Based in Washington, Jen manages Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage.
Prior to taking on her current role, Jen was Aviation Week's Congressional Editor. Jen came to Aviation Week in March 2011 from Politico, where she covered the intersection of defense and politics. She also worked as a reporter and editor for Defense Daily, Inside the Army, The Other Paper and The Columbus Dispatch.
Jen received a Master’s degree in journalism as a Kiplinger Fellow at the Ohio State University. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history and journalism from the University of Michigan.
President Barack Obama’s budget release will be delayed a week until Feb. 13, an administration official confirms. “The date was determined based on the need to finalize decisions and technical details of the document,” the official said in an email, adding that in keeping with efforts to rein in the federal deficit, the administration will not distribute paper copies of the budget. The administration is supposed to submit its budget to Congress on the first Monday of February. The Obama administration has met that deadline just once—in 2010.
House and Senate leaders have made an agreement on a labor provision that has been the key stumbling block to passing an FAA reauthorization bill, confirms a spokesman for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The current operating authority for the FAA expires Jan. 31, giving Congress just days either to extend the bill again, for the 23rd time, or come to an agreement on the FAA reauthorization bill.
President Barack Obama wants to make the U.S. “the top tourist destination in the world,” he announced in a speech last week at Disney World. His plan would reverse a decline in the travel industry that insiders say is fueled by global competition, increased post-9/11 security regulations and a cumbersome visa process. The U.S. Travel Association refers to the drop-off in travel as the “lost decade,” saying the nation missed out on 78 million additional foreign visitors to the U.S., $37 billion in new tax revenues and 467,000 additional U.S. jobs.
