Budget
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Air ForceDoD Must Eliminate Hurdles To Innovative COMSATCOM Business Deals, Air Force Says
The Defense Department, and, where appropriate, Congress, must eliminate hurdles that inhibit it from exercising innovative commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) business arrangements that enable more efficient and responsive acquisition of […]
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BudgetFinal Senate Compromise Bill Lacks Flexibility for Sequestration Implementation
The Senate compromise to reopen the federal government and lift the debt ceiling does not appear to grant any relief to government departments implementing rigid sequestration cuts, despite top Senate […]
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Budget
Senate Wants to Include Sequester Flexibility in its Plan to Reopen Government
Senate leaders working on a compromise to open the government and raise the debt limit hope to include flexibility in implementing sequestration cuts–which military leaders have begged for months –though […]
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Budget
U.S., U.K. In Discussions With O3b Networks For Satellite Services
The United States, along with the United Kingdom, Australia and two other allied countries, has been in discussions with satellite services provider O3b Networks for access to the company’s satellite […]
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Budget
Bipartisan Policy Center: Sequester’s Impact to Industry Will Grow Worse Each Year
If sequestration is allowed to continue, the Defense Department will have troops with a good benefits package but a shortage of equipment and vehicles to support them in operations, potentially […]
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Budget
DoD Comptroller: Contractor Clause of POMA Most Challenging to Interpret
Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale told the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee that the Pay Our Military Act (POMA) language was “difficult to interpret,” particularly as it relates to allowing […]
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Budget
Deputy SECDEF Carter Resigning
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter plans to leave his post at the Pentagon in early December after two years on the job, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said yesterday. Hagel […]
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Air Force
Air Force Still Risks Missing FY ’14 Audit Deadline, Morin Says
The Air Force still risks missing its legally-required Sept. 30, 2014, deadline of having its statement of budgetary resources (SBR) audit-ready, according to the service’s number two civilian. As part […]
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Budget
House Passes Resolution Funding Border-Related DHS Components
The House yesterday voted 249 to 175 in favor of a resolution to continue funding certain components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that deal with border security. The […]
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Budget
Armed Services Committees Proceeding With Authorization Bills Despite Shutdown
The House and Senate armed services committees are proceeding with business as usual during the federal government shutdown, though at a somewhat slower pace, trying to arrange for oversight hearings […]