Ideas
Secretaries of State Are Now on the Frontlines of Defending Democracy
They need better access to national resources.
Policy
2021 NDAA Would Create a National Cyber Director
If the bill passes next week and is signed into law, another amendment would codify cybersecurity roles for sector-specific agencies.
Ideas
America Needs a COVID-19 Reckoning
Both parties wanted answers after 9/11. The pandemic has killed nearly 100 times more Americans.
Ideas
How Biden Can Help Warriors Save Warriors
Make a call, take a call, and be honest — it could help save a life.
Ideas
Putin Urges AI Limits — But for Thee, Not Me?
An attempt to parse the two themes sounded by Russian leaders on artificial intelligence.
Threats
Krebs Unloads About Trump’s Election-Fraud Claims
The former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency worries that his firing will hurt the recruitment of future leaders.
Science & Tech
Why Data Privacy Is Crucial to Fighting Disinformation
Information collected as we go about our daily lives can be weaponized into influence operations that are harder to detect.
Policy
US Has Achieved ‘Modicum of Success’ in Afghanistan, Top General Says
But years of military stalemate make negotiating with the Taliban the only option, Gen. Mark Milley says.
Defense Systems
USAF primed to launch new phase of data strategy
Eileen Vidrine, the Air Force's chief data officer, talks about department's priorities are, how they've changed this year and how the Defense Department's data strategy ties it all together.
Defense Systems
DISA refreshes strategic plan for 2022
The Defense Information Systems Agency has refreshed its three-year strategy to better emphasize cyber defense and role of enterprise services.
Defense Systems
JAIC focuses on warfighting capabilities
Now that it's up and running the Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center wants to increase adoption throughout the department from warfighting and business operations.
Exclusive
Policy
EXCLUSIVE: Details Revealed in Trump’s Lame-Duck Pentagon Budget Draft
Some of the numbers are “fabricated,” says one official. But they shed light on GOP lines of attack awaiting Biden.
Science & Tech
Combat Simulators Should Also Improve Acquisition, DOD Leader Says
The modeling and simulation tools that train troops and forces should also “revolutionize” design, acquisition, sustainment and test.
Ideas
We Need a Backup for GPS. Actually, We Need Several of Them
The key is incentivizing adoption of position-navigation-timing alternatives.
Science & Tech