Based in Washington, Jen managed Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage from 2013 to January 2024.
Prior to taking on the Executive Editor 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.
Government offices may remain open if government-wide budget cuts take effect on March 1, but if sequestration is allowed to take effect it will have serious economic consequences, the U.S. government controller told senators Feb. 14. “I do not think it’s prudent at all to think that because the lights do not shut down across government on March 1 that we can cross that precipice and then pull back later,” Daniel Werfel, controller of the White House Office of Management and Budget, told the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Government-wide spending cuts set to go into effect March 1 under the cost-reduction program known as sequestration would reduce FAA funding by $619 million, causing delays to key elements of the NextGen air traffic modernization program and inconvenience for air travelers, concludes a report issued by the Democratic members of the House Appropriations Committee.
A group of 16 U.S. lawmakers led by Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) are asking for an update by Feb. 22 from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on the FAA’s attempts to open the national airspace to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The legislators are hoping to prod the FAA to act faster in releasing rules for small UAS to fly, as well as in creating six test sites around the country to work out safety and operating guidelines.
