US President Barack Obama last week chose to veto legislation that had been passed by both US Congress and the Senate. Citing the national interest, Obama vetoed laws that would allow the families of 9/11 …
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Lawmakers return to Washington, D.C. today for an abbreviated session before the Presidential election. While Congress will seek to maintain the status quo over the one-month sitting, funding the Zika response must be at the …
Last Friday, the US House of Representatives passed an amendment to the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015 that included a reference to a recent issue: China’s potential participation in 2016 Rim of the …
Last week the government launched the third update to its cloud computing policy. In what’s being dubbed the ‘Cloud First’ policy, agencies and departments are now required to first consider cloud computing before traditional storage …
As Peter Jennings observed in a recent post, the Quadrennial Defense Review makes for sobering reading for Americans and allies alike. With its troop and cost reductions and emphasis on modernisation yet discussion of heightened …