Kelly Ayotte

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, casts vote during final deliberations, Arlington, Virginia, photo

DoD pegs excess base capacity at 22 percent

DoD says its “conservative” estimates show that it is paying to maintain 22 percent more military base infrastructure than it can put to practical use.

Defense

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‘Significant problems’ in federal financial reporting

Congress

Cobert clears first step in path toward Senate confirmation

Workforce

Senators want DHS to have NSA-like defensive cyber powers

Congress

Bill would mean 5 years without a bonus for delinquent feds

Congress

Congress passes bills to reduce duplicative reports, improve access to public records

Congress

Random audits would close gaps in security clearance process

Congress

Senate bill would combine, eliminate 300-plus federal reports

Congress

Senate bill calls for random background checks for clearance holders

Congress

Congress passes deal to reopen government, bill heads to President Obama

Budget

Ayotte wants answers on A-10 cuts, blocks Air Force nominee

Congress

White House wants to root out copycat programs – starting with STEM

The Obama administration’s proposed fiscal 2014 budget called for consolidating or eliminating 116 of the government’s 226 STEM initiatives and centralizing…

Budget

DoD’s BRAC wish hitting brick wall on Capitol Hill

The Pentagon insists it is paying to maintain much more military base infrastructure than it needs, and the problem will only get worse as the Defense…

Congress

GOP sequestration plan calls for reducing federal workforce

Republicans on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have proposed an alternative to the automatic budget cuts set to go into effect next month that includes reducing the size of the federal workforce by 10 percent through attrition.