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CongressAfter House OKs Debt Limit Bill, GOP Senators Push Supplementals To Increase Defense Spending
After the House passed a bill to lift the debt ceiling that also caps defense spending for the next two years, Republicans Senators on Thursday pushed for supplemental funding measures […]
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CongressDebt Ceiling Deal $886 Billion Defense Cap Defines Trade Space; Fate of UPLs Uncertain
The debt ceiling deal’s $886 billion fiscal 2024 defense cap will heighten congressional scrutiny of military service defense budgets this year and will likely mean congressional leaders will have to […]
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CongressDoE Defense-Nuclear Programs Would Dodge Big Cuts In Deficit Deal
The House on Wednesday evening easily passed legislation that would cut much non-defense federal spending over the next two years in exchange for extending U.S. money-borrowing authority. For fiscal year […]
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Homeland SecurityIT Modernization Not Necessarily A Cost Saver, GAO Official Warns
Modernization of federal information technology (IT) system won’t necessarily result in cost savings for agencies, but new systems are more efficient, offer greater functionality and stronger security, a government audit […]
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CongressU.S. Senators Form Caucus Dedicated To Advocating for DoE Labs
Senators from four states have joined forces to form a caucus dedicated to advocating for U.S. national laboratories, including those overseen by the National Nuclear Security Administration. Senators Ben Ray […]
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CongressDebt Limit Deal Sets FY ‘24 Defense Topline At $886 Billion, Gets Some GOP Pushback
The final debt limit deal negotiated between House Republican leaders and the White House that sets an $886 billion defense topline for fiscal year 2024 has received pushback from some […]
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Business/FinancialContractors Asking About Prompt Payment Act, As Default Specter Looms
Unlike a federal government shutdown, a default would not halt fiscal 2023 appropriations, and large defense contractors’ cash reserves could help tide those companies over, yet downstream effects of a […]
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Air ForceRogers Wants Near Term USAF Affirmation of 2021 Choice of Redstone Arsenal As Base for U.S. Space Command
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) is pressing DoD and the U.S. Air Force to affirm the 2021 selection of Redstone Arsenal, Ala., as the permanent base […]
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CongressHouse Appropriations Committee Joins Armed Services Panel in Postponing Budget Markups
The House Appropriations Committee postponed markups of several fiscal year 2024 spending bills with no rain-check date given, the panel’s chairwoman said Monday. Citing ongoing negotiations between the administration and […]
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InternationalReports DoD Overvalued Aid To Ukraine By $3 Billion Are ‘Extremely Problematic,’ Lawmakers Say
The leaders of national security committees in the House have called reports that the Pentagon miscalculated the value of weapons aid provided to Ukraine by $3 billion “extremely problematic, to […]
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