Congress
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CongressHouse Panel Approves Cyber Security Bill
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee yesterday unanimously approved a cyber security bill that promotes, and improves coordination of, related research and development (R&D). Key provisions of the Cyber […]
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BudgetSessions Claims Senate Resolution Off On War Funding
The Senate Budget Committee passed on Thursday night a federal budget resolution, which the panel’s lead Republican charged provides incorrect estimates for war funding. The Democratic-led panel approved its 10-year, […]
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CongressDespite Pushback, Pistole Says Small Knives Not A Terrorist Threat
Citing his agency’s authority to prevent terrorist attacks as well as to continue to move toward a screening model focused on bad people rather than just bad things, Transportation Security […]
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BudgetSenate CR Vote Delayed Until Monday At Earliest
Senate leaders gave up their hope of passing a government budget bill Thursday night, pledging to find a way to work through a slew of amendments and pass the measure […]
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BudgetSenate Budget Plan Replaces Sequestration Cuts
Senate Democrats unveiled a broad budget resolution Wednesday that calls for ending the $500 billion in across-the-board “sequestration” cuts to defense over a decade but keeping roughly half that amount–$240 […]
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BudgetHouse Budget Resolution Seeks Modest Defense Boost
A House panel is calling for slight increases in defense spending over the next decade–which are more than currently projected but not as much as House Republicans previously sought. The […]
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BudgetRepublicans Stall CR Debate In Senate
Work on the new government-funding bill was stalled in the Senate Tuesday by Republican senators who said they needed more time to review the measure a Democrat-run panel released late […]
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Air ForceGen. Alexander Discusses Emerging DoD Cyber Force Teams
The head of the military’s Cyber Command yesterday disclosed that the Defense Department is in the process of creating and training its core set of teams that would operate in […]
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CongressSenate Prepares To Debate CR With DoD Budget
Senate Democrats released on Monday night a new government budget, which Pentagon planners eagerly are awaiting to help them manage the across-the-board “sequestration” cuts that started March 1. “It doesn’t […]
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BudgetSenate CR Expected Today
March 12, 2013 UPDATE: Senate Prepares To Debate CR With DoD Budget Senate Democrats released on Monday night a new government budget, which Pentagon planners eagerly are awaiting to help […]