On May 8, 2013, the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee held a hearing on defense programs run by the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Energy Department's environmental management office. Includes the prepared testimony of acting NNSA Administrator Neile Miller; David Huizenga, senior adviser to DOE's environmental management office; and David Trimble of the Government Accountability Office.

On May 7, 2013, the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee held a hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration's management of its National Security Laboratories. Includes the prepared testimony of Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charles . . .

On May 7, 2013, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the Air Force's fiscal year 2014 budget request. Includes the joint prepared testimony of Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh.

On May 8, 2013, the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee held a hearing on the fiscal year 2014 missile defense budget. Incluces the opening statement of subcommittee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) as well as the prepared testimony of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs Madelyn Creedon; Pentagon Operational Test and Evaluation Director J. Michael Gilmore; and Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring.

The May 7, 2013, Congressional Research Service working paper looks at the implications of the Defense Department's development of the DOD Readiness Reporting System.

On May 7, 2013, Sens. Carl Levin (D-MI), John McCain (R-AZ), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) introduced legislation aimed at countering cyber theft of U.S. technologies by foreign companies and governments.

On May 6, 2013, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel urging that New York should host an East Coast missile defense site.

The purpose of the May 6, 2013, Defense Department report to Congress is to "address the current and probable future course of military-technological development of the People's Liberation Army and the tenets and probable development of Chinese security strategy and military strategy, and of the military organizations and operational concepts supporting such development over the next 20 years."

In a May 2, 2013, letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) and Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-OK) seek guidance on how to achieve the $52 billion in fiscal year 2014 defense savings required by the Budget Control Act.

The final Jan. 7, 2013, report of the Reserve Forces Policy Board finds "that the fully-burdened and life-cycle cost growth trends supporting the All-Volunteer force have reached unsustainable levels."

In an April 26, 2013, letter, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) calls on Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to deliver the service's annual shipbuilding report to Congress.

On April 30, 2013, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) and 15 other House Armed Services Committee members wrote to House Appropriations defense subcommittee Chairman Bill Young (R-FL) to urge him to include $250 million in funding in the fiscal year 2014 defense spending bill for the East Coast missile defense site.

The April 30, 2013, Government Accountability Office report finds that "more detailed planning and improved access to information needed to guide efforts of adviser teams in Afghanistan."

The April 23, 2013, Congressional Research Service report -- originally obtained by Secrecy News -- finds that "appropriations decisions made by Congress based on required military capabilities to meet national security objectives will ultimately determine how long the B-52, B-1, and B-2 will remain in service."

The April 23, 2013, Congressional Research Service report -- originally obtained by Secrecy News -- finds that lawmakers "will likely [be] confronted by a new set of intelligence challenges resulting from budgetary realities and from second-order effects stemming from post-9/11 changes."

The April 25, 2013, Congressional Research Service report -- originally obtained by Secrecy News -- discusses potential issues for lawmakers regarding the Defense Department's use of multiyear procurement and block buy contracting.

On April 26, 2013, the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee held a hearing on the readiness posture of the Navy and Marine Corps. Includes the opening statement of subcommittee Chairman Robert Wittman (R-VA) as well as the . . .

On April 26, 2013, the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee held a hearing on the Army's fiscal year 2014 ground systems and rotorcraft modernization programs. Includes the opening statement of subcommittee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) as well as the prepared testimony of Army Lt. Gen. James Barclay, deputy chief of staff, G-8; and Lt. Gen. William Phillips, military deputy to the Army acquisition chief.

On April 25, 2013, the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the Army's fiscal year 2014 budget request. Includes the opening statement of committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) as well as the prepared testimony of Army Secretary John McHugh, Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno and a "2013 Army Reserve Component Submission."

On April 25, 2013, the House Appropriations defense subcommittee held a hearing on U.S. Africa Command's fiscal year 2014 budget. Includes the opening statement of subcommittee member Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) as well as the prepared testimony of AFRICOM chief Gen. David Rodriguez.