Funding for Defense Department testing will be a bone of contention during conference discussions between House and Senate appropriators as the Senate Appropriations Committee has added nearly $40 million more than the House to the department's budget request. Citing "unjustified reductions," Senate appropriators added $19.5 million to DOD's fiscal year 2013 request of $63.5 million for operational test activities and analyses, as well as adding $19 million for cyber-related testing, for a total of $223.7 million, $38.5 million more than...
