Budget
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BudgetShort-term CR Filed in House; Vote Delayed Until White House Briefs Congress on ISIS Plan
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) filed a continuing resolution bill on Tuesday evening that would keep the government open through Dec. 11 and funded at this year’s level–a […]
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Air ForceDoD Reprogramming Request Would Buy 8 F-35s and 21 Apaches, Support O&M Needs in OCO
The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for […]
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BudgetCSBA: Pentagon Needs to Rethink Readiness Measurements to Allow Smarter Spending
The Defense Department won’t be able to make smart decisions about how much money it needs to produce a certain level of combat readiness until it begins collecting the right […]
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CSBA: Procurement Could See 20 Percent Boost through 2019, But Only if Congress Allows Other Reforms
The fiscal year 2015 defense budget request could bring procurement spending back up to the same level as its peak in 2010–but only if Congress allows the Defense Department to […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriators Likely to Pursue Continuing Resolution Next Week to Avoid Govt’ Shutdown
The Senate Appropriations Committee will likely try to push through a continuing resolution next week when Congress returns, as the prospects of completing the normal appropriations process in the eight […]
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BudgetService Officials Submitted POMs to OSD This Week at Above-Sequester Spending Levels
The military services have submitted their fiscal year 2016 Program Objective Memoranda (POMs) to the Office of the Secretary of Defense to begin the process of adding and subtracting to […]
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BudgetDefense Secretary Previews New ‘Offset’ Strategy, BBP 3.0
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel yesterday said he’s given top DoD officials the green light to develop another “offset” strategy and offered snippets of Better Buying Power 3.0, more of […]
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Operations in Iraq Against ISIS Could Lead to Changes In FY ’15 Budget, Officials Say
Ongoing airstrikes in Iraq against the terrorist group Islamic State may affect the yet-to-be-finalized defense budget in fiscal year 2015, officials have said, though it is unclear when Congress will […]
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BudgetObama Signs Iron Dome Funding Bill For Immediate Boost in Interceptor Production
President Barack Obama signed into law late Monday a bill providing $225 million in emergency supplemental funding for the Iron Dome missile defense system in Israel. The funding for the […]
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BudgetStackley: Navy Won’t Buy LPD-28 Without Full $2 Billion Appropriated; Would Rather Fund Ship Design Research
Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley told several lawmakers on Friday that he appreciates the money they provided for an extra LPD amphibious transport dock but could not promise them the service would […]