Government Technology

North Dakota CISO Highlights Whole-of-State Security Approach

North Dakota’s new Chief Information Security Officer Chris Gergen is leveraging his experience — both within cybersecurity and state government — to modernize cyber defenses and response. Gergen has been with North Dakota Information Technology ...
NBC News

A 'wake-up call': State lawmakers are fearful after Minnesota shootings expose lack of security

State lawmakers across the country say they are deeply concerned about the lack of security they receive in the wake of the targeted shooting of two Minnesota legislators, even as local officials attempt to ramp up some safety measures. Outside of their ...
Fox News

State Department blasts Dems over shutdown, says national security at risk amid Senate battle

FIRST ON FOX: Secretary Marco Rubio’s Department of State unleashed on Democrats over the federal government shutdown and revealed the hypocrisy of former State Department officials, noting how detrimental a shutdown is for the country. The federal ...
The White House

RESTRICTING THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES FROM FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS

During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the United States, which successfully prevented national security threats from reaching our borders and which the Supreme Court upheld. In Executive Order 14161 of January 20 ...
The New York Times

Chinese Officers Questioned U.S. Government Employee About His Army Service

The man, a U.S. citizen, is barred from leaving China by the Ministry of State Security, the country’s main intelligence and counterintelligence agency. By Edward Wong Edward Wong is a diplomatic correspondent in Washington and a former Beijing bureau ...