Author

Samuel Okonkwo

Intelligence Correspondent

Samuel Okonkwo covers the intelligence community for Pentagon Times through documented budgets, reorganizations and public testimony. His coverage is institutional, never cinematic.

Articles by Samuel Okonkwo

An orderly federal hearing room in cool institutional light, staff stacking appropriations report volumes beside flags before an afternoon session.

Government News

Defense Appropriations Enter Fall 2026 on a Stopgap: What Happens Next

Samuel Okonkwo

A federal office building lobby in cool slate and navy, badge readers and a reception desk beneath quiet morning light.

Government News

Civil Service Reform Returns: Schedule Policy/Career and the New Federal Accountability Rules

Samuel Okonkwo

A hearing room dais under cool daylight, an American flag beside an empty witness table and stacked briefing binders.

Government News

Executive Order 14423 Creates Space Academy Commission With 120-Day Deadline

Samuel Okonkwo

The House chamber from the gallery, rows of desks under flags in soft institutional light, no individual faces distinguishable.

Government News

House Vote Shows How an Agency Renaming Actually Becomes Law

Samuel Okonkwo

A federal office corridor in afternoon light, a staffer carrying a binder past rows of closed doors and an American flag.

Government News

OPM Final Rule Moves Reduction-in-Force Appeals From MSPB to OPM

Samuel Okonkwo

A quiet research library reading room in navy and off-white, a reader turning pages of a declassified volume at a long wooden table in soft daylight.

Intelligence

How Intelligence Agencies Decide What Declassified Records the Public Can Read

Samuel Okonkwo