Congress

Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), the outspoken House appropriations leader who some observers joked should be labeled “D-Boeing,” said Friday he will retire from Congress. In announcing his decision he highlighted […]

Over the past year the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made a number of changes in the way senior management oversees major acquisition programs so that they have more […]

A top Democrat who steers Pentagon policy said yesterday he is has multiple concerns about the health of the defense industry including figuring out how to maintain a skilled industrial […]

As expected, a group of Republican senators yesterday introduced a cyber security bill that they said focuses on improved information sharing between the government and industry without creating more government […]

A Marine Corps official told concerned lawmakers yesterday engineers have worked to control the weight of the developmental Joint Strike Fighter F-35B since tests showed it near its maximum poundage in […]

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told lawmakers yesterday that though the Pentagon hasn’t planned for potential “sequestration” budget cuts, it may start preparations for them this summer. The Pentagon says its […]

House lawmakers repeatedly slammed the Air Force’s proposal to cancel a variant of the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft yesterday, suggesting a powerful committee could attempt to tweak the plan. House […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in compliance with standards set forth to verify the safe radiation dose emitted by whole body imagers based on X-ray technology, and furthermore these […]

A special House panel will propose a series of recommendations by the end of next week for helping smaller companies compete for Pentagon contracts, its members said yesterday. The House […]

New legislation that been introduced in the House and Senate the past two months aimed at codifying the Department of Homeland Security’s responsibilities for working with the private sector and […]