Congress

By Emelie Rutherford Senate Republicans are railing against a potential White House mandate for companies to disclose their political campaign contributions before being considered for government contracts. A draft of […]

By Emelie Rutherford A senior Pentagon official emphasized efforts yesterday to lessen the military’s energy footprint, including adding energy performance parameters into the requirements process for new weapons and collaborating […]

Several House Republicans led by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) last week introduced legislation to give airports the ability renew efforts to opt out of having to […]

Legislation introduced yesterday by two senators extends key provisions of the 2005 Safe Port Security Act, although it eliminates one key mandate, a 2012 deadline requiring the Department of Homeland […]

By Calvin Biesecker It will be another year before the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues a final rule requiring all pilots to be issued their airman certificates that include a […]

By Emelie Rutherford President Barack Obama’s call yesterday to cut $400 billion in defense spending by 2023 after reassessing the role of the U.S. military has generated skepticism among some […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard is making unrealistically high assumptions about the budgets it can expect to receive in the coming years, a problem that could manifest itself in […]

By Emelie Rutherford NASA will be allowed to cancel unwanted contracts from the defunct Constellation manned-spaceflight program if Congress passes the massive fiscal year 2011 budget deal reached late last […]

By Emelie Rutherford A key senator said he believe the Pentagon’s business cases for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s second engine, which Congress is poised to defund this week, has […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House is expected to vote tonight on the last-minute federal budget Democrats and Republicans agreed to late last week, a massive plan unveiled early yesterday morning […]