Congress

By Emelie Rutherford The White House in the near future is expected to release guidance intended to curtail the use of cost-plus and noncompetitive federal government contracts, an effort lawmakers […]

The Senate yesterday approved by a 79 to 19 vote the $42.8 billion FY ’10 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, which will now go to President Obama for his signature. Last […]

By Emelie Rutherford Congress nixed the Pentagon’s attempt to rejigger millions of dollars in its coffers for re-engining a troubled intelligence-gathering aircraft and launching several new weapons programs. The four […]

The House yesterday approved the $42.8 billion FY ’10 Homeland Security Appropriations Act by a 307-114 vote. The measure was put together and agreed to last week by negotiators from […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon and White House reminded lawmakers this week if the final fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations bill continues the canceled VH-71 presidential helicopter program President Obama […]

By Emelie Rutherford The pace of the Pentagon spending bill for the current fiscal year has slowed on Capitol Hill, where a previously planned meeting between two major negotiators was […]

By Calvin Biesecker Congressional appropriators last week agreed to provide enough funds in FY ’10 for the Coast Guard to complete construction of the fourth National Security Cutter (NSC) and […]

By Emelie Rutherford A major driver in costs of the Obama administration’s overseas missile-defense architecture will be the types of ships the Pentagon uses, according to congressional budget experts. Several […]

By Ann Roosevelt The future joint operational concepts expressed in the Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO) were validated in a U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM)-led seminar wargame, but the […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is set to pass a NASA spending bill this week that nearly matches the White House’s request for space exploration, just as a growing chorus […]