Latest "spending" stories

Congress tells Air Force to upgrade skiplanes as Arctic heats up

Lawmakers called on the Air Force to study how swapping out the polar airlift fleet could help the U.S. keep protect the Arctic.

By Rachel S. Cohen

9 months ago

Lack of oversight caused VA to overspend by tens of millions on prosthetics: watchdog

An OIG report has found the VHA is overspending on prosthetics.

By Leila Barghouty

2 years ago

Germany floats a new NATO spending yardstick: 10 percent

Officials are pushing for a new yardstick to measure Berlin's contributions to NATO, suggesting the country could shoulder 10 percent of alliance requirements.

By Sebastian Sprenger

3 years ago

Veterans Affairs on course to top agency health IT spending

The implementation of the new Veterans Affairs electronic health record system will drive the agency to spend more on health IT than any other agency, according to DelTek forecasts.

By Jessie Bur

5 years ago

Special Operations Command asks for more troops, biggest budget yet

Special operations forces numbers are higher than they have ever been, but leaders in that community want Congress to approve their highest budget request ever made to increase the force by more than 1,000 troops.

6 years ago

German military too small to aid ‘collective defense,’ official says

A large conflict would likely catch Germany's military, the Bundeswehr, completely off-guard, said Hans-Peter Bartels, parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces, in an interview with a German magazine.

By Kyle Rempfer

6 years ago