Tag: USA

Biden’s foreign policy dilemmas (Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera)

After a strong start that included rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and World Health Organization, both of which Trump abandoned, President Joe Biden has...

US Senate sinks Biden’s major push to protect voting rights (Al Jazeera)

US senators have scuppered President Joe Biden’s push to defend voting rights against what Democrats have framed as an all-out assault by conservative states targeting racial...

Biden ‘not there yet’ on easing tariffs on Chinese goods (Al Jazeera)

United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday said it was too soon to make commitments on lifting US tariffs on Chinese goods, but his...

President Biden mulling re-designating Houthis as ‘terrorist’ group (Al Jazeera)

US President Joe Biden is considering re-designating Yemen’s Houthi group as an “international terrorist organisation” following drone and missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates that...

Tracking turnover in the Biden administration (Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Brookings)

The rate of turnover among senior-level executive branch staff can have a serious impact on the day-to-day performance of the White House—and shape the...

Protecting national security, cybersecurity, and privacy while ensuring competition (Stephanie K. Pell and Bill Baer, Brookings)

Are the tech platforms—Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Google—that play such a central role in our everyday lives too big and powerful? Do they adequately...

Steps the Commerce Department should take to achieve the infrastructure bill’s broadband goals (Blair Levin, Brookings)

The recently signed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) makes the largest federal investment into universal broadband access in history. In doing so, Congress largely...

Lessons for policymakers from the NSO Group saga (Matt Tait, Runa Sandvik, and Tarah Wheeler, Brookings)

Just as the surveillance tool Pegasus powered the Israeli hacking company NSO Group to dizzying commercial success, so too would it ultimately cause its...

Upcoming DAC peer review is an opportunity to advance US development goals (George Ingram and Anthony F. Pipa, Brookings)

In 2022, U.S. development cooperation will undergo a peer review by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD (OECD-DAC), the standard-bearer of development...

Airlines Ask For ‘Immediate Intervention’ in 5G Deployment, Citing Safety Issues (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

The row between telecommunications giants Verizon and AT&T and several federal entities continued this week after an airlines advocacy group asked the Biden administration...

Agency Digital Modernization Efforts Hinge on Data, Customer Experience Efforts (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

Digital modernization goals across various federal agencies for 2022 hinge on leadership understanding the individual agency missions to improve customer experience, according to several...

Impressed by 2022’s Record Research Budget? Wait ‘Til Next Year, DOD Undersecretary Says (Patrick Tucker, Nextgov)

Next year’s Defense Department request for research and engineering funds will likely top this year’s record $112 billion appropriation, thanks to lawmakers who say they’re on...

Air Force Commits Millions for Wearables to Counteract Troops’ Exhaustion (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

The Air Force Research Laboratory aims to produce and deploy technology-boosted accessories that can continuously monitor individuals’ stress and fatigue in real-time—and wearable devices...

Successful DevSecOps Starts With Trust, Government Experts Say (Patience Wait, Nextgov)

The software development lifecycle begins the moment a person has a bright idea about a new application. If the developer trusts that security professionals...

Big Tech Anxious About Commerce Plan to Secure Supply Chains from Foreign Influence (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

The Information Technology Industry Council is uneasy with language in a Commerce Department proposal for securing supply chains that suggests a need to conduct...

Top U.S. Diplomat Lands In Ukraine Amid Fears Of Imminent Russian Invasion (RFE RL)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Kyiv on January 19 in a show of support amid mounting fears that a Russian invasion...