Congress

By Emelie Rutherford A Senate budget-writing panel agreed yesterday to cut President Barack Obama’s proposed level of Pentagon funding, and a House committee could do the same thing next week. […]

By Emelie Rutherford Louisiana politicians are pushing to have Northrop Grumman [NOC] build two more Navy amphibious ships than planned at its ill-fated Avondale facility, and defense-minded lawmakers are busy […]

The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee’s mark-up last Thursday of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) FY ’11 budget added $254.5 million in discretionary spending to the request, with the […]

By Calvin Biesecker The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee yesterday allotted $43.9 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’11, representing a $1.1 billion, or 2.6 increase, […]

By Calvin Biesecker The House Homeland Security Committee yesterday unanimously approved several bipartisan bills including one aimed at improving the nation’s preparedness and response to threats from biological weapons and […]

By Calvin Biesecker For all the changes it made in its program management structure, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) electronic border security fence called SBInet continues to struggle, a […]

By Calvin Biesecker Several members of the House Homeland Security Committee yesterday said they would back new legislation proposed in the Senate that would give the Department of Homeland Security […]

By Calvin Biesecker A new government report says that the government agency that oversees the monitoring of cyber security at federal civilian agencies can enforce compliance with its recommendations and […]

By Emelie Rutherford Senate leadership’s new push to quickly move cybersecurity legislation will kick off today with a hearing on a hot-button bill that would give the Department of Homeland […]

By Calvin Biesecker President Obama’s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday said that his top priority will be to ensure that the agency is driven by intelligence. […]