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COVID-19 National Emergency Is (Nearly) Over. It’s Time for States to Roll Back Biden’s Welfare Expansion.

February 6, 2023 It's, National, Roll, Nearly, emergency, Biden's, Over, Welfare, expansion, COVID19, back, States, Time0 comment

The official end of the COVID-19 emergency is near. That’s good news. It’s now up to the states to finish the job. The House of Representatives voted Feb. 1 on a joint resolution ending the national COVID-19 emergency and a bill to terminate Health and Human Services’ public health emergency declaration. At the same time, the Biden administration has also announced plans to end both of those emergencies in May. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers took emergency steps to help mitigate its effects. Then-President Donald Trump in…

She’s retired from government, but not from national security

January 5, 2023 from, government, National, Retired, She’s, security0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. For long-serving federal executives, retirement from government is merely a gateway to a next phase. A case in point is Letitia Long, who retired back in 2014 as director of the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency. She sits on several corporate boards and chairs one of the big trade associations. For some insight into her post-government life and a few other matters, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Letitia Long. Interview…

National Archives Scraps ‘Transparency’ Mission When It Comes to Trump Documents

October 5, 2022 Mission, National, Trump, documents, comes, Transparency, Archives, Scraps0 comment

The Biden administration has turned what should be the most transparent of government agencies, the National Archives and Records Administration, into one of the least transparent agencies—rivaling even the FBI. Established in 1934, the National Archives has a mission to identify, protect, preserve, and make publicly available all historically valuable records. But the National Archives has become politicized by the Biden administration and no longer provides transparency in public records. Jodi Foor, the National Archives’ deputy Freedom of Information Act officer, would not answer a FOIA request from…

Is the current nomination process hurting national security?

May 26, 2022 security, Nomination, National, Hurting, Process, current0 comment

The nation’s national security may be taking a hit because of the length of time it takes to fill lesser-known, Senate-confirmed positions in the Defense Department, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security and other areas protecting U.S. citizens. That’s according to a new study from the Partnership for Public Service, which studying the amount of time it took to fill security-related nominations in post-9/11 America. The result is that considering the demands faced by natural disasters, global threats and other worrisome aspects of living on earth, the government is taking too…

What Is National Conservatism?

February 19, 2022 National, Conservatism0 comment

A new group of thinkers and activists calling themselves national conservatives believe American politics and policy questions increasingly invite a national approach. They seek to combat the left’s attempt to bury our constitutional order and replace it with a matrix of identity politics, vast social spending, and other objectives. Chris DeMuth, a leader of the national conservatism movement and former president of the American Enterprise Institute, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explore the main trends of American conservatism and what national conservatism brings to the discussion. Conservatism must move…

National Guard’s hybrid status makes sexual assault confusing to prosecute

January 22, 2022 makes, National, assault, Sexual, status, Prosecute, Guard’s, hybrid, confusing0 comment

After spending the last year revamping the Defense Department’s sexual assault prosecution avenues, Congressional leaders are now diving into the complex patchwork of legalities surrounding the issue in the National Guard. Lawmakers are concerned that the hybrid nature of the National Guard is leaving gaps in DoD and law enforcement’s ability to oversee and bring legal proceedings against sexual assault offenders. “The individual stories of Guard personnel caught in a web of confusing bureaucracy are harrowing,” Rep. Jackie Speier, chairwoman of the House Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee said during a…