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20 May 2020, 6:16 am by George Ticoras, Esq.
Trainor previously served in the president’s administration as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, in the Department of Defense, Office of General Counsel. [read post]
19 May 2020, 7:53 am by Jim Dempsey
It took a while, but in 2017, in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018, Congress began translating those recommendations into law, barring the Department of Defense from using telecommunications equipment or services produced or provided by Huawei or ZTE for certain critical programs. [read post]
18 May 2020, 9:29 am by Elliot Setzer
U.S. officials say the Department of Defense remains on track to meet their commitment to the Taliban to withdraw several thousand U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the summer, writes the Washington Post. [read post]
18 May 2020, 5:57 am by Judd Devermont, Leanne Erdberg Steadman
For example, most African countries rarely receive visits from the president, vice president, secretary of state or even senior officials from other departments. [read post]
17 May 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
As former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld infamously said (in a very bad context): “You go to war with the Army you have—not the Army you might wish you have. [read post]
16 May 2020, 4:36 am by INFORRM
Copies of the complaints will also be sent to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Secretary General of UNESCO. [read post]
13 May 2020, 9:45 am by Elliot Setzer
Afghan security forces had taken a defensive posture as part of efforts to reduce violence and forge a peace deal with the militant group. [read post]
12 May 2020, 6:22 am by Jonathan Bench
The CFIUS board is comprised of representatives from: Department of the Treasury, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Energy, Office of the U.S. [read post]
12 May 2020, 5:00 am by Erica D. Borghard
Major Force Programs Over Time The MFP concept was originally conceived of in the early 1960s by then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and the “whiz kids” at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. [read post]
11 May 2020, 2:13 pm by Elliot Setzer
  The ICAP Staff Attorney 2’s responsibilities will include (1) conceptualizing and effectuating high-impaction litigation in defense of constitutional rights and values and (2) ensuring that Georgetown Law students are meaningfully and materially integrated into those litigation efforts. [read post]
7 May 2020, 8:02 am by Kristian Soltes
Before joining HSBC, Levey was under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the Treasury Department, where he helped “combat illicit finance,” the Libra Association said Wednesday. [read post]
Federal Price Gouging Enforcement (Healthcare and PPE Focused) Under federal law, the current anti-gouging order took effect on March 23, 2020, when President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13910 invoking the Defense Production Act to designate select health and medical resources, as identified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as protected items. [read post]
5 May 2020, 10:33 am by Jake Ward
At launch, its contents have been drawn from a variety of public sources, including the USPTO, the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC Business), the AUTM Innovation Marketplace (AIM), universities, and a number of federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of… [read post]
Such a disapproval vote must be filed with Connecticut’s secretary of state within 72 hours of the governor’s announcement to take effect. [read post]
4 May 2020, 9:33 am by William Ford, Elliot Setzer
.: The Brookings Institution will hold a virtual conversation with Defense Secretary Mark Esper on U.S. defense policy and how the armed forces will ensure readiness amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. [read post]
4 May 2020, 8:30 am by Michel Paradis
In the most recent National Defense Authorization Act, Congress directed the secretary of defense to make a recommendation as to whether the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) should be amended in a way that will change the basic structure of the court-martial system. [read post]
1 May 2020, 5:00 am by Geoffrey Block
After the enactment of Executive Order 13527, the departments of Health and Human Services, Defense, and Justice and the USPS cooperatively produced a National Postal Model for the Delivery of Medical Countermeasures. [read post]
30 Apr 2020, 9:05 pm by Lynn McDonough
The legislation would address problems of shortages and competition among states for medical equipment by mandating the Secretary of Defense to appoint an “executive officer for critical medical equipment and supplies” who would supervise supply production and distribution, provide updated information on needed supplies, and manage purchase orders under the Defense Production Act. [read post]