Congressional Engagement

About

 

The National Security Institute regularly engages with Congress, supporting members and their staffs, as well as executive branch officials, on critical national security topics ranging from technology and innovation policy issues to a diverse spectrum of global security challenges.

NSI and our robust network of experts provide actionable policy recommendations and insightful nonpartisan policy analysis to various government stakeholders in a variety of ways.  Learn more about us below.

 

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Our Experts & Staff

 

 

NSI has a bipartisan group of over 250 experts who bring decades of experience from public service, including from a wide range of counterterrorism, defense, and intelligence agencies, as well as those who have held senior positions across Congress, private industry, and the technology community. NSI’s experts are available and excited to share their insights with the policymaking community.

See our full list of experts here.

 

Featured Experts

 

 

Gen. Keith Alexander (Ret.)

Gen. Keith Alexander (Ret.)

Former Director, NSA
Commander, USCYBERCOM
Dmitri Alperovitch

Dmitri Alperovitch

Co-Founder and Chairman
Silverado Policy Accelerator
Sue Gordon

Sue Gordon

Director
CACI
Paul Rosenzweig

Paul Rosenzweig

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

If you are interested in learning more about our Congressional engagement or connecting with one of our experts, please reach out to our team:

 

Alex Tokie, Program Associate atokie@gmu.edu

Kelly Crowley, Senior Policy Coordinator kcrowle@gmu.edu

 

 

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Recent Congressional Testimony

January 30, 2024

Leon Panetta

House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party: Authoritarian Alignment: The CCP’s Support for America’s Adversaries

January 30, 2024

Thomas P. Freddo

House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Fiscal Institutions – Better Investment Barriers: Strengthening CCP Sanctions and Exploring Alternatives to Bureaucratic Regimes

January 18, 2024

Jamil Jaffer

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs – National Security Challenges: Outpacing China in Emerging Technology

January 17, 2024

Diane Rinaldo

House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communication and Technology: Leveraging American Communication Leadership with Open Radio Access Networks

November 29, 2023

Jamil Jaffer

U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability: Safeguarding the Federal Software Supply Chain

October 24, 2023

Megan Brown

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation – Communications, Media and Broadband Subcommittee: Protecting Americans from Robocalls 

 

See all previous Congressional testimony from NSI experts here.