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Homeland Security

TSA Adds New Submission Date for TWIC Reader Pilot

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

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Under an existing Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is beginning round two of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Reader Pilot Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) as part of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) development of final regulations for card readers. TSA is interested in receiving information on both fixed and handheld readers. Once the results of the pilot tests are known, TSA will begin a process for a Final Reader Assessment (FRA), which will establish…

Budget

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

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 […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]