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House Panel Directs DHS S&T To Break Out Budget Request

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, May 29th, 2013

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The House Appropriations Committee last week approved the $467 million budget request for the research and development account of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch but, unlike the request, directed specific funding for each division within the Homeland Security Research and Development Agency (HSARPA). The appropriators said that their budget “reinstitutes” the program planning breakout for HSARPA to enable additional oversight of programs. A report accompanying the committee’s markup of the FY ’14 DHS bill…

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