Budget
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ArmyArmy Saved $2 Billion By Reducing Contractor Support, Officials Say
For more than a decade, the Army has relied heavily on contractor support in Iraq, Afghanistan and at home to free soldiers for military tasks, but now that support is […]
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BudgetShipbuilding A Priority If Sequestration Returns, Mabus Tells SAC-D
Preserving shipbuilding would take priority if the Navy must take further budget cuts due to sequestration, Secretary Ray Mabus Wednesday told the Senate Appropriations Committee Defense panel (SAC-D). “In any […]
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BudgetCarter, Dempsey Firm: Sequestration Affects National Security Strategy
The clock is ticking, and sequestration will be back in 212 days, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Tuesday. SASC was examining the defense authorization […]
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BudgetFormer DoD Comptroller Expects Congress To Mark Defense Spending At Budget Cap Levels
The most likely outcome this year in congressional deliberations on the Obama administration’s federal budget request for fiscal year 2016 is to provide funding at levels agreed to under the […]
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BudgetHASC Chair: Congress Should Get More Assertive On Open Architecture Solutions
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), believes Congress should ask more questions about whether the Pentagon is adequately pursuing open architecture solutions in systems, […]
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Air ForceDefense Approps Chair To Navy, Air Force: Find Cuts Or Congress Will
The chairman of the House defense appropriations committee warned senior Navy and Air Force officials this week that they will not be funded above the limits outlined in the 2011 […]
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BudgetPotential Shutdown In Sight, Coast Guard, Cyber Officials Warn Of Operating Impacts
If Congress fails to provide funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) later this week there will be operational impacts on missions carried out by the Coast Guard and […]
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BudgetHouse GOP May Be Forced to Discuss New DHS Funding Bill During Recess
Congress remains at a standstill on funding the Department of Homeland Security beyond Feb. 27, with Senate Democrats unwilling to consider the House-passed bill and House Republicans unwilling to rethink […]
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If Funding Lapses, DHS Officials Warn House Panel Of Consequences
A failure by Congress to provide a Homeland Security appropriations bill in some form for the current fiscal year will hamper a range of operations and acquisitions including cyber security, […]
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Think Tanks Tell HASC a Ready Force is All But Impossible Under Sequestration
The defense budget cannot meet sequestration caps without wrecking current force readiness, and either personnel or major acquisition programs will have to be sacrificed to invest in key capabilities for […]