Budget

Five years ago, on the eve of passage of the Budget Control Act, then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta wrote a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee warning of a […]

Whoever is sworn in as president in January, the new chief executive will have less than a year to make a deal with Congress or watch the military’s budget be […]

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Wednesday vowed to recommend a veto of both the House and Senate versions of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bills if either form reaches […]

Included in an Army request to shuffle $916 million in fiscal year 2016 dollars among accounts is $27.8 million to fast track the purchase and installation of active protection systems […]

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said July 7 that the United States needs to be prepared to counter an increasing “diversity” of threats to its national […]

In order to overtake the pace at which potential adversaries Russia and China are developing military technologies, the Defense Department needs to consolidate its innovation efforts under a single, very […]

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) opposes a proposal by Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) to eliminate the Defense Department’s acquisition, technology […]

The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved by voice vote a $41.1 billion spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’17, adding $432 million to the […]

A draft report by a House Appropriations panel wants the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to accelerate plans for multimodal biometrics as part of a new biometric database the department […]

Inadequate processes for developing requirements across the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have led to poor budgeting and execution for personnel and equipment needs, House appropriators say in a draft […]