Congress
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CongressHouse Panel Releases OPM Data Breach Report, Says Theft Could Have Been Prevented
A year-long investigation into a stunning breach of millions of personnel records and related fingerprint data from the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 2014 and 2015 concludes the […]
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BudgetPentagon Chief Weapon Buyer Hoping For Three-Month CR, Followed By Appropriation Bill For Next President
The Pentagon’s chief weapon buyer is calling for Congress to enact a short-term stopgap funding measure as a stepping stone to passing a comprehensive appropriations bill. Frank Kendall, undersecretary of […]
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CongressBipartisan Group Of House Members Urge President To Postpone $1.15 Billion In Saudi Arabia Weapons Sales Over Yemen Conduct
A bipartisan set of 64 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama on Monday calling on him to postpone the recently announced sale of $1.15 […]
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CongressFollowing DNC Hack, Dems Urge DHS To Declare Election Systems As Critical Infrastructure
In the wake of cyber security breaches of two Democratic committees ahead of national elections in November, two Democrats in Congress are urging Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to determine […]
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BudgetFive Years After Budget Control Act, Industry Is Far From Doomsday Scenario Predicted
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 […]
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CongressHouse Homeland Security Committee Report Cites Waste In DHS Field Operations
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hasn’t made adequate progress in gaining efficiencies in its field operations, leaving millions of dollars of potential savings on the table, according to a […]
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BudgetNeither Clinton Nor Trump Can Fix Defense Spending Caps Without Agreement With Congress
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 […]
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CongressSenate Homeland Security Leaders Approve Federal Cybersecurity Guidance Update
Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and ranking member Tom Carper (D-Del.) of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday welcomed an update to federal cybersecurity guidance addressing issues […]
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CongressU.S. Senators Urge $601 Million for Israeli Missile Defense
Thirty-seven U.S. senators have signed a letter urging leaders of a House-Senate conference committee to provide more than $600 million for Israeli missile defense programs in the fiscal year 2017 […]
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CongressHASC Chair Says DoD Needs Supplemental
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) urged the Obama administration July 25 to send a supplemental funding request to Congress to pay for new military operations not […]