by defensecomm | Jan 7, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) are protesting reports that the Navy is considering scaling back its shipbuilding plans. “We write to express our strong support for a 355-ship Navy and to urge continued support from the department for a...
by defensecomm | Jan 6, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
President Donald Trump will send his full budget request for fiscal year 2021 to Congress Feb. 10, the White House announced Monday. The budget request will not be an abbreviated version like the Administration has submitted to Capitol Hill the past two years, CQ...
by defensecomm | Jan 2, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
In the newly enacted Defense Authorization Act, lawmakers asked the Pentagon to study whether the creation of a chief management officer position has been successful so Congress can determine whether to “disestablish the… position altogether,” Defense News reported....
by defensecomm | Dec 22, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360
Congress and President Trump averted another holiday season government shutdown when he signed all 12 appropriations bills into law Friday, hours before stopgap spending was set to lapse. Lawmakers have promised to try to finish the fiscal year 2021 appropriations...
by defensecomm | Dec 17, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, News from ADC
Appropriations legislation that passed the House Tuesday and is expected to pass the Senate this week includes the first-ever round of funding for the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP). DCIP has been a policy priority for ADC and its member communities...
