Budget

The Senate on Sunday will begin what could be a long parliamentary process to pass both the Bipartisan Budget Act and the National Defense Authorization Act, though votes won’t take […]

A new defense authorization bill that reflected both House and Senate bill language from earlier in the year passed the House of Representatives Thursday evening in an overwhelming 350-69 vote. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Thursday it has received its first clean audit opinion on its finances from an independent auditor KPMG. “Simply put, the clean audit is […]

If Congress passes the Bipartisan Budget Agreement that was rolled out earlier this week, defense appropriators are ready to pounce on finishing a line-by-line spending bill by Jan. 15 to […]

Divesting its entire A-10 fleet would save the Air Force nearly $3.7 billion, including logistics and infrastructure, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said yesterday. “We would have […]

The proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 includes some of the most detailed language to date preparing the Department of Defense for offensive cyber operations. Previous defense […]

The defense policy bill for fiscal 2014 sitting before Congress proposes placing additional oversight on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program and requires the Pentagon to assess its capabilities […]

A new compromise defense bill appears poised to pass the House this week but could stall in the Senate again next week, threatening the Defense Department’s ability to pay its […]

The two-year budget deal unveiled Tuesday night would save the Defense Department from taking a $22 billion hit in January, when the next round of sequestration cuts were set to […]

A compromise defense authorization unveiled Monday afternoon provides several assurances to the defense industrial base by restoring funding for maintenance availabilities canceled due to a lack of funding, supporting platform […]