‘Encryption is your friend,’ CISA official Jeff Greene says. A top U.S. cybersecurity official and two senators have advised Americans and government agencies to use encryption when messaging one another in the midst of recent Chinese cyberattacks and intrusions. Speaking with reporters Tuesday, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity
This week begins the quadrennial tradition of various Cabinet nominees parading around the Senate to meet with lawmakers, answer questions, and get insight into their confirmation hearing.
Revolving door is ‘spinning faster than ever,’ ethics watchdog director says Getty Images Bureau of Land Management director Tracy Stone-Manning has already lined up her post-Biden administration job: a cushy six-figure gig leading the Wilderness Society, an influential Washington, D.C.-based environmental nonprofit. Stone-Manning was confirmed to lead the Interior Department subagency in September 2021 and
President Biden appeared to rest his eyes during a summit with African leaders in Lobito, Angola, during his travel overseas to visit African nations.
The role consists of working on logistics such as foreign leaders staying at Blair House, which is across from the White House. President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 4 nominated Monica Crowley as chief of protocol—a State Department position that facilitates the visits of foreign leaders to the White House. The position, which is an ambassador-level
‘Gail will help ensure that our competition laws are enforced, both vigorously and FAIRLY,’ Trump said in a post. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gail Slater as assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division on Dec. 4, with goals to rein in “Big Tech” and “Make America Competitive Again.” “Big Tech has
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Paul Atkins as SEC Chair, signaling a shift toward fewer regulations and crypto-friendly policies. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the former SEC commissioner and finance veteran expected to take a crypto-friendly stance and push for fewer regulations under the