by ADC | Dec 1, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. C.Q. Brown warned Congress this week that operating under a yearlong continuing resolution “would be historically costly to the Joint Force,” as Military.com reported. As it struggles to finish its appropriations work, Congress has extended...
by ADC | Nov 29, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Congress now has until February to pass a defense spending bill for the current fiscal year. Until then, DOD’s budget is frozen at last year’s levels, which did not account for troop movements in the Middle East, as Politico reported. “Neither the base budget request...
by ADC | Nov 27, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, NDAA, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
The House and Senate return to Washington this week with a hefty list of to-do items. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote in a Sunday letter to senators that they should be “prepared to stay in Washington until we finish our work.” Here are some of the...
by ADC | Nov 16, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The Department of Defense failed another annual audit, the sixth since it started performing the audits six years ago, as Defense News reported. It was expected, but DOD Comptroller Mike McCord said the report does show progress. “We understand that [an] audit is...
by ADC | Nov 15, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, OLDCC, On Base
The House passed a continuing resolution yesterday to continue current government spending into the new year, as CNBC and others reported. The Senate is expected to vote on it this week. But with Congress pushing its work into next year, there’s a growing chance...
by ADC | Nov 14, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is moving forward today with a two-tiered stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown Friday night. The plan would extend funding for some federal agencies to Jan. 19 and others to Feb. 2. Johnson told reporters this morning...
by ADC | Nov 9, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Congress can help the military meet its recruitment and retention goals by passing the annual appropriations and authorization bills on time, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said this week at a Center for New American Security event. “One of the strongest...
by ADC | Nov 8, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Installation Innovation Forum, OLDCC, On Base
Defense spending would take a big hit if Congress does not pass full-year appropriations bills, “something that should be bugging everybody,” Patrick O’Brien, director of DOD’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, said Tuesday. O’Brien was speaking at a town...
by ADC | Nov 7, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The federal government is operating under a continuing resolution that expires Nov. 17. Leaders and appropriators are discussing the next steps to avoid a shutdown, including the terms of a new continuing resolution. Punchbowl News reported this morning on three...
