in...

China urges US to cancel tariffs, after Biden says he is not ready (Global Times)

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Thursday exhorted the US to cancel the tariffs it had imposed, citing the resultant benefits to consumers and...

Tariffs rupture US economy instead of weakening China (Global Times)

Even as US tariffs on imports from China backfire by inflicting much pain on the US economy, President Joe Biden, after one year in...

US is barking at the wrong tree by sanctioning China (Mei Xinyu, Global Times)

As the world enters 2022, China has repeatedly taken new steps to expand free trade, in contrast, the US chooses to impose trade sanctions,...

US, Europe present united front before Blinken-Lavrov talks (Al Jazeera)

The United States and its Western allies have insisted they will be united in responding strongly to any Russian incursion into Ukraine before talks...

Pentagon releases footage of deadly Kabul drone strike (Al Jazeera)

The Pentagon for the first time publicly released drone footage of a botched strike in Kabul that killed 10 members of a family, including seven children,...

Taking Action to Expose and Disrupt Russia’s Destabilization Campaign in Ukraine (US Department of State)

In advance of a potential further invasion of Ukraine, Russian intelligence services, mainly the Federal Security Service (FSB), a U.S. sanctioned entity, have been...

Why Biden’s Jerusalem consulate promise remains unfulfilled (Ali Harb, Al Jazeera)

The United States’s diplomatic presence in Jerusalem predates the establishment of the State of Israel by nearly a century, and an American consulate in...

Three steps to help defense innovation break free from its shackles (Jerry McGinn and Eric Lofgren, Defense News)

It seems like every year there is another commission, task force or board that studies the defense acquisition system. Fiscal 2022 continues the pattern...

At Project Convergence, Army’s new battle command system demonstrated expanded capability (Jen Judson, Defense News)

The U.S. Army originally intended for the Integrated Battle Command System, or IBCS, to serve as the brains of its air-and-missile defense system, but has...

Military may take months to gauge 5G safety risks to aircraft (Stephen Losey, Defense News)

As the commercial airline and telecommunications industries scramble to limit the potential safety risks to aircraft from a rollout of new 5G networks, it...

New bill aims to cut the price of spare parts for DoD (Joe Gould, Defense News)

House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney on Wednesday proposed legislation to force government vendors to publicly disclose data about their costs, a move meant...

Kennedy brings Washington closer to Canberra (Stephen Loosley, The Strategist)

It was Prime Minister Robert Menzies who told President Lyndon B. Johnson bluntly but accurately what the simple requirement happened to be for an...

How the US and Australia can support Taiwan before it’s too late (Adam Taylor, The Strategist)

Remarks by Australia’s prime minister and defence minister and discussions in Washington about the future of US security policy in the Taiwan Strait highlight a growing consensus...

CIA finds most Havana Syndrome cases not work of enemies: Report (Al Jazeera)

The CIA has determined a mysterious sickness affecting hundreds of United States diplomatic workers across the world is not part of a widespread targeted campaign by...