Budget

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) Tuesday morning will begin to mark up its version of the FY ’16 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with a recommendation […]

The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee (HAC HS) on Thursday unanimously approved a $39.3 billion spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), $2.1 billion less than requested for […]

The Senate today named the conferees that will work with the House to smooth out differences in their National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA). The Republican side is led by Senate […]

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) on Wednesday said it is proposing a $39.3 billion discretionary budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’16, $2.1 billion less than […]

The U.S. Chief Information Officer (CIO), Tony Scott, defended the leadership of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday, in the wake of the OPM hacks. “I think we […]

The House and Senate kicked off the reconciliation process for the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill today. This morning, the Senate struck a section of the National Defense Authorization […]

The modernization of U.S. nuclear forces will require an increase in defense spending that surpasses Budget Control Act limits but will drop to current levels after the execution of certain […]

The Senate Monday evening overwhelmingly voted to confirm Coast Guard Vice Commandant Adm. Peter Neffenger to be the next chief of the Transportation Security Administration while Senate appropriators last week […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted 26-4 to send a $40.2 billion net discretionary spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the full Senate for consideration. […]

During the three-week debate on the National Defense Authorization Act—which mostly centered on whether to boost the military budget through wartime funding—Senate Democrats vowed to stymie the defense appropriations bill […]