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Archives :: Market Sectors :: Congress
Displaying 1 - 20 of 288 stories.
July 2, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) wants to cut the Coast Guard's funding request for its fourth National Security Cutter (NSC), a reduction that marks the biggest difference between House and Senate appropriators' proposals for the...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3184.html July 1, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford President Bush signed yesterday a long-delayed supplement spending bill covering $161.8 billion in war operations for fiscal year 2008 and part of FY '09--well into the next presidential administration. "I appreciate that Republicans...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3171.html July 1, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is doing a better job justifying some of its expenditures under the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) but its spending plan is still lacking in terms of how it links to an overall secure border strategy and it doesn't...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3177.html June 30, 2008
Measure Reaffirms Vision Of Manned Exploration Of Moon, Mars; Study Ordered On Extending Shuttle Flights From 2010 To 2015; Added Shuttle Mission Provided For Flying AMS To Space Station Commercial Spacecraft Competition Seen By 2011; Deals With At Least Two...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3158.html June 30, 2008
Congress should counter veto threats from a stingy President Bush by passing a continuing budget resolution freezing NASA funding for half a year, and then pass a budget with spending increases after a new, hopefully more supportive president takes office in...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3159.html June 30, 2008
Lunar Craft Undergoes Checkout Prior To Mission A NASA spacecraft that will hit the moon has entered its final checkout phase, the space agency announced. The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, will take a significant step...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3163.html June 27, 2008
By Calvin Biesecker The Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved a spending bill for Homeland Security that adds $72.3 million to the budget request for aviation checkpoint security, an amount that will allow the Transportation Security...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3144.html June 27, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford Sean Stackley, a retired Navy officer and congressional staff member, appears poised to be confirmed for a short stint as Navy acquisition chief following a friction-free confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3145.html June 27, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The supplemental war-spending bill the Senate was expected to potentially cast a final vote on last night includes less funding for cargo aircraft and vehicles than the chamber previously eyed, and will likely spur reprogramming action at...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3147.html June 27, 2008
By Ann Roosevelt No new funds will be requested to accelerate the Army's approximately $160 billion Future Combat System (FCS), service leaders said yesterday while detailing plans to accelerate the first mature technologies and equipment to the Infantry...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3149.html June 26, 2008
By Calvin Biesecker The House Appropriations Committee as expected on Tuesday approved by voice vote a $39.9 billion proposed budget for the Department of Homeland Security in FY '09. The bill must still be approved by the full House and then go to conference...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3133.html June 26, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers on both sides of the Air Force tanker contract dispute said their stances were not altered by reviewing yesterday a longer version of an auditor's report recommending reopening the bid process following a flawed award to a...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3134.html June 25, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The dynamics of Congress' approach to missile defense has changed, with Democrats acting more accepting of national missile defense than in the past, yet also showing reticence toward longer-term options, a senior Senate Armed Services...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3127.html June 24, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is looking for savings within its forthcoming longterm budget request so it can seek funds to double the number of Aegis Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3080.html June 23, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is expected to vote this week on $161.8 billion in war-supplemental funding, following House passage last Thursday and President Bush's endorsement last Friday. Though Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) hesitated last...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3061.html June 23, 2008
Cost Of NPOESS, Once Seen At $6.5 Billion, Now Is $13.6 Billion, Headed For $14 Billion The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) that once was estimated to cost $6.5 billion, and more recently was pegged at $12.5...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3063.html June 23, 2008
Measure Also Includes $1.1 Billion For NOAA Satellites The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a sweeping appropriations bill that includes $17.8 billion for NASA, some $200 million more than President Bush requested for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3065.html June 23, 2008
The House, on a lopsided and veto-proof 409 to 15 vote, passed a $20.21 billion authorization bill to support NASA in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, including an extra $1 billion to reduce the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won't have any manned...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3066.html June 23, 2008
Interceptors in the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system can be deployed on time in 2013 if Congress provides sufficient funding, though any requirement that a test- article interceptor be launched first might slow progress in the program, Lt. Gen...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3067.html June 23, 2008
The unending woes of the over-budget, under-performing, behind-schedule National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) may have been inevitable even before the program began, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) indicated. Not one or two...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3069.html
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