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Business/FinancialSen. Warren Asks FTC To Review Defense Mergers To Maintain Competition
Concerned that large defense companies purchasing key suppliers is leading to monopolies and stifling competition, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) last week asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to review the […]
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Homeland SecurityBorder Security Tech Appears to Fare Well in HAC-HS Bill; TSA Tech Fully Funded
House appropriators this month as expected didn’t include any funding to continue building additional sections of a new border wall system begun by the Trump administration but did add to […]
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After Lapse, DHS Office Renewing Focus On Nuke Detection Architecture
The Department of Homeland Security office responsible for coordinating policies and purchasing equipment to counter weapons of mass destruction and related chemical and biological threats lost its focus on assessing […]
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BudgetHouse Approps Committee’s Civil Nuke Budget Holds Line on Major Weapons Programs
The House Appropriations Committee last Friday approved a 2022 civilian nuclear weapons budget that for now holds the line on modernizing the Department of Energy’s nuclear-weapons production complex, including proposed […]
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CongressSecNav Nominee Supports Larger Navy Plan, Unmanned Systems Only When Ready
President Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy on Tuesday said he supports the goal of a 355-ship Navy and promised to only advance unmanned systems technologies when […]
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CongressCivilian Cybersecurity Reserve Bill Approved By Senate Panel
A bill that would establish a pilot program for civilian cybersecurity reserve personnel to supplement existing cyber workforces at the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security similar to the nation’s […]
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CongressHouse Appropriations Approves $706 Billion Defense Bill As Republicans Take Aim At Topline During Markup
The House Appropriations Committee voted 33 to 23 on Tuesday to approve its $706 billion fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill, following a markup where the panel’s Republicans took aim […]
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DOE Nuke Agency Would Get Requested Weapons Funding in Draft House Budget Bill; GOP Says ‘Short Changes’
Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs would get almost exactly the funding they requested for fiscal year 2022, if the House’s first draft of the Department of Energy’s budget bill […]
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CongressSenate Confirms Easterly To Lead CISA
The Senate on Monday afternoon confirmed Jen Easterly to be the next director of the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Easterly, w a former intelligence […]
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CongressHouse Defense Panel Aims For Greater Oversight On GBSD Cost Control Measures
House appropriators are seeking to gain greater oversight into the Air Force’s cost control measures for the future Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) intercontinental ballistic missile, according to a bill […]