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.
Senate Armed Services Committee leaders say they are still waiting for more details about long-term budget proposals, including one from Senate Democrats to snip $886 billion from security accounts over 10 years.
The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee latched onto new findings by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to blast the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) deployment of new explosives detection systems (EDSs). GAO's report on the matter was issued publicly Tuesday, July 12. “TSA’s delays and poor planning continue to waste our limited resources, threaten transportation security, and weaken our ability to address the latest terrorist threats,” says U.S. Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.)
The FAA's NextGen air traffic modernization plan may not have slews of enemies on Capitol Hill, but to become a reality, it will still need the right kind of friends. Republicans are targeting domestic discretionary spending to deflate the deficit, and plan to roll back the Transportation Department's budget to 2007 levels. Since the FAA still needs to maintain the salaries of air traffic controllers and other essential personnel, even without lawmakers calling for NextGen's demise, the amount left over for the effort is under serious pressure.
