Congress
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CongressHouse Appropriators Vote to Send FY ’20 Defense Bill Out of Committee
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) voted along party lines May 21 to pass the fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations bill out of committee and onto the House floor. The bill, […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Expects Impact To OPC Program From Hurricane Michael, Commandant Says
A Category 5 hurricane that battered Florida’s panhandle region last fall, including shipbuilder Eastern Shipbuilding Group, will impact the new medium-endurance cutter ship the company is building for the Coast […]
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SpaceDespite Space Concerns, HAC Cuts Back on Air Force Space R&D Citing Underexecution
The House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2020 draft defense appropriations bill cuts Air Force funding for space procurement and research-and-development (R&D) programs compared to what the service requested, despite lawmakers’ […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Plus-Up Air Force Fighters In FY ’20 Defense Markup
House appropriators are considering providing the Air Force with 68 new fighter jets in the fiscal year 2020 defense bill, while cutting funding for several high-profile next-generation research-and-development programs. The […]
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Business/FinancialThornberry to Introduce Two Bills Related to Acquisition Reform in FY ’20 NDAA Markup
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) ranking member plans to introduce two bills that would compel the Pentagon to implement acquisition reforms that Congress has passed into law, and create […]
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CongressWarren, Speier to Introduce Bill to More Strictly Limit Ex-DoD Officials’ Revolving Door to Industry
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) announced May 16 their intent to introduce new legislation that would further restrict former government officials from lobbying the Pentagon and […]
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CongressHouse Oversight Panel Says TransDigm Earned Profits Above 1,000 Percent On Multiple Programs
Aerospace parts supplier TransDigm Group Inc. [TDG] overcharged the Pentagon more than 1,300 percent on five programs examined by the House Oversight and Reform Committee, the worst examples cited by […]
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CongressHouse, Senate Panels Pass Homeland Security Bills
Two House and Senate committees that oversee the Department of Homeland Security approved a number of measures related to homeland security, mostly with bipartisan support, including bills for cyber security […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS Has Working Group To Manage Risk For 5G Deployments
The Department of Homeland Security has established a working group within its cyber operations directorate dedicated to managing risks stemming from the adoption of fifth-generation wireless technology, including those posed […]
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SpaceHAC Draft Defense Bill Is Cautious on Space Force, SDA Efforts
The House Appropriations Committee’s recently released fiscal year 2020 draft defense bill funds various Air Force space efforts, but also places holds on Pentagon-wide space endeavors including the Space Force […]