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DoD Setting Up Joint Center To Advance Artificial Intelligence

Marc Selinger / Jul 20, 2018

The Department of Defense intends to pump $1.75 billion into Artificial Intelligence efforts over six years.

Government Trade Groups Urge Reforms to Address Security Clearance Backlog

Caroline D'Agati / Jul 18, 2018

The security clearance process has the highest backlog in history. Industry trade groups are saying that’s not only bad for business—it’s a national security emergency.

Why Building a Border Wall with Defense Budget Dollars Won’t Happen

Tom McCuin / Mar 29, 2018

The president argues that building a wall is a national security issue. That still doesn’t mean he can use unappropriated defense dollars to pay for it.

Service Contractors Get Good News in White House’s Proposed Budget

Tom McCuin / Feb 15, 2018

Since the bulk of the jobs for people with security clearances are in the national defense arena, how much money the DOD is getting and how it plans to spend it should be a hot topic

How the DoD Budget Process Works

Tom McCuin / Feb 14, 2018

The White House Office of Management and Budget released the president’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2019 (which begins on October 1, 2018) on Monday.

Preparing for the 2019 Budget When You Haven’t Passed a 2018 Budget

Tom McCuin / Feb 6, 2018

Any Congressman who says he cares about readiness but contributes to the current impasse isn’t really all that concerned about readiness, I’m afraid.

NDAA Heads to Conference with a Few Billion Problems

Tom McCuin / Oct 19, 2017

Senators and congressmen will now formally work on what their staffs have been working on for months: crafting a compromise between two bills with similar but still different views on how DoD should spend its money next year.

Should Defense, Domestic Spending Be Equal?

Tom McCuin / Jul 14, 2017

A Senate amendment proposed increasing non-defense discretionary spending “dollar for dollar” with defense spending .

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