defense spending

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More House appropriators target federal telework, office space

The 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill includes language specifically targeting federal telework reporting requirements.

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Lots of talk about AI, but are agencies spending money on it?

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Passing 2025 defense spending bill will be ‘particularly difficult’

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Pentagon’s 2025 budget boosts personnel budget, cuts end strength

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Is spending on American defense too much or perhaps not enough on the right things

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FILE - The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, the Health Resources and Services Administration says it can no longer cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

The worsening Ukraine situation causes Congress to reexamine the defense budget

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Chairman Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Senators want to eliminate any conflicts of interest with government contractors

Federal Newscast

40 lawmakers call for 5% increase in Defense budget

Federal Newscast

Congress taps brakes on DoD project to reform IT funding

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Defense innovation bumps up against a Cold War budget system

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The Old Post Office Pavilion Clock Tower, which remains open during the partial government shutdown, is seen above the Trump International Hotel, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House Dems think GSA should break lease with Trump Org. after accounting flaws revealed

Federal Newscast

The military has a hard time doing its job when Congress doesn’t do its job

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro, chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more.

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More DoD contracting dollars are going to shrinking pool of small businesses

The Defense Department has been steadily increasing the number of contracting dollars it directs to small business.

Defense

House leadership wants to get on with a final appropriation agreement for fiscal 2022

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For more, Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.