Congress

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s newly unveiled rule for handling organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) by defense contractors is raising some concerns in the defense industry because it drops a […]

By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon officials are expected to unveil this week their plans for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s second engine, which Congress recently agreed to fund until at least […]

By Emelie Rutherford President Barack Obama signed into law on Wednesday a temporary federal budget bill that allows the Navy to change its acquisition strategy for littoral ships and keeps the F-35 second […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is expected to vote today on a temporary federal budget that would run until March 4 and grant the Navy permission to buy Littoral Combat […]

Two reports issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) earlier this year aimed at identifying and defining its missions and then linking those missions to programs and organizational needs […]

By Emelie Rutherford Senators lined up amendments yesterday to the omnibus government funding bill and annual defense policy bill, including changes related to the Air Force tanker and F-35 alternate […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House passed a standalone bill yesterday granting the Navy approval to buy Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) from both companies vying to build them, thus leaving approval […]

The Coast Guard follows guidelines recommended by the Department of Homeland Security for assessing risks to ferries and related facilities and takes a variety of measures to bolster security at […]

By Emelie Rutherford Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called yesterday for the Navy to further delay a contract award for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program until early 2011 so lawmakers […]

By Calvin Biesecker Homeland security funding has always been and will continue to be a priority for Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), who in January is expected to become the chairman […]