Congress

By Emelie Rutherford As Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) faces one of his toughest reelection battles during his 21 years in Congress, he is receiving ample financial support from the defense […]

By Emelie Rutherford Even though President Barack Obama signed the NASA policy bill into law, contracts with industry for the soon-defunct Constellation program will continue because Congress has not yet passed […]

By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers are using a new report describing slow implementation of the Obama administration’s cyber-policy plans as a call for Congress to step in and strengthen U.S. cybersecurity […]

Proposed changes by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in FY ’11 that favor the North and East urban areas of the United States for Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) funding, […]

By Emelie Rutherford Now that the Senate has approved long-delayed military-trade treaties with the United Kingdom and Australia, the U.S. defense industry is looking forward to learn which companies, technologies, […]

By Emelie Rutherford President Barack Obama is poised to sign into law a NASA policy bill that would build on work done on the Orion crew capsule and support imminent […]

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday unanimously agreed to approve a bipartisan bill that would reform the Federal Protective Service (FPS) by boosting its capabilities and training. […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon and Boeing [BA] are expected to enter in a long-awaited multi-year contract for F/A-18 fighter jets this week, now that President Barack Obama signed enabling […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new administrator told a House panel yesterday that he is open to having a Registered Traveler (RT) program in the nation’s airports […]

By Calvin Biesecker The failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square by Faisal Shahzad in the spring may be been due to steps that had already been […]