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InternationalHouse Defense And Science Committee Chairs To Work On Academic Research Security With Biden
The House Armed Services and Science Committee chairs are looking to work with the Biden administration on U.S. academic research security amid worries about China, according to a recent letter. […]
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CongressRep. Roybal-Allard Questions Resourcing In Homeland Security Request
The chairwoman of the House panel that oversees funding for the Department of Homeland Security last Friday evening applauded the general direction of the Biden administration’s top line budget request […]
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CongressRecent Cyber Attacks Will Embolden Congress To Make Policy Changes, Dem Staffer Says
A series of recent cyber hacks and attacks impacting networks and industrial control systems have strengthened the resolve of Congress to make policy changes that the legislators generally have been […]
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CongressPeters, Portman Dig Into Federal Response, Capabilities Following Major Cyber Attacks
The Democratic and Republican leadership of a Senate homeland security committee are asking key federal cyber security officials about the extent of compromises to federal networks arising from recently disclosed […]
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CongressMarkey, Khanna Introduce Bill To Stop GBSD Development, Redirect Funds To Fighting Diseases
Progressive lawmakers Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced a bill Friday to stop development of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program and redirect the funds […]
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CongressSenate Confirms Turk to be DoE DepSec, 98-2
The Senate confirmed David Turk to be deputy secretary of energy on Tuesday, voting 98-2 to install the former Obama official and Biden staffer as the Department of Energy’s No. […]
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CongressSASC’s Vote On Nominee For Pentagon’s Top Policy Job Results In A Tie
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Wednesday voted 13-13, along party lines, on the nomination of Colin Kahl for the Pentagon’s top policy job, the latest contentious step in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCyber, Nukes, OCO are Big Boogeymen in Defense Budget, HAC-D Chair Says
Nuclear weapons are one of a trilogy of high-spend programs likely to affect defense spending decisions for years, the chair of a House Appropriations panel said Tuesday in an online […]
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CongressSmith Outlines DoD Technology Procurement Issues
The chairman of the House Armed Service Committee Monday said Pentagon technology procurement must improve and grow to help drive U.S. technology innovation, akin to how Special Operational Command (SOCOM) […]
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CongressRogers Won’t Support Defense Budget Without Increased Topline, Predicts HASC Will Block Nuke Modernization Cuts
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said Monday he won’t support the next defense budget if it doesn’t include three to five percent topline spending growth, […]