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HASC cyber language possible cause for veto

Why the provision might merit a veto isn't clear to all observers. "My reaction when I saw the language is it's not worth vetoing," said James Lewis.

Shelton: DoD space program cuts mostly 'programmatic'

The Defense Department's stated priorities in space and cyberspace--as defined in a January 2012 Strategic Guidance document (.pdf)--aren't supported by the president's fiscal 2013...

White House proposes repeal of prohibition on political contribution disclosure by federal contractors

Included in the White House fiscal 2013 budget request to Congress is a legislative proposal to repeal a section of the fiscal 2012 omnibus ( H.R. 2055 ) that prohibits the disclosure of political

Ozone Widget Framework to transition to OSS

Open source advocates within the intelligence community are applauding a provision of the fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill requiring the Defense Information Systems Agency to publically make

DHS seized $78.4M worth of counterfeit goods

Counterfeit good seizures by the federal government during the past fiscal year included a significant rise in consumer safety and critical technology products, says a Jan. 9 report from Customs and

Congress authorizes offensive cyberspace military operations

A provision of the fiscal 2012 national defense authorization bill says the military may conduct offensive cyberspace operations subject to the same principles the Defense Department uses for kinetic

Conference committee approves anti-IT counterfeiting provision in defense authorization bill

A conference committee of House and Senate lawmakers approved Dec. 12 a compromise fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill that retains a Senate provision requiring the Defense Department and its

SBIR, STTR would gain extension under defense authorization bill

Two federal extramural research and development small business set-aside programs would gain a 6-year extension and undergo an expansion in the percentage of federal research dollars dedicated toward

Senate bill would reauthorize SBIR/STTR for 8 years

An amendment to the Senate's fiscal 2012 defense authorization act ( S. 1867 ) would reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program through

Senate approves anti-counterfeiting defense authorization act amendment

Senators approved Nov. 29 by unanimous consent an amendment to the Senate's version of the fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill ( S. 1867 ) that would require contractors to actively monitor for