:

Congress

DOGE Missing Mark And Opportunity, HASC Ranking Member Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025

SHARE:

DOGE Missing Mark And Opportunity, HASC Ranking Member Says

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee

Random firings combined with no clear direction from the Trump administration’s fledgling government efficiency effort so far are not unlocking new and better ways of doing business at the Defense Department, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said on Wednesday. Firings of more than 5,400 relatively new DoD employees that began this week do not address workforce performance issues and miss the mark on determining the talent needs of the department, Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.) said…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]