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GPS Legislative Updates
- House Appropriators Set to Cut $48.3M from GPS Program (May 16) The House Appropriations Committee has released its draft report on the defense appropriations bill, which they will mark up tomorrow. The report recommends a $10 million cut to GPS IIF satellite procurement and a $38.3 million cut to OCX. More...
- Reporting Requirement on Military Readiness for GPS-Denied Environments (May 14) We updated our FY13 funding page with links to the official GPO version of the House's defense bill and report. In doing so, we discovered a provision in the bill requiring a report and exercise plan on the military's readiness to operate in environments where GPS and other information systems are denied. We also found that the committee deleted text that would have repealed the biennial GPS report to Congress. More...
- House Authorizers Recommend 99.9% Funding for GPS Program (May 10) The FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act passed the House Armed Services Committee on May 10. The bill includes full funding for every Air Force line item in the GPS budget except OCX, which was cut by $1.5 million. More...
- House Defense Bill Includes GPS Provisions (Apr 27) Yesterday, the House Strategic Forces Subcommittee marked up its portion of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013 (H.R. 4310). As introduced, the bill would repeal the biennial GPS report to Congress. The subcommittee also called for a new report on alternative architectures for the future GPS. We will provide more details about the House bill as they become available. More...
- New Links to Senate Testimony, GAO Report (Apr 24) We updated the congressional section to include a link to Gen. Shelton's March 21 testimony related to GPS before the Senate Armed Services Committee. We also added a GAO report on DoD space acquisition that was released the same day. The report discusses challenges to the GPS space, ground, and user segments. More...
- March Newsletter Released (Mar 14) Our latest issue of "GPS Tracker" highlights the FY 2013 budget request, the GPS Adventures exhibit in Kansas, and the potential for GPS disruptions during solar storms. More...
- Air Force Testimony on GPS Budget Request (Mar 8) General William Shelton, Commander of Air Force Space Command, testified today before the House Armed Services Committee to present the Fiscal Year 2013 budget request for national security space activities, including $1.264 billion for GPS. More...
Past GPS Events for Hill Staff
- 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
