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Featured article: The Interagency Challenge of Biosecurity in Dual-Use Research by Matthew J. Moakler On October 17, 2014, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced a funding pause for “gain-of-function” research (i.e., research that increases an organism’s ability to cause disease) in order to conduct a study to develop a new federal research policy. […]

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is looking to partner with state tax authorities, financial institutions, tax preparers, and other entities to prevent fraudulent tax returns this filing season, using interagency threat sharing to stay ahead of cybercriminals. “When we’re dealing with reduced resources at the IRS, we’ve had to do a lot in terms of looking […]

National Security Trump signs bill renewing NSA’s internet surveillance program, Reuters Mattis: Pentagon Shifting Focus to Great Power Competition — ‘Not Terrorism’, Defense One McMaster makes his pick to replace Powell on the NSC, Politico U.S. Air Force Weighs International Squadrons to Strike Terror Targets, The Wall Street Journal The Islamic Republic of Hysteria, Foreign […]

Mr. Kevin Rousseau, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Distinguished Chair for National Intelligence Studies, conducted a presentation on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Jan. 18, in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Rousseau briefed on the CIA’s mission as part of national security before opening the […]

National Security National Defense Strategy released with clear priority: Stay ahead of Russia and China, Defense News Nearly half of federal agencies miss DHS email security deadline, Fifth Domain The Pentagon no longer has a leader on space programs. What does that mean?, Defense News The ISIS ‘Senior Commander’ Who Grew Up on the Jersey […]

A new tool recently developed by U.S. Africa Command (Africom) is being used to measure progress in advancing women, peace, and security (WPS). The assessment tool was developed by Cori Fleser, Africom’s gender advisor, to better integrate WPS efforts into Africom’s security cooperation activities. Africom has made strides to better incorporate WPS activities when working with […]

Featured article: Cyber Attacks The New WMD Challenge to the Interagency by Quan Hai T. Lu The President of the United States recently said that “cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation.” Advances in transistor design and integrated circuits have accelerated technologies exponentially. U.S. […]

National Security Hawaii False Alarm Hints at the Thin Line Between Mishap and Nuclear War, The New York Times It Is Not Time to Bomb North Korea, Foreign Policy A New American Leader Rises in ISIS, The Atlantic Nuclear Command Network Would See Comprehensive Upgrade Under Trump Plan, Defense One Shake-Up at Pentagon Intelligence Agency […]

On Jan. 10, Lynn W. Rolf, III, director of programs for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visited Fort Leavenworth and the CGSC Foundation to present a donation to the Foundation to establish an endowment for the General George C. Marshall Award. The award is presented to the distinguished U.S. graduate of the Command and General […]

National Security The motivation behind Trump’s immigration policy, Brookings The World According to H.R. McMaster, The Atlantic US lag in tech, national security race against China could worsen under Trump, Stars and Stripes Border Agents Are Searching Through More Travelers’ Devices Than Ever, Nextgov Fearing ‘Breaking Point,’ Border Security Officials Press for More Pay and […]