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TCS President Ryan Alexander Op-Ed: Why two jets are not better than one (Politico)

May 25, 2010 | National Security

 Today, President Ryan Alexander issued an Op-Ed to Politico.com regarding the recent $485 million alternate engine addition by the House... Read More

DOD Audit Still Nowhere in Sight

May 09, 2010 | National Security

The Defense Department yesterday turned over to Congress an update on its attempts to pass an audit. Though Congress mandated audits back... Read More

UPDATED: TCS Statement on the IMPROVE Acquisition Act

April 28, 2010 | National Security

(April 28) The full House of Represenatives today passed the IMPROVE Act with only a couple hours of debate and few amendments. The bill... Read More

TCS Supports New OMB Contracting Guidance

March 31, 2010 | National Security

The White House took an important step this week toward rolling back one of the most pernicious pieces of contracting law on the federal... Read More

Gates: Defense Cuts Saved Taxpayers $330 Billion

March 23, 2010 | National Security

Eliminating wasteful defense programs like the F-22 Raptor last year saved taxpayers $330 billion, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said... Read More

TCS Statement on SBInet’s Funding Freeze

March 19, 2010 | National Security

Below is a comment from TCS President Ms. Ryan Alexander on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s announcement that she will... Read More

Ongoing TCS Analysis of the FY2011 Budget Proposal

February 26, 2010 | Budget & Tax , National Security

(February 23, 2010) Border Security Still Not Paying its Dues Funding for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Secure Border Initiative... Read More

Troop Surge Dollars Must be Watched

December 03, 2009 | National Security

Since President Obama announced a 30,000 troop buildup for Afghanistan Tuesday, everyone is asking the inevitable question: How much is... Read More

Dollars Fly Overseas to Military Bases

November 12, 2009 | National Security

The annual military construction spending bill is not generally a big deal for Congress, which treats it as an opportunity to fund gyms... Read More

Make the Contractor Performance Database Available to the Public

November 05, 2009 | National Security

After years of debate, taxpayers are close to finally getting a federal contractor misconduct database that should stop their money from... 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