Congress

The House yesterday voted 249 to 175 in favor of a resolution to continue funding certain components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that deal with border security. The […]

The military is moving forward with its development of the Air-Sea Battle concept, with military leaders reviewing an Implementation Master Plan sent out about a month ago and planning on […]

The shutdown of the federal government is already negatively impacting the defense industrial base through employee furloughs and threatening support for the warfighter, industry leaders are warning Congress and the […]

As damaging has sequestration has been to the military, with its arbitrary cuts causing backlogs of maintenance, administrative work and more, the government’s shutdown could prove more damaging if it […]

The chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said he believes the intelligence collection programs he oversees adhere to the law better than most other government programs, but […]

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday favorably reported the nominations of Suzanne Spaulding and Stevan Bunnell to positions within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Spaulding and […]

The cost of implementing a biometric exit program at the nation’s airports would cost more than $3 billion over 10 years, officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told […]

Air Force secretary nominee Deborah Lee James told the Senate Armed Services Committee that budget cuts have caused a readiness hole for the service and also exacerbated some “fences to […]

The Department of Homeland Security has policies in place that promote acquisition best practices, but a culture shift is needed to force program managers to actually follow them, a Government […]

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters yesterday that lawmakers would vote this week on a continuing resolution that keeps sequestration cuts in place and defunds the Patient […]