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:

 

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.