Congress
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BudgetHASC Subcommittee to Beef Up RD-180 Replacement Effort
The House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee will recommend additional funding in the defense authorization bill for a replacement to Russia’s RD-180 rocket engine, a staffer said April 22 […]
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Air ForceHASC Subcommittee Proposes Faster Cruiser Modernization, LXR Procurement
Accelerating cruiser modernization and the procurement of the Navy’s new amphibious ship are two of the priorities listed in the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s defense […]
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ArmyHouse Armed Services Committee to Request Additional Funds for F-35, F-18s
Faster modernization of the Army National Guard’s aging UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter fleet and reports investigating the F-35’s engine and logistics system are among the proposed additions to the defense […]
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BudgetProposed NDAA Would Eliminate Manpower Cost Estimate Requirement
The House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on readiness has proposed eliminating a statute that Defense Department officials have said bogs down the acquisition process. The committee’s National Defense Authorization Act […]
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BudgetHASC Subcommittee Calls for Pentagon to Assess Weapons’ Cyber Vulnerabilities
The House Armed Service Committee kicked off the National Defense Authorization Act markup process on April 21, with the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities the first to issue its […]
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CongressThornberry: NDAA to Include ‘Significant Amount’ of Acquisition Reform Language
As the House Armed Services Committee prepares to roll out the first subcommittee markups of the National Defense Authorization Act later this afternoon, HASC chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) said the […]
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BudgetGAO Finds PortfolioStat IT Cost Savings Fall Short By 68 Percent
The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) PortfolioStat program, meant to lower federal IT costs, fell short on expected savings by 68 percent, according to a new report from the […]
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CongressBest Practices Should Be Top Priority For Managing Cyber Security Risk, DHS Official Says
Companies, government agencies and other organizations should concentrate the vast bulk of their cyber security efforts on implementing best practices with the least effort going to incident response to buy […]
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CongressSenate Confirms Deyo To Lead DHS Management Office
The Senate on Thursday voted 95-2 to confirm Russell Deyo to be the next under secretary of Management at the Department of Homeland Security, filling one of the last two […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Executive Officer Defends Fighter’s Logistics System Against Congressional Criticism
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has shown shortcomings in its diagnostic capabilities, leading to false positives that have put an added burden on maintainers, according to its program executive […]