Through the House Appropriations Bill recently signed into law, Congress approved $178 billion for NASA, a $650 million cut from last year, and $924 million less that President Obama requested in February. Despite the overall cut, NASA did see some major increases, particularly in the areas of deep space exploration, as the agency has been working [...]
Reaction has poured in from the business and political communities regarding the congressional supercommittee‘s announcement Monday that it has failed to produce a deficit reduction proposal. Reaction from the business world primarily focused on the possibility of $600 million in additional defense cuts. “There is a mistaken notion floating around Washington that even if the [...]
The government wants more citizens to be information technology security specialists, according to a report by Tech News World. A new cooperative initiative between public and private sector groups aims to encourage an increase of gravitation toward a much needed cyber defense force. The Education Department and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, along with [...]
Neither the House nor Senate bills to rescue the financially-strapped Postal Service go far enough to fix the agency, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Monday. During remarks at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington, Donahoe said the agency needs to cut $20 billion from its budget by 2015 to get back into the green. [...]
The Office of Management and Budget recently announced financial books were in order at 23 of 24 applicable federal agencies for the first time in 20 years, as reported by Government Executive. Ratings for the Department of Homeland Security are noted as qualified while the Pentagon is the only department who’s ratings hold a disclaimer. [...]
High hopes that the congressional supercommittee charged with proposing a deficit reduction solution appear to be dashed as Republican and Democratic leaders of the panel are set to announce failure, according to a report from Reuters on Monday. The supercommittee was charged with proposing at least $1.5 trillion in savings over the next decade, but [...]
Lawmakers will be working hard after returning from Thanksgiving break to pass the remaining nine appropriations bills for 2012. Congress has already passed three of the nine 2012 spending bills. Last Friday, President Obama signed what is known as the “mini-bus,” into law, which provided $128 billion for the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Transportation, [...]
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy and the Small Business Administration will team up on small business contract data, the White House announced in a memo. Both agencies will begin integrating two processes, which include the SBA sending agencies reports on anomalies related to small business contracting awards and the agencies turning those reports into [...]
A Department of Homeland Security official recently urged House lawmakers to consider supporting a bill aiming to create a public safety network for emergency providers on part of the “D Block” spectrum. Chris Essid, DHS director of emergency communications, addressed a House Homeland Security Committee subpanel on Thursday in attempts to get Congressional approval of [...]
Navy Vice Adm. Mark D. Harnitchek assumed responsibility of Defense Logistics Agency from outgoing director Vice Adm. Alan Thompson, at a Friday ceremony according to a DLA release. Previously, Harnitchek served as deputy commander at the U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Thompson, who took the position of director in 2008, will [...]