Congress

  • House Armed Services Committee members from both parties pushed against the Pentagon\'s cost-saving plans to reduce the size of the Army and Marine Corps.

    February 17, 2011
  • The second F-35 engine was to be built by General Electric and Rolls Royce as an alternative in case the primary engine built by Pratt & Whitney failed.

    February 17, 2011
  • GAO\'s biannual list includes 30 programs that are in trouble. House and Senate members promise to focus more of their attention on the initiatives most at risk. Members plan to use the model that worked for DoD and personnel security clearances in other problematic areas.

    February 17, 2011
  • Virginia\'s attorney general took his fight against the federal health care law to Capitol Hill Wednesday, stepping onto a national stage before the House Judiciary Committee.

    February 16, 2011
  • The government watchdog agency highlights 30 areas that are at-risk of major problems or failure. Auditors added Interior\'s handling of gas and oil resources, but several on-going challenges saw the scope of oversight shrink because of progress agencies have made.

    February 16, 2011
  • President Obama has threatened to veto a continuing resolution that would fund government through the rest of the fiscal year. The Hill\'s Bob Cusack explains how the CR battle has gotten this far.

    February 16, 2011
  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said repeatedly over recent weeks that operating the Defense Department under 2010 funding levels represented a \"crisis on my doorstep.\" Several Defense spending critics said the assessment was overblown.

    February 16, 2011
  • Continuing to operate at 2010 funding levels under a continuing resolution would be a crisis for the military, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. He made the remarks at a briefing detailing DoD\'s proposed budget for 2012.

    February 15, 2011
  • Highlights by agency from the President\'s fiscal year 2012 budget, released Monday.

    February 14, 2011
  • A Congressional subcommittee heard testimony from three cybersecurity experts Friday who said the Defense Department should share more information on cyber threats with private network operators. The hearing, which examined DoD\'s role in the nation\'s cyber defense, produced a consensus that the country needs to do more to protect itself from cyber threats, the subcommittee\'s chairman said.

    February 14, 2011
  • As Congress prepares to debate the budget for fiscal year 2012, Federal News Radio asks you for your predictions on how much spending will change from current levels.

    February 11, 2011
  • Republican leaders in the House are calling for even deeper budgets cuts by putting forward a plan that cuts about $60 billion to hundreds of federal programs for the seven months remaining in the current fiscal year.

    February 11, 2011
  • By Jolie Lee Federal News Radio The threat of cyber war is increasing, said James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, in comments to a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday. CIA Chief Leon Panetta said…

    February 10, 2011
  • The federal government spends $18 billion a year on training for job seekers. The Government Accountability Office is raising questions about whether those programs are effective. GAO says that a number of these programs have…

    February 10, 2011