The chairman of the Senate panel that oversees funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday criticized the House’s version of the bill to fund the department in FY ’12 for near “reckless” cuts in science and technology and deep cuts in grant programs. “I want to strongly object to the 35 percent cut” to the DHS Science and Technology Directorate because clearly this is an effort where we need more science and not less and better technology not…
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The U.S. Space Force (USSF) plans to request nearly $1.5 billion for the Space Data Network (SDN) Backbone in a future fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill. Last week, Space Force’s Space […]
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]