Congress

Lawmakers who have been investigating ways to help small and mid-sized firms work with the Pentagon plan to issue a series of proposals as soon as next Monday. The House […]

Redesign and modification in the development of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will continue to drive the cost of the program for the next few years, but it will likely […]

Army officials warned yesterday that progress the service made to improve its wayward acquisition programs could be hampered by potential “sequestration” budget cuts. Army Secretary John McHugh predicted if Congress does not […]

NASA’s leader defended its diminished budget proposal before Congress yesterday, facing accusations that the space agency is “over-prioritizing” its new commercial crew effort. NASA Administration Charles Bolden told Senate and […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week approved the Coast Guard’s requirements for a new class of medium-endurance cutters that emphasize endurance and the ability to operate its air […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hopes to have its plans to Congress within a month for how it will develop a biometric-enabled system to track the departure of foreign […]

Hawkish lawmakers who want more information on President Barack Obama’s nascent European missile defense setup are blocking an Army budgeting request as a bargaining ploy. House Armed Services Committee Strategic […]

Senate co-sponsors of bi-partisan legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to designate which private infrastructure in the country should be required to meet certain performance […]

Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), the outspoken House appropriations leader who some observers joked should be labeled “D-Boeing,” said Friday he will retire from Congress. In announcing his decision he highlighted […]

Over the past year the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made a number of changes in the way senior management oversees major acquisition programs so that they have more […]