Public Policy and Government Affairs
DoD 2012 Budget Report
The Space Foundation tracked the Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for U.S. Department of Defense space programs through the legislative process. Read the report and other Space Foundation research and anaylsis reports from Washington, D.C. here. The document identifies U.S. Department of Defense space programs and its authorized and appropriated funding levels for FY 2012, as signed…
U.S. to Help Develop Space Code of Conduct
According to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the United States will join Europe and other nations in developing an International Code of Conduct for Space Operations. The State Department issued a one-page supplementary document in January explaining the need for an International Code of Conduct. The document states: Space is vital to protecting U.S.…
Letter on LightSquared
Ashton Carter, U.S. deputy secretary for the Department of Defense, and John Porcari, deputy secretary for the Department of Transportation, have written a letter to Lawrence Strickling, assistant secretary for the Department of Commerce on the LightSquared findings by the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Executive Committee (EXCOM). Letter excerpts state: ….the unanimous conclusion…
White House Guidance for a 21st Century DoD
President Barack Obama has announced new strategic guidance for a 21st century Department of Defense that will sustain U.S. global leadership and protect its core national interests. As the United States transitions away from two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and confronts defense cuts mandated in the Budget Control Act of 2011, the President outlined…