Congress

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to acquire new systems that automatically screen checked bags for explosives before being able to determine if any of the systems actually meet explosives […]

The U.S. government has identified four key gaps in other countries’ ability to prevent terrorists from traveling overseas, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). These […]

The head of a House panel rebuked calls for cutting the Pentagon’s budget yesterday while citing concerns about the readiness of Navy aircraft and ships. Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) highlighted […]

The House passed a $530 billion Pentagon spending plan last Friday, via a 336-87 vote, that is $8.9 billion smaller than President Barack Obama’s proposal and faces a veto threat […]

Reprogramming Rundown. The Pentagon’s $5 billion omnibus reprogramming request, dated June 30 and now before Congress, seeks to shift money for varied vehicle efforts including $51 million for 14 more […]

The House worked through proposed defense budget amendments yesterday related to war spending and Libya, yet shied away from substantive debate on weapon systems. The chamber continued debating the $530 […]

The House Appropriations Committee yesterday released a draft mark-up of the FY ’12 budget for NASA that proposes to slash the agency’s request by $1.9 billion, or 10 percent, to […]

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is warning that the Pentagon’s budget plans would cost $25 billion more than estimated in five years and $31 billion more in 10 years. The […]

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a three-year extension of regulations that enable the Department of Homeland Security to oversee compliance by high-risk chemical facilities […]

Lawmakers and the defense industry are clashing over the handling of company information in databases the Pentagon refers to when making contract decisions. The use of such data repositories has […]