Leaders at two major defense contractors recently cited lawmakers’ unwillingness to compromise as a factor in Congress’ inaction over the potential of sequestration, Talking Points Memo reports. Two weeks ago, Pratt &
MoreThe Treasury Department is set to report a $975 billion deficit for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2012, according to a recent Congressional Budget Office report. CBO estimates that comes
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The Department of Homeland Security wants to develop a wireless service for synchronizing public safety communications nationwide, NextGov reports. Aliya Sternstein writes that DHS’ security science and technology directorate‘s $8 million research
MoreRepublican members of Congress are in an uproar over a Labor Department memo issued last week, which said defense contractors are not required to send layoff notices to employees whose jobs might
MorePresident Obama has nominated Rear Admiral James Syring to serve as director of the Missile Defense Agency, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Monday. Syring currently serves as program executive officer for integrated
MoreNASA has signed Space Act Agreements with three firms, worth a combined $1.1 billion, to continue designing and developing new commercial space transportation vehicles. The agency said the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability program
MoreCass Sunstein, head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, will leave the government later this month, Politico reports. Mike Allen reports Sunstein, who joined the White House in 2009, will
MoreFBI Director Robert Mueller has appointed Robert Anderson Jr. assistant director of the counterintelligence division at the bureau’s headquarters, the FBI announced Friday. Since 2011, Anderson has served as the divisionâs deputy
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The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Gen. Mark. Welsh as the Air Force’s 20th chief of staff, the service branch announced Friday. Pending a formal appointment from President Obama, the 36-year veteran
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen. Christopher Bogdan to serve as director of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Bogdan has also been nominated
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