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Opinion
Should the Pentagon have used Commerce Department funds for semiconductors?
The U.S. Defense Department has successfully, albeit surreptitiously, swiped $3.5 billion from the Commerce Department’s CHIPS Act funding.
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Watchdogs
Next-gen homeland defense interceptor plans are risky, watchdog says
In a report, the Government Accountability Office said there are technical, schedule and cost risks associated with the MDA's next-gen interceptor.
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Some military activities could shut down this weekend amid budget rush
If Congress does not approve a federal appropriations plan by midnight, some military activities could be postponed or canceled over the weekend.
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Grundmann says nothing left to cut at Fed Labor Relations Authority
So far this fiscal year, the FLRA, among others, has been running on a series of continuing resolutions, which officials said has tough consequences.
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VA-sponsored psychedelics studies get green light in FY24 budget
There are currently eight psychedelic therapy trials taking place across the country through the VA.
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Federal pay raise would cool under Biden’s 2025 budget request
Even under Biden, raises have come short of what some lawmakers and federal unions have argued is appropriate.
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Tech maturing too fast for multiyear drone buys, Army’s Bush says
Locking in on the same drone year after year may not make sense amid rapidly changing circumstances, he said.
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Veterans Affairs gets 13% budget boost under White House FY25 request
Veterans Affairs programs would get another significant bump in fiscal 2025 under the budget request released by President Joe Biden on Monday.
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Pentagon unveils $850 billion budget request amid spending uncertainty
The FY25 budget trims the Pentagon's procurement accounts to fit inside spending caps required in last year's debt-ceiling deal.
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Biden budget proposal for a second term offers tax breaks, price caps
The government would spend $7.3 trillion next fiscal year and borrow $1.8 trillion to cover the shortfall from tax receipts.
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Biden signs bills with money for fed firefighters, air traffic hires
Lawmakers are still negotiating a second package of six bills, including defense, in an effort to have all federal agencies funded by a March 22 deadline.
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