Sens. John Hoeven (R-ND) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) have introduced legislation setting up a grant program for nonprofit groups to retrofit their buildings with energy-efficiency improvements. The bill sets up a pilot program under DOE with grants up to "an amount equal to 50 percent of the energy-efficiency improvement; and...
Defense.gov - In an effort to address long-term budget reductions, the Department of Defense is working more closely with international partners and continuously improving performance. Read more...
Reuters.com - The meeting, set from September 18, will bring together Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and the 18-member executive committee of the Aerospace Industries Association. Defense contractors wish to discuss concerns about the impact of automatic budget cuts due to take effect in January. Read more...
Reuters.com - U.S. courts have discovered that because of it’s sovereign standing, the government has specific contractual rights, including the right to unilaterally change the terms of its contracts, delay or stop work on contracts or terminate them outright, Reuter’s Andrea Shalal-Esa reports. Read more...
The White House is planning to release its highly anticipated sequestration report later this week, press secretary Jay Carney told reporters. The report, mandated under the Sequestration Transparency Act, was due last Thursday. Republicans have been blasting the the president for failing to turn in his homework on time.
In POLITICO, with the convention pomp and pageantry over, another production now begins on Capitol Hill - this one featuring meaningless show votes and theatrical hearings. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) will hold an oversight hearing this week titled: The Obama Administration's Abuse of Power. House GOP leaders...
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