Mai Hanoon
Articles By Mai
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Air ForceAir Force Secretary Nominee Supports BRAC, Modernization Priorities
Air Force secretary nominee Deborah Lee James told the Senate Armed Services Committee that budget cuts have caused a readiness hole for the service and also exacerbated some “fences to […]
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CongressHouse Homeland Security Subcommittee Wants Smarter DHS Acquisition
The Department of Homeland Security has policies in place that promote acquisition best practices, but a culture shift is needed to force program managers to actually follow them, a Government […]
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BudgetService Chiefs Tell HASC They Cannot Support Defense Strategy With Full Sequester
The service chiefs spent Wednesday morning outlining the effects of full sequestration to the House Armed Services Committee, after committee chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) told them in his opening statement […]
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Budget
House To Vote On CR That Includes Sequester Despite Pressure To Exempt DoD
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters yesterday that lawmakers would vote this week on a continuing resolution that keeps sequestration cuts in place and defunds the Patient […]
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Budget
‘Audit the Pentagon Act’ Resurfaces With Support From Veterans Group
Senators and a veterans group are pushing the idea of a Pentagon audit in the hopes of better understanding where the Defense Department’s money is going and how to spend […]
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Budget
CSBA Report Urges Long-Term Plan To Protect Defense Industrial Base
The Defense Department ought to develop a long-term strategy for maintaining the health of its industrial base and use that plan to ensure that budget cuts do not eliminate critical […]
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Congress
DoD IG Report Calls Contractor Vetting System Ineffective, Recommends Replacement
The Department of Defense Inspector General found that “the Navy Commercial Access Control System (NCACS) did not effectively mitigate contractor access control risks and allowed convicted felons to access Navy […]
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Congress
Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Increase Intelligence Oversight
Several lawmakers introduced a bill this week that would provide Congress more access to decisions made by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (FISC) regardless of outcome, allowing for […]
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Air Force
Guard Chief: Reserve Component Role Should Be Discussed In QDR
The National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Frank Grass said the question of how to best balance active and reserve components in a budget-constrained force of the future needs to be […]
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Budget
Navy May Delay Los Angeles-Class Sub Retirements To Mitigate SSN Shortfall
The Navy is beginning to monitor its Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) attack submarines to determine if any can remain in the fleet past their expected service lives, as the SSN fleet […]
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