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Why there’s not a huge cause for optimism for the rest of the federal budget year

The latest continuing resolution Congress passed last week avoided a government shutdown. But even if lawmakers achieve that feat again next year, on the…

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Newly commissioned Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Michael McCord delivers remarks after receiving her commission during a welcoming ceremony hosted by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in the Pentagon Auditorium August 4, 2014. DoD Photo by Glenn Fawcett (Released)

Pentagon worried about more CRs

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Now that the debt ceiling debate has been settled, it’s back to business as usual for contractors, right?

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(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. To enact President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic agenda this year, Democrats have mapped out a convoluted legislative maze. The party wants to push the new president's multitrillion-dollar plans for supercharging federal infrastructure, climate change and social programs through a Congress in which they have only paper-thin majorities. GOP opposition is certain to be solid. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House NDAA will cause battle in conference, amendments address climate change, transgender issues

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Fate of space force in House NDAA to be decided in open debate, stage set for clash over topline spending

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Dunford says the need for military readiness isn’t over

Defense

Senate committee authorizes $750 billion defense budget, establishes space force

Defense

House Appropriations Committee floats $700B defense budget in rebuke to Trump

The House Appropriations Committee bill moves tens of billions of dollars into the base budget, possibility setting up a sequestration showdown.

Defense

Capt. Thomas Beltz, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 514th Air Mobility Wing, closes in to refuel with a KC-10 Extender over the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 10, 2018. The 514th AMW is an Air Force Reserve Command unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J..

Air Force may be better off trying to keep pilots than hiring more

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new study from the RAND Corporation shows it would cost the military more money to create new pilots, rather than trying…

Federal Newscast

Congress holds up 2018 audit as reason to rein in defense spending

Defense

Critics of the $750 billion Defense budget request ask why taxpayers should trust the Defense Department with money, as a result of the 2018 audit.

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Why there’s not a huge cause for optimism for the rest of the federal budget year

Pentagon worried about more CRs

Now that the debt ceiling debate has been settled, it’s back to business as usual for contractors, right?

House staffers could now make more than the representatives they work for

Sequestration to have no effect on agency spending in 2020

CBO confirms no sequestration cuts this year

No more ‘poison pill’ fed furloughs?

House NDAA will cause battle in conference, amendments address climate change, transgender issues

Fate of space force in House NDAA to be decided in open debate, stage set for clash over topline spending

Dunford says the need for military readiness isn’t over

Senate committee authorizes $750 billion defense budget, establishes space force

House Appropriations Committee floats $700B defense budget in rebuke to Trump

Air Force may be better off trying to keep pilots than hiring more

Congress holds up 2018 audit as reason to rein in defense spending

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