Defense programs face three layers of oversight: the Government Accountability Office, the Pentagon's inspector general, and Congress's own Nunn-McCurdy reporting rules. This guide explains what each body audits and what its reports change.
A documentary walkthrough of the defense authorization cycle: the February budget request, committee hearings and markups, floor action, conference, and the act's 64-year run.
What 49 continuing resolutions since fiscal year 2011 cost the fleet: delayed ship maintenance awards, a $1.8 billion deferred backlog, and contract price increases documented by GAO.
Civilian crews, commercial ships, and government sealift form the supply line that military operations depend on.
A directory-style guide to the agencies that govern safety, customs, and navigation, and how their duties divide.
From interwar tonnage treaties to modern transparency accords, what naval arms control achieved, and why it faded.
From service requests to appropriated shipbuilding dollars: the annual process, in plain English.
A guide to the sources, indices, and indicators professionals actually watch.