The Department of Defense (DoD) is grappling with escalating challenges that require innovative solutions, yet ongoing reliance on continuing resolutions (CR) for short-term funding and Congress’ failure to deliver timely budgets are hindering progress, according to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks. […]

In its inaugural Quadrennial Science and Technology Review (QSTR) out this week, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) highlighted that “budget caps created constraints for federally funded R&D appropriated in fiscal year (FY) 2024 that have impacted the full breadth of R&D supporting agencies.” […]

Members of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide more transparency on its budget needs just as Congress bailed the agency out on Thursday with billions of dollars in supplemental funding for fiscal year (FY) 2024. […]

Members of Congress are not happy with recent budget shortfalls at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as the budgets for its IT modernization projects continue to swell, with one lawmaker calling on the agency to “abandon” its electronic health record (EHR) system immediately. […]

The rapid pace of technology development means the Defense Department (DoD) needs to adopt more agile funding mechanisms to stay ahead of the curve, U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said on Wednesday. […]

A senior U.S. Air Force official said this week that getting timely appropriations from Congress is vital to ongoing efforts to create a modernized and cohesive Air Force and Space Force that can effectively address evolving global challenges and strengthen national security. […]

The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday voted 33 – 26 to advance its homeland security spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2025, slashing President Biden’s budget requests to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) science and technology efforts, and to fund DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) component. […]

Further funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) has fallen completely off the radar of House appropriators, who did not include any mention of the program in their fiscal year (FY) 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill approved today by the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. […]

The House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee today advanced a spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2025 which cuts down on the Biden administration’s requests to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) science and technology efforts, and to fund DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) component. […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kurt DelBene told lawmakers on Tuesday that the VA’s Office of Information and Technology (OIT) budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025 is a “challenging” one with many significant cuts, but defended its funding increase to support the VA’s Special Salary Rate (SSR). […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today that it secured $500 million for the first tranche of capabilities in its ‘Replicator’ initiative. […]

The Pentagon is requesting $17.2 billion to fund science and technology (S&T) projects in fiscal year (FY) 2025, with most of that money designated for artificial intelligence (AI), space technology projects, and integrated sensing and cyber efforts, according to the Defense Department’s (DoD) technology chief. […]

The failure of Congress to approve a timely budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024 – and the impact of further budget restrictions expected for FY2025 – has forced NASA to make some tough choices including letting go some of its valuable human talent, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told lawmakers on April 30.  […]

Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denis McDonough said today that his department’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request features a “maintenance” IT budget, and that the agency plans to dip into money left over from previous years to fund IT programs such as its Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. […]

The White House and leaders from both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill said today they have reached an agreement on funding amounts for the remaining six appropriations bills that will provide money for the Federal government to operate through the end of fiscal year (FY) 2024 which ends on Sept. 30. […]

The Biden-Harris administration on March 11 submitted to Congress its proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request of $849.8 billion for the Defense Department (DoD), with integrated deterrence, campaigning, and building upon the military’s enduring advantages as top-line items. […]

Congress’s failure to pass the fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget has hindered the Department of Defense’s (DoD) mission in national defense and global security, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks told reporters today during a live Pentagon press briefing. […]

President Biden is proposing a 2 percent pay raise for Federal civilian employees in his proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget released on Monday, marking a significant decrease from last year’s 5.2 percent pay raise. […]

The Senate and House both voted Thursday afternoon to approve legislation that would provide Federal government funding at fiscal year (FY) 2023 levels through early March, and prevent a partial shutdown of government operations when current funding is set to expire at midnight on Friday. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report that the government is missing out on generating up to $182 billion in savings and financial benefits for taxpayers because Federal agencies are slow to implement – or won’t take action at all – thousands of recommendations from the government watchdog agency. […]

The Senate late on June 1 voted to approve the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which would increase the national debt limit through early 2025 and avoid the government hitting its borrowing limit early next week. […]

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., today pledged to waste little time in Senate consideration of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 bill approved by the House on Wednesday evening. […]

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly said today she is confident that Congress will give CISA the funding it needs to execute on its mission even in times of skinnier Federal budgets, and emphasized her belief that cybersecurity is an issue with substantial bipartisan support among lawmakers. […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) receives only a very small portion of the overall HHS budget, so the office is turning to AI to serve as a “workforce multiplier.” […]

Department of Commerce (DoC) Secretary Gina Raimondo warned members of Congress this week that proposals by House Republicans to cut funding to fiscal year 2022 levels would be a “huge step backward” to U.S. national security, as well as creating a “dangerous” hit to U.S. technological leadership. […]

The Federal government was busy not only talking about AI last year, but also turning that enthusiasm into record spending levels on the emerging technology. […]

President Biden’s proposed $842 billion fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) includes the largest-ever research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) funding at $145 billion, and $13.5 billion for cyberspace-related activity. […]

The Biden administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request includes a total of $74 billion of IT spending for Federal civilian agencies and $12.7 billion for cybersecurity spending, according to a budget appendix released by the White House on March 13. […]

The Biden administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request issued today by the White House features a proposed $200 million addition to the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), and a 4.9 percent annual budget increase for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). […]

President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2024 released today aims to strengthen U.S. leadership in emerging technologies by offering $25 billion for CHIPS and Science Act authorized activities – an increase of about $6.5 billion from the 2023 enacted level. […]