Congress

The Pentagon’s Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), a major target of cyberattacks, has refined its network and its dealings with private companies to fend off an increasing number of intrusions, its commander […]

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) announced yesterday he will retire from the Senate next year at the end of his term, after working in the Senate and […]

The House passed a long-delayed defense budget bill yesterday that is intended to help the Pentagon manage the new “sequestration” cuts, sending the legislation to the Senate for scrutiny by […]

Congressional Democrats and the White House offered tepid support for budget legislation that would help the Pentagon, though they signaled they are not happy with the bill up for debate […]

Cyber security legislation is still important but the number one legislative priority this year for the Obama administration is immigration reform, the Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said yesterday. Despite […]

The House is preparing to vote Thursday on a full budget bill for the Pentagon over the next seven months that is intended to help it grapple with a $42.67 […]

Now that the long-dreaded sequestration cuts have started, the focus in the contentious military-budget-cutting debate shifts to the House as it plans to weigh a plan to make the cuts […]

The impact of existing and looming budget cuts facing the Defense Department from an ongoing budget resolution and sequestration in FY ’13 alone would have a severe impact on some […]

The long-feared “sequestration” budget cuts may officially start constricting Pentagon spending today, after Democrats and Republicans in the Senate rejected each other’s plans yesterday to prevent or lessen the blow […]

The nominee for the Pentagon position of deputy acquisition chief heard plenty of complaints about the struggling F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program during his Senate confirmation hearing yesterday. Senators John […]