Washington Report July 21, 2020 Majority of States Ask for T32 Extension for COVID-19 Missions At least 35 states and territories have asked the White House to extend the authority to use the National Guard under federal Title 32 for COVID-19... Read More Details
Robust NGREA Funding The Issue The National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account (NGREA) is vital to maintaining the readiness and force relevance... Read More Details
Washington Report February 18, 2020 Pentagon Reprogramming Hits Guard Modernization Programs Hard NGAUS, members of Congress and Guard leaders are crying foul over a planned reprogramming that would drain more than $1 billion from critical... Read More Details
Washington Report February 11, 2020 Fiscal 2021 Budget Includes Plusses, Minuses for Guard President Donald Trump is requesting $741 billion in defense spending for fiscal 2021, a slight boost over this year that includes a 3% pay raise for... Read More Details
Washington Report December 17, 2019 Shutdown Likely Averted as Congress Takes Up Spending Bills Leaders in Congress are optimistic that a new, nearly $1.4 trillion spending deal will be approved by week’s end, avoiding a costly government... Read More Details
Washington Report December 03, 2019 Clock Ticking on Spending Bills Congressional leaders have just 17 days to reach a deal to avoid a government shutdown before year’s end. With both the House and Senate in session... Read More Details
Magazine November 19, 2019 NGAUS Chairman's Message: Overdue Legislation Hurts Readiness We are now in the second month of fiscal 2020, but it might as well be the 14th month of fiscal 2019. Why? Because Congress has not yet reached... Read More Details
Washington Report September 24, 2019 Stopgap Spending Bill Expected to Avert Shutdown President Donald Trump will sign a continuing resolution if it passes the Senate later this week, avoiding another partial government shutdown and... Read More Details
Washington Report July 09, 2019 Republican Senators Oppose White House Budget Plan A group of 15 Senate Republicans have balked at a Trump administration plan for a one-year stopgap funding bill, saying it would cause unnecessary... Read More Details
Washington Report June 25, 2019 Lawmakers Aim to Close 'Loophole' Benefiting Some For-Profit Schools Legislation introduced last week would close a loophole that some believe encourages for-profit colleges to take advantage of veterans and service... Read More Details
Washington Report June 11, 2019 HASC Releases Preliminary Fiscal 2020 Defense Policy Bill The House Armed Services Committee released its preliminary version of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2020 on Monday, but committee... Read More Details
Washington Report June 04, 2019 Guard Leader: Army Supply System Needs Update The Army must take advantage of 3-D printing and other advances to revamp its outdated supply chain for the modern era, leaders and experts said... Read More Details