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Congress Passes $1.1T Omnibus That Includes Cyber Bill, $573 Billion for Defense

Valerie Insinna

Friday, December 18th, 2015

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Congress Passes $1.1T Omnibus That Includes Cyber Bill, $573 Billion for Defense

Congress on Friday passed a $1.1 trillion omnibus bill that contains $573 billion for the Defense Department as well as controversial cyber legislation.The defense portion of the package appropriates $514 billion for Defense Department base expenses and $59 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations account that pays for wartime spending. Lawmakers also attached the Cyber Information and Sharing Act, which aims to increase the sharing of cyber threat indicators between private entities and the government (Defense Daily, Dec. 16)The House…

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SASC Approves $1.14 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right to Repair’ Reform, Stock Buyback Restriction

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House Appropriators Unveil $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill, Restore Funds For E-7, Army Aviation

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MOSA Implementation By Pentagon Lagging, GAO Official Says

While the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) has been a requirement for major defense acquisition programs since January 2019 and other Defense Department acquisitions since January 2021, few programs are […]