Congress

The White House’s budget chief will testify before the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) next month about potential defense budget reductions after the panel’s chairman prodded the administration to share […]

Seven hawkish senators asked the nation’s largest defense contractors to describe how a potential $500 billion cut in Pentagon spending over the next decade would impact their firms. The senators–members of […]

The House last week approved several homeland security bills including a bill aimed at streamlining global supply chain security by allowing the Department of Homeland Security to recognize other countries’ […]

A final rule to help guide ports around the country on choosing and installing smart card readers to improve security to access to secure locations within a port is expected […]

The Pentagon asked Congress this week for permission to rejigger $112 million in funding within its coffers for new intelligence and surveillance programs including Special Operations Command spy planes. Military […]

A leading defense budget-writer is crafting a plan to stop the U.S. government from doing business with a Russian firm that has supplied arms to the Syrian government. Rep. Jim […]

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter plans to travel to India later this summer in part to forge ahead on an initiative aimed at easing defense trade between the two […]

The Pentagon sent Congress a proposal last Friday afternoon to shift around $8 billion in funding already in its coffers to cover unforeseen costs including the procurement and enhancement of […]

Key lawmakers predicted yesterday the House will make few changes to the Pentagon budget bill in two weeks, despite the White House’s opposition and Senate plans to advance a more-modest […]

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall have written key senators asking for their support for Fiscal Year 2013 funding […]