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Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget
Tags: DoD , Leon Panetta , budget , DoD Report , John McCain , pay freeze , pay and benefits , DoD Update , TRICARE
Senate bill tries to break cyber overhaul impasse
The new bill from Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) change the Department of Homeland Security's control over cybersecurity standards in the private sector.
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Sheldon Whitehouse , Senate , Congress , Federal Drive , The Hill
Cyber legislation stuck in stalemate
Two competing bills disagree over how much Homeland Security should dictate cyber standards to the private sector.
Tags: cybersecurity , technology , Federal Drive , Congress , DHS , Sheldon Whitehouse , In Depth
GOP plan cuts fed pay, workforce to save DoD from sequestration
GOP senators unveiled a bill Thursday that would grant the Defense Department a one-year reprieve from "sequestration" cuts. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the proposal "skullduggery."
Tags: DoD , Congress , pay and benefits , workforce , supercommittee , sequestration , John McCain , Kelly Ayotte , John Cornyn , CBO , NTEU , Martin Dempsey , BRAC , pay freeze , attrition , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Senators suggest scrapping virtual fence
The virtual fence, better known as SBInet, was originally proposed by the Bush Administration to monitor the southern U.S. border with Mexico. But now, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are quickly losing patience with a project that has had a troubled history, while hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars in costs.
Tags: management , DHS , CBP , Alan Bersin , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Joseph Lieberman , John McCain , Janet Napolitano , Max Cacas
