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Congress, sequestration, and acquisition
Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates Inc., will talk about the congressional process and how its affecting acquisition.
October 9, 2012
Tags: acquisition , contracting , procurement , Jon Etherton , Etherton and Associates , Congress , sequestration , defense authorization , acquisition policy , lame duck session , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf
Sailors await resolution in prostitution scandal
U.S. Southern Command says the investigation surrounding the two sailors is still going on, but a lawyer for one of the sailors says it shouldn't take this long to reach a decision. Charges were read against all the other military members allegedly involved two months ago.
Tags: DoD , Navy , Secret Service , Carl Levin ,
McCain opens door to revenue increases to avoid sequestration
The top Republican on the Armed Services committee signaled Thursday that there's room for compromise toward a deal to avoid automatic budget cuts at the end of this year. But not everyone's sure the negative effects of sequestration can be avoided, or even that Congress would reach a deal.
Tags: Carl Levin , John McCain , Congress , budget , management , DoD , sequestration , Jared Serbu
General briefs committee on F-22 safety fixes
A top Air Force General outlined steps taken to make sure jet pilots don't black out. Two whistleblower pilots recently said the F-22 oxygen delivery system was faulty, causing a condition known as hypoxia.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , F-22 , Federal Drive , Air Force , Janet Wolfenbarger , Congress
Senate committee mulls F-35
The Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Airland, which oversees issues related to the Army, Air Force and, Navy and Marine Corps tactical aviation programs, heard testimony this week on the F-35 Lightning II program.
Tags: Congress , Senate , David Venlet , Janet Wolfenbarger , Walter Skiller , F-35 Lighting II , Francis Rose , In Depth , Pentagon Solutions
Senator's opposition kills BRAC request
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), chairwoman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voiced her opposition Wednesday to the Defense Department's latest BRAC request, effectively killing the measure.
Tags: Claire McCaskill , Senate , Congress , BRAC , DoD , budget , Michael OConnell
Congress pushes back against another round of BRAC
DoD officials say as the number of troops shrink so should their real estate holdings. Lawmakers are wary about reducing troop and bases levels too much, and the expense of the Base Realignment and Closure process.
Tags: DoD , budget , BRAC , Roscoe Bartlett , Leon Panetta , Michael McCord , James Inhofe , Mac Thornberry , Martin Dempsey , House Armed Services Committee , GAO , Jared Serbu
Gansler testifies on effects of DoD's $450B in cuts
Jack Gansler is director of the Center for Public Policy & Private Enterprise at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy and former Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
Tags: Jack Gansler , DoD , budget , In Depth
Pentagon leaders defend withdrawal of US from Iraq
Tags: DoD , Leon Panetta , Congress , budget , Lindsey Graham , John McCain , supercommittee
Top GOP senators press Pentagon on specific cuts
Top Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee are pressing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to spell out the "devastating effects" to the military if a special bipartisan panel fails to produce a deficit-cutting plan and nearly $1 trillion in defense cuts kick in.
Tags: DoD , John McCain , Lindsey Graham , Leon Panetta , Congress , Senate , budget , supercommittee ,
