Tag: USA

The Great Unknowns of Space (John “Jay” Raymond, Peter W. Singer, New America)

Whether it’s UFOs, military weaponry in space, or just too-close-for-comfort encounters between satellites, the frontiers of space can spark imaginations and heighten our fear...

The United States at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (US Department of State)

“This is a special institution, a special organization heading to its 60th anniversary…  A very powerful forum for coming together, working together on real solutions...

‘Frank conversations’ sends positive signal for China-US trade relations: expert (Global Times)

The US will hold "frank conversations" with China on trade in the near future, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a speech on...

Lockheed Opens New Hypersonic Weapons Factory In Alabama (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

Lockheed Martin opened a new hypersonic weapons manufacturing site in Northern Alabama on Monday that will build missiles for the U.S. Navy and U.S....

America Should Help Iran Get COVID Vaccines (Sina Toossi, Defense One)

Following withering criticism amid a deadly fifth wave of COVID-19 in Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appears to have done something he is often loath...

A debt limit default looms. Here’s why the Pentagon should be concerned (Joe Gould, Defense News)

The Pentagon, as of Monday, had not issued departmentwide guidance about the possibility of a debt limit default — an event experts say would...

Navy’s new Middle East task force to find ways to apply AI and unmanned to complex region (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The head of a new unmanned and artificial intelligence task force in the Middle East said the U.S. Navy will begin using off-the-shelf gear...

Swarm grammar: DARPA to test whether single user can control 200 drones (Mark Pomerlau)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is gearing up for a major exercise in which it plans to demonstrate a single user controlling a...

Emerging Industrial Policy Approaches in the United States (William B. Bonvillian, ITIF)

The federal government has long avoided industrial policies outside of its defense sector. But now, facing competition from China, it is pursuing a series...

Bridging the Gap Between Manufacturing and Climate Policy (Stefan Koester and David M. Hart, ITIF)

In comments to the U.S. Department of Energy, ITIF strongly supported creating a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Institute to focus on industrial decarbonization. ITIF...

Congressional Reaction to Facebook’s Internal Research Has Created a Catch-22 for Social Media Companies (Daniel Castro, ITIF)

A recent Wall Street Journal article claimed Facebook executives discovered Instagram was harmful to teenage girls, especially their mental health, but has done little to address the...

A Call for Antitrust Legislation to Protect the American Worker (a Parody) (Aurelien Portuese, ITIF)

The greatest challenge to America is workers being laid off through greater efficiency. So, it was a huge relief to see lawmakers finally waking up...

Why There Is a Disconnect Between the Economics of Innovation and U.S. Antitrust Policy, With David Teece (ITIF)

Antitrust policy should favor dynamic, innovation-driven competition, yet antitrust regulators generally don’t see it that way. Why is that? Rob and Jackie sat down...

U.S., EU agree to work on chip supplies, tech rules, China trade (David Lawder and Nandita Bose, Reuters)

The United States and European Union agreed on Wednesday to deepen transatlantic cooperation to strengthen semiconductor supply chains, curb China's non-market trade practices and...

Federal Agencies Must Make More Progress on Digitizing Forms, Report Finds (Phil Goldstein, FedTech)

Recent data from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation reveals that only a tiny percentage of government forms are compliant with a law meant...

The Downside to State and Local Privacy Regulations (Katya Maruri, Government Technology)

Are stricter privacy regulations a good thing? As more state and local governments look to protect data privacy, a couple of industry experts point...