Analysis - /analysis/2014/president-obamas-fiscal-year-2015-budget/
March 4, 2014 - New budget includes $56 billion in additional spending, relieving sequestration for fiscal 2015.
Blog - /blog/2014/03/04/national-priorities-project-reacts-presidents-fiscal-year-2015-budget/
March 4, 2014 - President Obama today released his $3.9 trillion fiscal 2015 budget proposal, a plan that includes new manufacturing institutes, job training, and the president’s signature initiative of univers...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/sequestration-impact-on-military-spending-2013-2014/
March 4, 2014 - Across-the-board budget cuts have had a much smaller impact on military spending than news reports suggest.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/25/cutting-the-army-will-make-it-stronger/
Feb. 25, 2014 - (CNN) -- Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has fired a shot across the bow of business-as-usual at the Pentagon by announcing significant cuts in the U.S. Army.
Blog - /blog/2014/02/20/international-open-data-day-2014/
Feb. 20, 2014 - February 22 is International Open Data Day. Celebrate by checking out some of NPP's open data tools.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/05/Nobel-Peace-Prize-Nomination-MA-Group/
Feb. 5, 2014 - ...war organization, and former winner of the award – and it was made public on January 25 in a statement on IPB’s website. In a phone interview, Executive Director of NPP Jo Comerford told ...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/2014-discretionary-spending-summary/
Jan. 28, 2014 - Earlier this month, congressional lawmakers enacted an omnibus spending bill that would fund the federal government for fiscal year 2014. Here's how the omnibus compares to 2013 spending levels.
Blog - /blog/2014/01/23/data-innovation-day-2014/
Jan. 23, 2014 - NPP is proud to celebrate Data Innovation Day 2014 by highlighting our open data tools.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/12/13/Karzai_Expected_to_Sign_Afghan_Security/
Dec. 13, 2013 - ...Afghanistan and overcome Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s refusal so far to sign the pact, according to an Obama administration official.
Blog - /blog/2013/08/14/npps-numbers-wild-cost-modern-soldier/
Aug. 14, 2013 - Saul Page used NPP's numbers to create an infographic about the cost of the modern soldier. If you use our data in your work, let us know!
Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/military-spending-fact-sheet/
Aug. 1, 2013 - Key facts for understanding the current debate over military spending.
Blog - /blog/2013/05/28/cost-war-will-tackle-new-terrain/
May 28, 2013 - ...War site has been keeping track of real-time federal spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But now the Cost of War site is going to tackle new terrain.
Blog - /blog/2013/04/15/top-five-things-know-about-pentagons-budget-request/
April 17, 2013 - ...wars or the nuclear weapons activities at the Department of Energy. Here are five things ...
Analysis - /analysis/2013/president-obamas-fiscal-year-2014-budget/
April 10, 2013 - Overview and details of President Obama's 2014 budget proposal, including proposed reductions in Social Security benefits.
Analysis - /analysis/2013/fiscal-year-2014-pentagon-budget-analysis/
April 10, 2013 - Overview, highlights, and details of the Pentagon's 2014 budget request.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/03/22/a-post-iraq-security-consensus/
March 22, 2013 - ...War and the Global War on Terror, and the once-fringe views of Ron Paul are becoming mainstream among the public and party activists, as shown by the response to Senator Rand Paul's March 6 filibuster...
Analysis - /analysis/2013/budget-proposals-2014/
March 14, 2013 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/03/06/too-much-money-too-few-results/
March 6, 2013 - ...war-torn nation were worth the cost.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/02/12/pentagon-urges-delay-in-devastating-budget-cuts/
Feb. 12, 2013 - ...warned in dire terms on Tuesday that $46 billion in budget cuts due to go into effect in two weeks would erode the nation's ability to go to war and appealed to Congress to delay the reductions.
Blog - /blog/2012/12/07/lack-leadership-senate/
Dec. 10, 2012 - I recently read an article that compared the gridlock in Washington, D.C. to living next to a railroad track with trains constantly going by – eventually you don’t even notice it. But with...
