by ADC | Sep 22, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House passed a measure Tuesday night that would continue current government spending levels into early December, provide emergency aid for storm-hit communities and suspend the debt limit through December 2022. The package is not likely to pass as-is through the...
by ADC | Sep 21, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Despite taking some steps to identify and root out fraud and waste, the Pentagon is still at risk of being frauded by contractors, a newly released Government Accountability Office report said. DOD established a fraud reduction task force in fiscal year 2020, but last...
by ADC | Sep 21, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall sent a message to lawmakers Monday that the military needs to be able to move on from weapons systems of the past. “I have one request of the Congress: help us to focus on the one fight — the strategic competitive fight — we must...
by ADC | Sep 21, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
House Democratic leaders plan to bring a bill to the floor Tuesday that would keep the federal government running into December. By Monday night, House leaders were planning to add federal disaster aid and a suspension of the debt ceiling through December 2022. Moving...
by ADC | Sep 20, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The Senate Appropriations Committee will not mark up spending bills this week as planned, Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Friday. The hold-up came after committee Republicans said they won’t support the packages planned for markup, accusing Democrats of...
by ADC | Sep 14, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
DOD needs to control the runaway personnel costs for the 3 million people in its workforce to keep its other priorities on track, according to a new CSIS study. While today’s U.S. military is near its smallest size since the end of World War II in terms of active duty...
by ADC | Sep 13, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
With less than three weeks before the end of the fiscal year, Congress is in a scramble to finish a growing to-do list. The Senate returns to D.C. Monday. The full House reconvenes next week. Here are some of the items on their plate: Both chambers’ Armed Services...
by ADC | Aug 31, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) is proposing the same defense spending level the administration requested – $744 billion, $716 billion of which would go to DOD. The figures are included in committee Democrats’ version of the fiscal year 2022...
by ADC | Aug 25, 2021 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, On Base
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the Navy reconsider its plan to cut medical staff, the service’s top doctor told reporters last week. A pre-pandemic proposal would have cut 18,000 medical jobs DOD-wide, primarily by leaving positions vacant as personnel left. As...
