Rand Paul

CISA faces ‘significant concerns’ over losing chemical security staff during reauthorization stalemate

CISA’s program for regulating “high-risk” chemical facilities has been sidelined for more than a month now.

Cybersecurity

Bill roundup: Committee OKs Border Patrol pay raise, CBP hiring, permanent federal firefighter raise

Pay

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate pulls SBIR back from brink of sunsetting

Acquisition Policy

FILE - The U.S. Capitol in Washington is pictured on Friday, August 5, 2022. Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, a compromise less ambitious than Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

The fate of the SBIR program hangs in the balance of the next month

Reporter's Notebook

(Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., listens during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Budget, debt deal clears Senate, heads to Trump

Budget

Is an automatic CR the answer to government shutdowns?

Government Shutdown

Feds group gives 4 lawmakers score of ‘0 percent’ for voting on key legislation

Congress

President Donald Trump prepares to sign Section 201actions in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Trump says he is imposing new tariffs to

Trump signs spending bill, ending early morning government shutdown

Government Shutdown

House passes defense budget, CR for civilian agencies through March 23

The House passed a six-week extension for civilian agencies and full-year appropriations for the Defense Department. The Senate is nearing a two-year spending…

Budget

DHS makes the case for cyber info sharing bill as Senate prepares to vote

The Department of Homeland Security’s deputy secretary said a bill that would help the private sector share information with the government is much-needed….

Congress

Endless CRs, appropriations problems drive end of year spending surge

Contracts/Awards

Agencies spend more on contracts in September than any other month of the year, as part of a governmentwide push to spend every last dollar before the fiscal year ends.