Editor's Notebook
A Decade’s Difference
A rhetorical return to the days before 9/11 changed everything.
Intelligence File
The Drones Race
Officials should start thinking about how to control the spread of unmanned aircraft.
In Every Issue
Briefing
Conventional wisdom on security, the costs of war and the longest-serving CIO.
News
Boehner fires back at Obama over scheduling of jobs speech
Obama requested a joint session of Congress on Sept. 7, the evening of a planned GOP presidential debate.
Defense
GAO reviews Americans' interest-level in cyber jobs
Officials aim to determine if Americans want the estimated 30,000 information security positions the country needs.
Defense
9/11 Commission alumni blast failure to enact ‘no-brainers’
New report card by former commissioners faults continuing poor command unity and first-responder communications.
Defense
War-related contracting wasted up to $60 billion, commission reports
Panel finds $12 million may have been squandered every day for the last 10 years.
Oversight
OPM to overhaul USAJobs
System to go offline in October for redesign intended to smooth application process.
Oversight
Super committee to prep for first hearing
Under the debt deal, the panel must recommend by Thanksgiving cuts worth $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
News
Obama asks for joint session of Congress on Sept. 7 to push jobs plan
The president says he'll focus on "strengthening small businesses, helping Americans get back to work, and putting more money back in the paychecks of the middle class."
News
Obama calls for extension of transportation funding
The president says gamesmanship threatens nearly a million jobs.
Defense
Little progress on nearly one fourth of 9/11 commission recommendations, chairmen say
Security measures ranging from border screening to terrorist-detention standards have not been sufficiently improved, report says.
News
Irene aid battle just the beginning of flood program woes
Already the fight over whether disaster relief should be offset by spending cuts has erupted into political spectacle.
News