Congress
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Want DHS To Strengthen Focus On Requirements
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 […]
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CongressSenators Warner And Gardner Launch Senate Cybersecurity Caucus
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) have formed the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus as a platform for senators and their staff to stay informed on policy issues and developments […]
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CongressWhite House Issues Veto Threats For House Defense, Senate CJS Appropriations Bills
The White House on Tuesday issued veto threats for the fiscal year 2017 versions of the House defense and the Senate commerce, justices, science (CJS) and related agencies appropriations bills. […]
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Air Force
Senate Passes Defense Authorization Bill, Reaches RD-180 Compromise
The Senate on Tuesday approved its version of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill that included a compromise on the RD-180 issue. Sen. Bill Nelson’s (D-Fla.) amendment gives the […]
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CongressCoast Guard Expects New Heavy Icebreaker Ready In 2024 Or 2025 If Schedule Holds
If Congress funds the start of a new heavy polar icebreaker so that construction can begin in 2020, then the vessel will be ready around 2024 or 2025, Coast Guard […]
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CongressHouse Lawmakers Want Pritzer Answers On World View 3 Licensing
Two influential House lawmakers from Texas want answers from Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) lack of decision granting DigitalGlobe [DGI] a license […]
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BudgetSenate NDAA Advances After Stalemate on Amendments
The Senate on Friday ended debate on the 2017 defense authorization bill after the amendment process ground to a halt. Although hundreds of amendments were filed, a series of objections […]
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BudgetSenate Defeats Amendments to Raise NDAA Topline, Leaving Bill at $602B
After Senate Republicans on Thursday shot down a secondary amendment that would authorize an additional $18 billion in nondefense funding, Democrats responded in kind, helping to defeat a measure that […]
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BudgetIn New Strategy, House Republicans Urge Next President to Step Up Homeland Security
House Republicans on Thursday rolled out a national security strategy focused on ramping up cyber and border security efforts as well more aggressively fighting terrorist groups. Not included in […]
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CongressHouse Committee Authorizes Cyber Security Agency At DHS
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday unanimously agreed to authorize the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) to become the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency, […]