Senators back even bigger boost for next year’s VA budget Appropriators want more funding for the department than the president's budget request earlier this year. By: Leo Shane III June 5
How agencies can get money from the government ‘Shark Tank’ The Technology Modernization Board encouraged agencies to submit even their most early stage proposals for how they would use some of the $100 million available to modernize IT. By: Jessie Bur May 22
House panel adopts $716 billion defense authorization plan The budget bill -- which will set hundreds of defense policies for next fiscal year -- was approved after more than 14 hours of debate. By: Leo Shane III and Joe Gould May 10
VA’s next big problem: Key health care program is running out of money again The controversial VA Choice program is slated to be out of funds again by early June. By: Leo Shane III April 30
Trump’s defense-industrial base review coming mid-May The in-depth review will reveal where America’s supply chain relies on Russia or China, the two other great powers in the world. By: Aaron Mehta April 25
Analysis: Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1T by 2019 The Congressional Budget Office says economic growth from the tax cuts will add 0.7 percent on average to the nation’s economic output over the coming decade. Those effects will only partially offset the deficit cost of the tax cuts. By: Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press April 9
Federal funds to bolster election cybersecurity may not be enough Last summer, with an important Illinois election season months away, Shelby County officials in central Illinois feared that their outdated voting equipment wouldn’t be approved for use by the State Board of Elections. By: Sarah Zimmerman, The Associated Press April 7
Trump reportedly suggested the military pay for a border wall Trump has been pushing behind closed doors for the Pentagon to pay for a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, according to a new report. By: Joe Gould March 27
Federal discrimination commission receives $15M bump to address sexual harassment A recent rise in the workload for sexual assault cases for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has resulted in a $15 million increase in commission appropriations. By: Jessie Bur March 26
Spending bill gives election cybersecurity nearly $400M boost The funding is divided between the pre-existing Election Assistance Commission and a new Election Infrastructure Security Initiative housed within the Department of Homeland Security. By: Jessie Bur March 23
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