Congress

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday quickly and unanimously approved Jeh Johnson, the Obama administration’s nominee to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security. Jeh Johnson Photo: Paul, […]

With less than a month left until the budget conference committee is expected to have a deal in place, it is clear there is no consensus among Senate Republicans, let […]

The Senate may be headed for delays in passing its National Defense Authorization Act this month, with Republican senators saying they will not allow the bill to move forward if […]

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has conducted limited operations with its Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) off the United States coastline but air safety restrictions have limited these flights, an agency […]

The Navy has continued to accept delivery of ships containing hundreds and in some cases thousands of deficiencies despite recent efforts to improve quality control, and is not adequately pressuring […]

As the Senate begins to consider the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014 this week, the Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member warned that a few contentious issues […]

The House Armed Services Committee’s recently announced acquisition reform effort is likely to yield some language in the fiscal year 2015 authorization bill and significantly more in the FY ’16 […]

Today’s ever-changing threat environment means the time is right to start relying on open architecture and an incremental roll-out of capabilities, Navy officials said Nov. 12 at Defense Daily’s Open […]

House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said he can already see sequestration cuts erode efforts to modernize weapons and facilities, which is consequently hurting the morale […]

Two congressmen who currently serve in the military discussed what they see as a growing schism between Congress and the Pentagon, with their frustrations at the budgeting process on display. […]