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Homeland Security

Most Major DHS Acquisition Programs Meeting Cost, Schedule Goals, GAO Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021

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Most Major DHS Acquisition Programs Meeting Cost, Schedule Goals, GAO Says

More than 75 percent of major homeland security acquisition programs reviewed are meeting their most recent cost and schedule baselines though risks are present, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in its annual report assessing the Department of Homeland Security’s acquisition programs. The report says 19 of 24 programs assessed were meeting their cost and schedule goals as of Sept. 2020 although 10 programs had experienced a breach at some point during fiscal year 2020, which ended last September. Some…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]