Spending Bills Start Their Slog Through Congress

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First and easiest of 12 spending bills came out of committee yesterday  and includes $73.3 billion for military construction and the VA, reports The Hill.  Within the Defense authorization bill, The Hill goes on to report, about a dozen proposals target military sexual assault.

VA continues to hire mental health professions toward a growth target plus filling vacancies, reports Navy Times.

Congress nixes Pentagon-Chinese satellite sharing as a security risk, reports Wired.

Computer security firm Mandiant says Shanghai hackers are at it again, reports Voice of America.

Government not on the right cybersecurity tack says the Center for Strategic and International Studies, reports FCW.

DoD to gain control of armed drones, reports The Hill.

No East Coast missile site in late Tuesday release of a portion of the 2014 National Defense Authoriztion Act, reports Defense News.

Coast Guard has got the Arctic covered, reports Defense Daily, while scientists meet secretly to discuss development of a new ocean, says Gov Exec.

New security guidelines let DoD employees take their Apples to work, reports Defense Tech.

U.S. Court of Appeals rule to keep CIA bin Laden photos secret, reports The Hill.

Nagging software block in JSF program still threatens schedule, a full assessment is due this summer with follow up testing, Inside Defense attributes to Lockheed Martin spokesman.

Sally Ride awarded top civilian award, reports Gov Exec.