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GPS Legislative Updates
- Defense Authorization Markups Scheduled (May 14) The House Armed Services Committee has announced its plans to mark up the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The Strategic Forces Subcommittee, which oversees the GPS budget, is scheduled to mark up its section on May 22. The full committee will mark up the complete bill on June 5. More...
- April Newsletter Released (Apr 18) Our latest issue of "GPS Tracker" summarizes the FY 2014 GPS budget request, highlights a review on the future of NDGPS, provides updates on location privacy legislation, and spotlights the Smithsonian's new exhibit on Time and Navigation. More...
- President's Budget Request Includes Nearly $1.3 Billion for GPS Program (Apr 11) We identified every GPS program line item in the President's budget request for Fiscal Year 2014. More...
- Updates on Geolocation Privacy Legislation (Apr 2) We updated our page on the GPS Act to also include similar legislation introduced by Rep. Zoe Lofgren. Both bills were recently reintroduced for the new Congress. More...
- March Newsletter Released (Mar 29) Our latest "GPS Tracker" newsletter includes stories on GPS funding in the final FY 2013 budget, safe GPS use on commercial trucks and buses, and recent progress in the GPS III program. More...
- Final Spending Measure Provides Funding for GPS Program (Mar 29) We updated our FY 2013 funding page with the GPS budget marks in the final spending measure signed on Tuesday. The act cuts GPS IIF by $10 million and OCX by $21.5 million. More...
- President Signs Defense Act (Jan 3) We updated our funding page to reflect yesterday's signature of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013. More...
- December Newsletter Released (Dec 19) Our latest "GPS Tracker" highlights the GPS guidance in the final defense authorization bill, a recent hearing on spectrum issues, the new NCO director, and more. More...
- Defense Authorization Bill Finalized (Dec 19) Yesterday, the House-Senate conferees released their compromise bill for the FY 2013 defense authorization. The final act both adds and repeals congressional reporting requirements related to GPS. More...
- Full Senate Passes Defense Authorization (Dec 5) We updated our funding tracker to reflect the Senate's passage of the defense authorization bill. At this time, we are unaware of any changes from the committee version that would affect GPS. More...
Past GPS Events for Hill Staff
- May 2012: Exhibits on GPS modernization and user applications
- April 2009: Presentations from United Airlines, Qualcomm, and National Coordination Office; geocaching demonstration
- March 2008: Government and industry panels on the broad uses of GPS
