Defense
Generals want faster, focused procurement
Army official's strategy can be summed up with the mantra: "Buy fewer, more often."
Defense
Pentagon extends Army, Marine deployments in Iraq
Prolonged combat tours are having a negative effect on Army re-enlistment rates, new study finds.
Defense
Defense policy bill has major implications for contractors
Legislation extends ban on public-private job competitions and limits award fees for negligent contractors.
Defense
House approves agreement on Pentagon pay-for-performance, sick leave benefit
Senate now will consider conference report on fiscal 2010 Defense authorization.
Defense
Congress moves to repeal Pentagon pay-for-performance system
Conference agreement also gives Defense secretary ability to propose new personnel flexibilities.
Defense
Authorizers agree to end F-22 program
The $680 billion Defense authorization bill is expected to pass both chambers and move to President Obama's desk in the next several days.
Defense
Senate again rejects C-17 cut, approves spending bill
House and Senate appropriators already have been working quietly for weeks to resolve differences in the two chambers' versions of the defense bill.
Defense
DHS announces immigration detention reforms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will centralize and review all detention contracts.
Defense
Key authorizers back second F-35 engine
House-Senate agreement on the fighter jet engine could provoke the Obama administration to follow through on a veto threat.
Defense
Defense chief offers indirect criticism of general
Robert Gates says Afghanistan is on a "worrisome trajectory."
Defense
Panels confront notification, satellite issues
Bill authorizing intelligence programs and funding remains stalled over House-Senate differences in those areas.
Defense
Navy chief sets intelligence reorganization
The dramatic changes also will involve creation of a Navy Cyber Command.
Defense
Senate work on Defense bill will spill into next week
Chamber faces a long list of pending amendments that will push the debate into Tuesday.
Defense
More troops for Afghanistan might not be possible anytime soon
The Army already is deploying soldiers at the maximum rate, new study concludes.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Homeland Security authorized to hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity specialists
The department doesn’t expect to hire that many, but the authorization will streamline recruitment efforts, said a department official.
Defense
Border fence, detainee issues dominate debate
Final Homeland Security spending bill likely will not include funding for physical fencing along the Southwest border, but is expected to include language regarding the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the United States.
Defense
Senate breaks with Obama, favors buying more C-17s
The White House strongly opposes the addition of the cargo planes, but has stopped short of threatening a veto over the program.
Defense
ADVICE+DISSENT:Intelligence File The Real Cyber Czar
A formidable intelligence chief, not a White House staffer, will run network security.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Homeland Security kicks off final strategy dialogue
Comments and suggestions submitted through a Web portal will be incorporated into a report due to Congress by the end of the year.
Defense