Joseph Robinette Biden, President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Key Members for the Department of Defense (2021)
“ From 2016 to 2018, Brown served as a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow at the Defense Department. He is the co-author of a Pentagon study on China’s participation in the U.S. venture ecosystem, a catalyst for the Foreign Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) providing expanded jurisdiction to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) . Additionally, he led efforts at the Defense Department to create National Security Innovation Capital (NSIC) aimed at catalyzing private investment in dual-use hardware companies to diversify the supply chain with U.S. technology. ”
