Congress
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Air ForceBridenstine Pledges to Back Funding for USAF’s Protected Tactical Waveform During Conference
The House zeroed out funds for the Air Force’s protected tactical waveform in its fiscal 2016 appropriations bill, but Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) said he will be pushing his colleagues […]
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CongressSenate Fails To Bring Amendment With Cyber Legislation To Debate
The Senate on Thursday failed to bring to a vote an amendment to the defense authorization bill that aimed at expanding the sharing of cyber threat indicators between the public […]
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CongressSenate Appropriators Approve Nearly $344 Million Cut To Commercial Crew
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) on Thursday approved 27-3 its version of a fiscal year 2016 spending bill that provides nearly $334 million less for Commercial Crew than NASA requested, […]
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CongressDefense Spending Bill Passes After House Approves Separate Fund For Ohio-Replacement
The House on June 11 passed its $578.6 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2016, after members voted to eliminate a prohibition on transferring funds for the Ohio-class replacement […]
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BudgetIn FY ’16 Defense Bill, Senate Appropriators Increase Funding for Aviation, Shipbuilding
The Senate Appropriations Committee this morning passed its fiscal year 2016 defense spending bill, which adds 12 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, 10 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, a Joint High Speed Vessel […]
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BudgetSenate Intel Committee’s Cyber Bill Wrapped Into Amendment As Part Of NDAA Debate
A bill approved earlier this year by the Senate Intelligence Committee that would enable increased sharing of cyber threat data between the public and private sectors may be considered as […]
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Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Big Cut To Commercial Crew
The Senate Appropriations commerce, justice and science and related agencies (CJS) subcommittee Wednesday approved its version of a fiscal year 2016 spending bill that provides nearly $344 million less for […]
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CongressNeffenger Says First Priority As TSA Chief Would Be To Address Findings Of IG’s Covert Tests
The Obama administration’s nominee to be the next head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said on Wednesday that if confirmed his top priority would be to address the findings […]
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CongressPassenger Convenience Trumping Security, TSA Field Official Says
An emphasis on passenger convenience, low workforce morale, hesitancy of screening officers regarding physical contact with passengers to resolve alarms, and other factors help perpetuate aviation security risks, a Transportation […]
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BudgetDemocrats to Ramp Up Opposition to OCO Mechanism During Appropriations Process
In a 46–51 vote, Senate Republicans on June 9 toppled an amendment to the 2016 defense authorization bill that would block the obligation of $38 billion in extra wartime spending […]