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The Pentagon is projected to boost spending on so-called big data programs in the coming years, despite the dark cloud of sequestration that’s looming on the horizon. A smooth ramp-up, however, may...
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A new bill in Congress raises the prospect that more Afghan interpreters who worked alongside American troops will be able to move to the U.S., fulfilling a promise made to thousands who risked their...
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Calling for military cuts doesn’t often win a lawmaker any friends in Congress. But that doesn’t seem to bother Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee...
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The old marketing adage that half the money spent on advertising is wasted but no one knows which half clearly doesn’t apply to the National Guard.
It knows that all of its money was wasted, at least...
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The U.S. Defense Department could easily spend $1.6 billion less this year.
That’s the finding in the 2014 Congressional Pig Book, a report published by Citizens Against Government Waste that...
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With more budget cuts on the horizon, military contractors are shoring up their defenses by seeking refuge with former competitors through mergers and acquisitions.
Persistent spending reductions...
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The longest-serving Veterans Affairs secretary has overstayed his welcome, at least in the eyes of the nation’s largest veterans’ advocacy group.
The American Legion has called for the immediate...
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Job prospects for veterans are looking up as their unemployment rate goes down.
The jobless rate for vets who served in Iraq and Afghanistan fell to 6.8 percent last month, the lowest level since...
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine couldn’t have come at a better time for defense contractors in the West.
As the U.S. and its European allies are in the midst of austerity measures that include budget...
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Can increased competition bring down costs for the over-budget F-35 fighter jet? Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) wants to know.
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said he floated the idea to...
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Congressional lawmakers opposed to the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana have a new punching bag: the nation’s capital.
A Republican-controlled House panel with jurisdictional oversight...
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The Defense Department, considered the most technologically advanced agency throughout the federal government, is still playing catch-up with its civilian counterparts in one critical area: cloud...
