Budget
-
Air ForceHAC-D Approves Air Force $100 Million EELV Reprogramming Request
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee (HAC-D) approved the Defense Department’s July 10 reprogramming request to add $100 million and an additional fiscal year 2015 launch to the Air Force’s Evolved […]
-
BudgetHagel, Dempsey: DoD Needs More Funding in OCO, Base Budget for Increasing Missions Abroad
The fiscal year 2016 budget request will reflect the recent increase in demand for U.S. military actions, but the Defense Department needs some help from Congress making ends meet in […]
-
BudgetHouse Likely to Take Up CR, Anti-ISIS Funding Amendment on Tuesday; Pentagon Urges Passage
Congress is poised to decide soon on the Pentagon’s initial $500 million request to go after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but the Pentagon has not begun planning […]
-
BudgetObama Asks Congress for $500 Million to Train Moderate Syrian Rebels; CR Vote Delayed Pending Details
Congress is mulling how to proceed after President Barack Obama asked for congressional authority to train and equip moderate Syrian rebel forces in Saudi Arabia–with a $500 million price tag–to […]
-
BudgetShort-term CR Filed in House; Vote Delayed Until White House Briefs Congress on ISIS Plan
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) filed a continuing resolution bill on Tuesday evening that would keep the government open through Dec. 11 and funded at this year’s level–a […]
-
Air ForceDoD Reprogramming Request Would Buy 8 F-35s and 21 Apaches, Support O&M Needs in OCO
The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for […]
-
BudgetCSBA: Pentagon Needs to Rethink Readiness Measurements to Allow Smarter Spending
The Defense Department won’t be able to make smart decisions about how much money it needs to produce a certain level of combat readiness until it begins collecting the right […]
-
Budget
CSBA: Procurement Could See 20 Percent Boost through 2019, But Only if Congress Allows Other Reforms
The fiscal year 2015 defense budget request could bring procurement spending back up to the same level as its peak in 2010–but only if Congress allows the Defense Department to […]
-
BudgetSenate Appropriators Likely to Pursue Continuing Resolution Next Week to Avoid Govt’ Shutdown
The Senate Appropriations Committee will likely try to push through a continuing resolution next week when Congress returns, as the prospects of completing the normal appropriations process in the eight […]
-
BudgetService Officials Submitted POMs to OSD This Week at Above-Sequester Spending Levels
The military services have submitted their fiscal year 2016 Program Objective Memoranda (POMs) to the Office of the Secretary of Defense to begin the process of adding and subtracting to […]