The hostage policy was originally released Wednesday as a presidential policy directive numbered PPD-29. When the White House corrected that number to PPD-30, it meant Obama had issued a secret ...

At the end of our report, we drafted a hypothetical Presidential Policy Directive that contained the kind of language that would be necessary to start the process of implementation. Over the more than ...

A report in the Washington Post outlines Presidential Policy Directive 20, the United States’ new method of dealing with cyber-attacks. While Congress wrestles itself into the ground on ...

A Presidential Policy Directive issued Wednesday says employees "who are eligible for access to classified information can effectively report waste, fraud, and abuse while protecting classified ...

With the presidential transition underway ... {mosads}This early directive will begin to define the NSC and national security policy formulation mechanisms for the Trump presidency.

The White House released the Presidential Policy Directive guiding the reforms Obama announced during his speech on Friday. In it, the White House writes that date collection is "necessary for the ...

Since his inauguration Monday, President Donald Trump has signed more than 50 presidential directives, from scrubbing references to diversity, equity, and inclusion out of federal policy to ...

President Obama on Friday signed a new directive regarding United States policy toward Cuba, enshrining his push to normalize relations in a legally binding document. Related Article Dec. 21 ...

Earlier this week, President Biden issued the long-anticipated successor document to Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD 21). This new policy, National Security Memorandum 22 (NSM 22), codifies his ...

An executive action is an umbrella term for any policy directive a president uses, whether that's an executive order, a ...