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Coast Guard, FEMA Get Lift In House Bill

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Monday, June 28th, 2010

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The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee's mark-up last Thursday of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) FY '11 budget added $254.5 million in discretionary spending to the request, with the Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) getting the lion's share of the proposed increase. The $43.9 billion mark-up includes $10.2 billion for the Coast Guard, $291 million more than requested, with a hefty $304.4 million increase in operating expenses more than outweighing $20 million in cuts to acquisition…

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CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

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