March 29, 2024

GOP Hawks Say Drop Obamacare from Budget Battle

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Republican defense hawks call on Tea Party legislators to drop their battle against the Affordable Care Act and get back to the business of government funding, reports Defense News.

President Barack Obama began meeting with Congressional leaders yesterday to find a way to re-open government and begin discussing the upcoming debt ceiling crisis expected to hit Oct. 17, reports CNN Politics.

An extended shutdown could cause more government furloughs, reports GovExec.

The lapse in funding for families of military members killed in combat continues to create rancor in Congress without producing resolution, says CNN Security Clearance. But the Pentagon announced Wednesday a charity foundation would begin making the payments through the Fisher House Foundation which provides housing for families of military members receiving medical care, says The DEFCON Hill.

The Senate chaplain noted the failure to make these payments and announced “enough is enough” in his Wednesday prayer, reports Intercepts.

Most of NAVAIR civilians are back at work at Pax River, but paychecks are still on hold and contractors are still cautious, reports The Enterprise.

Crystal City trying to “keep calm and carry on” as the government shutdown follows sequestration on the heels of another BRAC loss in that northern Virginia city 18 months ago, reports WUSA9.com.

Chief of Naval Operations speaking at Fort Meade, MD, calls government shutdown on the eve of the Navy’s 238th birthday on Oct. 13th “regrettable,” reports Defense.gov, but regardless of the circumstances the Navy will continue to do the “best we can,” said Navy Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert.

The government shutdown has now reached space as the space and intelligence contractor Aerospace Corp. announced a 60% furlough of its 3,500 employees, reports Breaking Defense.

A federal court keeps the CIA cloud contract with Amazon, rejecting a challenge from IBM, reports Defence Talk.

The Senate is finalizing a cybersecurity bill slated to be introduced as soon as the budget impasses are resolved, reports Federal News Radio.

Meanwhile, New York University study finds US law enforcement and intelligence agencies collect too much data on Americans and hold on to it for too long, reports Defence Talk. Intelligence data storage may become a problem soon, though. Electrical “meltdowns” have delayed the anticipated 2013 opening of NSA’s $1.5 billion data center in Utah for  a year, reports the Wall Street Journal.

CACI makes largest purchase in its history acquiring Six3 Systems for $820 million, reports Washington Technology. (Paywall.)

Pentagon to lose an ally, House Appropriations Defense subcommittee Chairman Bill Young, R-Fla., will not be seeking re-election in 2014, reports Defense News.

 

 

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