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Lawmaker fumes over DOD effort to trim report length
A new Defense Department rule restricting the length of reports to Congress has raised some ire on Capitol Hill.
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When will Congress debate the cybersecurity bills?
A bipartisan effort to move cybersecurity legislation in the Senate could bring pending bills to the floor for debate in the near future.
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Sequestration would paralyze military, put US at greater war risk
Panetta, Dempsey tell Senate Appropriations Committee of disastrous consequences of scalping military spending.
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'Legislative pessimism' could kill cybersecurity legislation
Cybersecurity Act of 2012 co-sponsor and Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said June 12 that "legislative pessimism" might sabotage comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, resulting in no action on the pressing matter in an election year.
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Former officials call on Senate to act promptly on cyber legislation
A group of former Pentagon, Homeland Security and intelligence officials have written the Senate's Democratic and Republican leaders urging them to bring cybersecurity legislation to the floor as soon as possible.
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Budget blues force Air Force to cancel IT event
The Air Force's annual IT conference has been shelved for 2012 as event spending comes under tough government scrutiny.
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What exactly is Congress doing to undo defense sequestration?
Congress is attempting to avert mandatory budget cuts that some fear could seriously hamper the Defense Department's mission. But can members come together before it's too late?
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Military radio competition heats up as lawmakers intervene
The introduction of a bipartisan amendment to the House Armed Services Committee's defense authorization markup caused a short-lived dustup recently when it sought to bar the Army and Navy from procuring tactical radio systems that depend on proprietary waveforms.
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Nato summit: Turkey pressures US to sell armed UAVs
President Barack Obama's administration favors selling armed unmanned aerial vehicles to Turkey but faces formidable opposition from Congress on the matter, Turkish president Abdullah Gul told reporters at the NATO Summit.
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House rolls back export restrictions on satellites
The House of Representatives has passed an amendment to the 2013 defense authorization bill that would ease export restrictions on commercial satellites and simplify their export to allies and partners.
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House shoots down DOD plea to alter commercial products definition
The House Armed Services Committee has turned down a request by the Defense Department to correct a commercial products definition that defense acquisition officials believe is being applied too broadly.
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Catastrophic sequestration just around the corner?
If Congress and the president can't come to an agreement and soon, the Defense Department could be heading straight for sequestration.
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'Turf war' between DOD and DHS delays US cyber guidelines
The urgent need for a new national cyber engagement policy has taken a backseat to the battle between the Homeland Security and Defense departments.
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2013 defense act has long road ahead of it
House defense bill asks for $3 billion more than the Obama administration's plan.
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DOD might be penalized for weak service contract inventories
The House Armed Services Committee is emphasizing the importance of DOD service contract inventories with a threat to withhold money.
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Building a cyber workforce from the ground up
Rep. Jim Langevin is looking to catalyze better cyber training and expertise at the federal, state and local levels.
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Acquisition abuse drives DOD to reassess commercial purchase rules
The Defense Department has proposed changes to commercial of-a-type acquisition rules that may drastically impact the federal marketplace and hopefully right the pricing problems officials are facing.
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House tries to breathe life into Global Hawk Block 30 program
The House Armed Services Committee has designated $260 million in its mark-up of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 for the Air Force to continue operating its Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Cyber intel sharing bill moves through House
The first two cybersecurity bills being considered in the House during "Cyber Week," CISPA and the Federal Information Security Amendments Act, passed April 26; two more bills are also up for consideration.
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