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GAO Report Slams DHS Management of SBInet Contractor

October 18, 2010 | National Security

  The Department of Homeland Security did not effectively manage or oversee the prime contractor on its over-budget, behind-schedule... Read More

VA Senators Author Amendment to Stop JFCOM Closure

September 27, 2010 | National Security

Democratic Virginia Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner said today they will introduce an amendment to the FY2012 defense authorization... Read More

Earmark Lobbyist Pleads Guilty; Lobby Shop’s Earmarks Detailed

September 24, 2010 (Update) Former high-powered PMA lobbyist Paul Magliocchetti has pleaded guilty to an illegal contribution scheme in... Read More

UPDATE: Senate adds $2.6 billion in earmarks to defense spending bill

September 15, 2010 | National Security

(September 16)  In passing its edition of the FY2011 defense spending bill today, the Senate Appropriations Committee didn’t add much to... Read More

Gates Mandates Affordability in Defense Spending

September 14, 2010 | National Security

 Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday unveiled details of his effort to overhaul procurement processes, just ahead of Senate markups... Read More

New Report Urges Comprehensive Security Spending

August 11, 2010 | National Security

A bipartisan group of national security experts including Taxpayers for Common Sense today released a report calling for a budget that... Read More

TCS on Gates Defense Reforms: One Small Step Forward

August 10, 2010 | National Security

Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ new belt-tightening initiatives at the Department of Defense are a positive step forward. But much more... Read More

Faulty Virtual Fence Could Cost Taxpayers $8 Billion

June 20, 2010 | National Security

A recent hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee on SBInet, Boeing’s borderland “virtual fence” that has failed to function... Read More

U.S. Deficit Double-Edged Sword for Defense Budget Cuts

June 15, 2010 | National Security

TCS National Security Analyst Laura Peterson published the following commentary as a guest writer on Budget Insight, the blog of the... Read More

New Report Urges Pentagon Role in Deficit Reduction

June 10, 2010 | National Security

Today, the Sustainable Defense Task Force held a press conference at the Capitol Visitors Center releasing a report identifying roughly $1 trillion in Pentagon budget savings over the next ten years. ... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

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