Obama Raises Intelligence Budget
President Obama’s fiscal 2010 budget would fund a major new spy satellite proposal, provide $2 billion in additional funding for Department of Defense surveillance efforts and increase spending on...
View ArticleSchwarzenegger Hits Californias Poorest
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday unveiled plans to plug California’s budget deficit by slashing billions of dollars worth of funding for services designed to help the state’s poor....
View ArticlePentagon Slashes Expenditures, Jobs
The Pentagon, trying to free up cash in the face of a yawning U.S. deficit, unveiled a series of cost-cutting measures on Wednesday that will shed thousands of jobs and shut down an entire military...
View ArticleHow Much Does the U.S. Spend on Intelligence
The annual cost of U.S. intelligence is public for the first time: just over $80 billion for 2010. Figures released by the government Thursday show $27 billion goes to military intelligence and $53.1...
View ArticleControlling DoD Spending
In the first “Solutions: Making Government Work” column, editor Dina Rasor outlines an essential first step toward regaining control over the notoriously corrupt Department of Defense contracting...
View ArticleDoD Budget, the Sacred Cow
In defense circles, “cutting” the Pentagon budget has once again become a topic of conversation. Americans should not confuse that talk with reality. Any cuts exacted will at most reduce the rate of...
View ArticleWill Obama Slash Social Security, Medicare
As President Obama tries to broker a compromise budget deal that would allow Congress to raise the national debt ceiling before an August 2 deadline, he may appease Republicans by cutting funding for...
View ArticleU.S. Made the Cuts, What Now?
Broke Uncle Sam Around the world, starting Monday, all eyes are on the markets. The tension is palpable. The uncertainty is ample. And anger is heavy in the air. As predicted, the debt ceiling deal was...
View ArticleDHS: Who Are Their Largest Contractors
The top 20 contractors at the Department of Homeland Security represent more than a third of all business done by contract at the department during fiscal 2011, according an analysis by the Center of...
View ArticleObama’s Budget Targeting Wealthy IRA’s
President Obama’s budget, to be released next week, will limit how much wealthy individuals – like Mitt Romney – can keep in IRAs and other retirement accounts. The proposal would save around $9...
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