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Seven senators have requested an independent investigation by the Defense Department\'s inspector general into the accidental disclosure of technical data to rival bidders Boeing and EADS in the Air Force\'s refueling tanker competition.
January 31, 2011 -
Fred Burton, a former Special Agent with the Department of State\'s Diplomatic Security Service, joins host Derrick Dortch for a discussion on congressional security. January 28, 2011
January 28, 2011 -
The first of what should be a slew of bills aimed at safeguarding government IT has been introduced.
January 28, 2011 -
The general overseeing the Air Force\'s investigation into a November incident that sent competitors\' data to rival bidders said Thursday that she was pleased with the companies\' handling of the situation. The Pentagon remains convinced that the accidental disclosure will not affect the outcome of the $35 billion acquisition.
January 27, 2011 -
Feds have many questions about what Congress and President Barack Obama have in store for them in the years ahead. Federal Times experts Steve Watkins and Sean Reilly, and Carol Bonosaro, Senior Executive Association President, join Mike Causey to discuss these issues.
January 26, 2011 -
Congress is about to be confronted with the reality of funding your agency at new, theoretical levels. For how that might happen, we get details from The Hill\'s Bob Cusack.
January 26, 2011 -
\"Our immediate concern is that the Defense Department will take precipitous action in the near term that would undercut Congress\' ability to pass judgment on the recommendations,\" according to the letter obtained by National Journal Daily.
January 26, 2011 -
Subcommittee chairmen and ranking members were announced for the House Committee on Homeland Security.
January 25, 2011 -
MSNBC reports on efforts to cut the budget without ruling out defense cuts.
January 24, 2011 -
Republicans plan to send President Barack Obama a message just a few hours before his State of the Union speech Tuesday. We get details from CNN\'s Bob Constantini.
January 24, 2011 -
Republicans plan to send President Barack Obama a message just a few hours before his State of the Union speech Tuesday.
January 24, 2011 -
If things go as they should, the federal worker of the not too distant future will wear a uniform: Shorts and T-shirts in the summer and a sackcloth jumpsuit in the winter...with togas for members of Congress. Mike Causey says it\'s a win-win idea whose time has come...and you know why!
January 24, 2011 -
The House Armed Services Committee held its first meeting of the 112th Congress on Thursday, approving new rules, an oversight plan, and announcing the leaders and members of subcommittees. Committee Chairman Buck McKeon said the panel will hold its first oversight hearing next week.
January 20, 2011 -
Democratic ranking members of the Oversight subcommitees were announced Thursday.
January 20, 2011 -
The idea of retroactively cutting money that has been approved but not yet spent is one of several options under consideration. We get an update from The Hill\'s Ian Swanson.
January 19, 2011