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Market Sectors :: Congress
Displaying 1 - 20 of 1139 stories.
July 28, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford The House, via a 308-114 vote, granted final congressional approval yesterday to the long-delayed war-funding bill, after lawmakers agreed to remove much of the domestic spending tacked on to it. The emergency supplemental...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/House-Sends-Obama-War-Supplemental-With-$4-9-Billion-In-Procurement_10860.html July 28, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford A key House panel approved a $523.9 billion Pentagon spending bill yesterday with funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's alternate engine, a move that could bode well for the future of the propulsion program the White House opposes...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/HAC-D-Overrides-Chairman-DoD-In-Backing-F-35-Second-Engine_10862.html July 26, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard's National Security Cutter (NSC) program is already two years behind schedule and risks falling further behind if long-lead funding for the sixth vessel isn't provided, the Senate Appropriations Committee says in a report...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/Senate-Committee-Warns-Coast-Guard-NSC-Two-Years-Behind-Schedule_10847.html July 22, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing plans to implement the 44 initiatives and enhancements contained in its new Bottom Up Review (BUR) in support of the FY '12 budget request, Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Jane...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/DHS-Developing-Plans-For-BUR-Initiatives-Support-FY-12-Request-Lute-Says_10820.html July 20, 2010
The Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved a $43.8 billion FY '11 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/Senate-Appropriators-Approve-$43-8-Billion-Homeland-Security-Bill_10774.html July 16, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operates the second largest fleet of Predator unmanned aircraft systems behind the Air Force and has amassed nearly 7,000 flight hours on its small but growing fleet of the remotely operated aircraft but...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/UAS-Pilot-Sensor-Operator-Shortages-Are-Near-Term-Challenges-For-CBP_10749.html July 16, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford A Senate budget-writing panel agreed yesterday to cut President Barack Obama's proposed level of Pentagon funding, and a House committee could do the same thing next week. The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) voted 17-12 yesterday to...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/Senate-Appropriators-Trim-Overall-Pentagon-Budget-By-$8-1-Billion_10750.html July 15, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford Louisiana politicians are pushing to have Northrop Grumman [NOC] build two more Navy amphibious ships than planned at its ill-fated Avondale facility, and defense-minded lawmakers are busy assessing the company's potential exit from the...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/Louisiana-Pols-Want-More-Amphibs-Built-At-Avondale-To-Delay-Closure_10736.html June 28, 2010
The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee's mark-up last Thursday of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) FY '11 budget added $254.5 million in discretionary spending to the request, with the Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/Coast-Guard-FEMA-Get-Lift-In-House-Bill_10581.html June 25, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee yesterday allotted $43.9 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY '11, representing a $1.1 billion, or 2.6 increase, to the FY '10 budget. The subcommittee's...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/House-Appropriations-Panel-Provides-$43-9-Billion-To-DHS-TSA-Gets-Boost_10567.html June 24, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker The House Homeland Security Committee yesterday unanimously approved several bipartisan bills including one aimed at improving the nation's preparedness and response to threats from biological weapons and another that would loosen some of...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/House-Committee-Approves-WMD-Legislation_10553.html June 18, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker For all the changes it made in its program management structure, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) electronic border security fence called SBInet continues to struggle, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) official said...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/SBInet-Continues-To-Struggle-GAO-Says_10484.html June 17, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker Several members of the House Homeland Security Committee yesterday said they would back new legislation proposed in the Senate that would give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to prod other federal civilian agencies to...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/Several-House-Homeland-Security-Members-Back-Lieberman-Collins-Cyber-Bill_10470.html June 16, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker A new government report says that the government agency that oversees the monitoring of cyber security at federal civilian agencies can enforce compliance with its recommendations and can't make these agencies use technology to gain...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/Collins-IG-Says-DHS-Cant-Enforce-Cyber-Compliance-At-Federal-Civilian-Agencies_10464.html June 15, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford Senate leadership's new push to quickly move cybersecurity legislation will kick off today with a hearing on a hot-button bill that would give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsibility for protecting civilian networks. This...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/Senate-Leaders-Push-Cybersecurity-Legislation_10449.html June 11, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker President Obama's nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday said that his top priority will be to ensure that the agency is driven by intelligence. John Pistole, who is currently the deputy director of the...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/Pistole-Says-Top-Priority-Is-Ensuring-TSA-Is-Intelligence-Driven_10432.html June 9, 2010
By Marina Malenic The Senate Armed Service Committee's (SASC) version of the FY '11 Defense Authorization Bill would fence funding for a multinational air defense development effort until the Defense Department reports on possible alternatives, thorough...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/SASC-Wants-Analysis-of-MEADS-Alternatives-Before-Further-Funding_10414.html May 28, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford House lawmakers voted last night to keep the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's alternate engine in the Pentagon policy bill, though the program's fate may be left to House-Senate negotiators. That's because Senate Armed...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/F-35-Second-Engine-Wins-In-House-Loses-In-Senate-Panel_10304.html May 28, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford Congress looks to have failed to approve emergency war funding before Memorial Day, with a House panel delaying action yesterday. The Senate passed its version of the fiscal year 2010 supplemental appropriations bill by a 67-28 margin...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/War-Fundings-OK-Stalled-On-Capitol-Hill_10305.html May 25, 2010
By Geoff Fein The Navy took one of its strongest stands yesterday in support of Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) stating the service needs to move to a fifth generation strike fighter and only the F-35C will get it there. The Navy's firm...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/Navy-Committed-To-JSF-First-F-35C-Flight-In-Coming-Weeks-Service-Says_10243.html
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