by ADC | Mar 28, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Pentagon has completed its transfer of $1 billion from an Army personnel fund to building a border wall, DOD Comptroller David Norquist told Congress at a Wednesday hearing, Defense News Pentagon leaders know the move means Congress may strip DOD of its power to...
by ADC | Mar 25, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
A draft fiscal year 2020 budget resolution released by Senate Budget Committee leaders Friday would allocate $643 billion for defense spending, far short of the administration’s request of $750 billion but within budget caps put in place for next year by the Budget...
by ADC | Mar 20, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
A Space Force could need 15,000 to 20,000 personnel, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Wednesday at a CSIS event. The administration’s budget requested funding for 15,000. Shanahan said the costs could go up. “In the department, we’re really going to do a...
by ADC | Mar 18, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The White House released line-by-line details of its budget proposal Monday. An Air Force infrastructure strategy released Monday shows how the service’s budget will be used to “ensure these installations are capable now and 20 years into the future,” Richard Hartley,...
by ADC | Mar 17, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Lawmakers are still trying to work out a compromise to raise spending caps that could hamper the appropriations process but have a back-up plan, CQ reported. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) confirmed that appropriators may base the...
