Congress
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CongressForbes, Hanabusa Say Asia Rebalance Can’t Proceed Until Strategy, Goals Developed
House Armed Services Committee members Randy Forbes (R-Va.) and Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii) introduced a bill to support the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific two months ago, but they said Thursday that […]
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BudgetCongress Unlikely to Tackle Sequester Relief Until 2015
It is unlikely that Congress will make any progress repealing or replacing sequestration this year, two lawmakers said Tuesday morning, but they hope that in early 2015 Congress will continue […]
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CongressGAO Says Feds Must Do More To Boost Security Of Industrial Radiological Sources
Despite federally mandated security controls for the safeguarding of industrial sources of radioactive materials that if stolen could be used by terrorists to disperse radioactive material through a conventional explosive […]
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CongressNavy Broke Procedure In Attempt to Decommission Cruisers, GAO Says
The Navy did not properly follow its own procedures when it proposed decommissioning seven cruisers and two amphibious dock landing ships two years ago to account for how the early […]
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BudgetDespite Canceling Next-Generation Bio-Detection System, DHS Examining Upgrades, Advances To BioWatch
Despite the recent cancellation of an advanced technology program to automate the collection and analysis of potential biological threats in the nation’s major cities, the bio-terror threat is real and […]
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CongressHouse Approves DHS Acquisition Reform Bill
The House on Monday approved by voice vote a bill to strengthen the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) acquisition management, in part by authorizing it to follow existing directives. The […]
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CongressSASC Nudges Pentagon On Open Architecture
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the defense authorization bill for fiscal 2015 is pushing the Pentagon to adopt greater open architecture practices in the acquisition of major […]
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CongressChina Wants More Carriers, Unclear How Many, U.S. Official Says
China continues to pursue the notion of building its own aircraft carriers and could have any number of them over the next decade or so, but it remains unclear just […]
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CongressDefense Appropriator Faces Runoff Election; Armed Services Member Narrowly Avoids One
In the primary elections in Mississippi on Tuesday, one House Armed Services Committee member narrowly won enough votes to advance to the general election this fall, and a Senate Appropriations […]
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CongressFinal Rule For TWIC Card Readers Not Expected Until 2015
The Coast Guard is still in the process of reviewing comments on its proposed rule for installing smart card readers at the nation’s highest risk seaport facilities and doesn’t expect […]