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Emergency Supplemental Bill - Take 1

The supplemental appropriations bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan got fast-tracked through the House yesterday in preparation...

Fencing in DHS Spending

Big week on Capitol Hill for the Department of Homeland Security. On Monday, Secretary Michael Chertoff touted his agency's achievements...

House Defense Authorization Earmarks Jump From Last Year

A bill recently passed by the House increases the number of Defense Authorization earmarks by more than 20% from last year, according to...

$9.9 Billion in House Authorization Add-Ons

The 2009 defense authorization bill headed for the House floor this week has already raised a ruckus over earmarks, and there’s a lot to...

$5.2 Billion in Senate Authorization Additions

While the House Armed Services Committee marks up the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, TCS staff is scouring the report just...

Institutionalizing JIEDDO

As November draws closer, an increasing number of overpriced defense programs are running for cover in the Defense Department budget,...

Boeingﾒs Tanker Tariffs

Boeing’s loss of the tanker aircraft contract to Northrop Grumman and EADS North America last week represents much more than the contract’s...

Border Security Under Scrutiny

SBInet, the DHS program tasked with providing the fence’s technological elements such as cameras and sensors, received $775 million. Though...

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership/Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative

Feb. 4, 4:50 p.m. -- The administration is proposing $123 million more than Congress enacted in FY2008 for the Global Nuclear Energy...

Golden Fleece Award

From surfing subsidies to the Great Wall of Bedford, Indiana, Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire’s Golden Fleece Award protected...

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...