Budget

Despite what they say is an overall good request, key Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday told the Secretary of Homeland Security that his department’s budget submission for […]

Risk based security initiatives have saved the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) $350 million the past two years and further savings can be expected although at a reduced level, the agency’s […]

The service chiefs should have more input in the acquisition process, and change the message to the workforce, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno told the Senate Armed Services […]

The Republican budget resolution released Tuesday would see the defense portion of the federal budget rise to $613 billion by pumping up the separate Overseas Contingency Operations by $90 billion […]

Bolstering the role of service chiefs in acquisition would help make procurement more effective, the Army Chief of Staff told the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). “I’d like to see […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]