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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
If you are interested in learning more about our Congressional engagement or connecting with one of our experts, please reach out to our team:
Kelly Crowley, Senior Policy Coordinator, kcrowle@gmu.edu
Keelin Wolfe, Policy Associate, kwolfe9@gmu.edu
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Recent Congressional Testimony
January 23, 2025
Diane Rinaldo
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology: Strengthening American Leadership in Wireless Technology Leadership
January 22, 2025
Mark Montgomery
House Committee on Homeland Security: Unconstrained Actors: Accessing Global Cyber Threats to the Homeland
September 24, 2024
Jamil Jaffer
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy: Cyberspace Under Threat in the Era of Rising Authoritarianism and Global Competition
September 19, 2024
Jamil Jaffer
House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party: How the CCP Uses the Law to Silence Critics and Enforce its Rule
July 11, 2024
Jamil Jaffer
Privacy and Liberties Oversight Board: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Artificial Intelligence Forum
June 12, 2024
Paul Taylor
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet: The U.S. Intellectual Property System and the Impact of Litigation Financed by Third-Party Investors and Foreign Entities
May 23, 2024
Giovanna Cinelli
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission: Key Economic Strategies for Leveling the U.S.-China Playing Field: Trade, Investment, and Technology
May 15, 2024
William Evanina
House Oversight and Accountability Committee: Red Alert: Countering the Cyberthreat from China
See all previous Congressional testimony from NSI experts here.