U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today the Department of Education has approved the final wave of career and technical education (CTE) plans under the bipartisan Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V), which was signed into law by President Donald J. Trump on July 31, 2018. Alaska, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, and West Virginia are the latest states, along with Puerto Rico, to have their CTE plans approved. Nine additional states combined their CTE plans with their Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) plans which have also been approved: Alabama, Delaware, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington. Read More »

On July 2, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the following statement on Safety and Enforcement During the 2020 Wildfire Season Read More »

Twenty U.S. small businesses in 14 states will receive more than $3 million to research and develop innovative solutions to our nation’s transportation challenges. Read More »

As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, the Army’s top enlisted Soldier believes silver linings have been found during this new normal, as the service delves deeper into the digital space to complete missions. Read More »

The Center for Strategic & International Studies recent brief on terrorism’s rise in the U.S. says right-wing extremists were responsible for most of the attacks in 2019 and the first half of this year. Read More »

In an analysis published June 29, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), a watchdog nonprofit that exposes government waste, criticized Pentagon officials for weapons spending that largely ignores the COVID-19 epidemic, but enriches weapons makers. Read More »

Retired military leaders who take part in partisan campaigns do no favors for themselves or the active military service, Brookings Federal Executive Fellows Eric Reid and Thomas Burke said. Read More »

Concern over the growing power and influence of Russia in the Mediterranean is being expressed by various experts and within the armed forces. Read More »

The Department of State joins the Department of the Treasury in announcing the designation of four People’s Republic of China foreign nationals – Ji Songyan, Zhan Longbao, Cheng Guifeng, ​and Zheng Guangfu – and one​ Chinese entity – , and Global United Biotechnology Inc. – for their support to and involvement in the international drug trafficking operations of Chinese synthetic opioid traffickers Zheng Fujing and Yan Xiaobing and the Zheng Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO). Read More »

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security convened a virtual version of the XIII edition of the Meeting of Ministers and Secretaries of Security of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama and the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America otherwise known as the Regional Security Conference (RSC). . Read More »

One year after announcing the launch of the Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation Technology (NETT) Council, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today released Pathways to the Future of Transportation. Read More »

The United States Armed Forces numbers approximately 1.3 million men and women on active duty, which is less than one-half of 1% of the nation's population, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. Read More »

Kim Roberts, a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at Georgetown University recently spoke about the clash between globalization and national interests post-COVID-19. Read More »