Government News covers maritime commerce as an industry: shipyard order books, marine equipment manufacturers, shipping line earnings, freight rates, consolidation and state support schemes. Numbers come from filings and published indices. Useful for investors, suppliers, charterers and officials assessing the commercial health of the maritime sector.
Financial reporting on shipyards, marine suppliers and shipping lines, covering order books, freight rates, consolidation and government support.
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.
A short federal statute and long state memories keep state naval militias on the books, from New York's 1891 muster to today's disaster-response forces.
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.
How government defense contracting works: appropriation, obligation, Milestone C, and award, traced through dated GAO and CRS records.
End-of-life tonnage moves through a cash market shaped by scrap steel prices, labor costs, and regulation.