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Margaret Reyes

Policy Reporter

Margaret Reyes covers defense policy for Pentagon Times: authorization bills, appropriations, export controls and oversight. She explains each clause with the dates and figures that decide programs.

Articles by Margaret Reyes

In a dim server hallway of off-white cabinets, two federal technicians in lanyards check a rack panel, their faces lit by indicator lights under cool overheads.

Government News

Federal IT Modernization Faces Aging Systems, Flat Funding and Transfer Authority

Margaret Reyes

A quiet federal hearing room in slate gray and off-white, flags standing at the witness table before morning testimony.

Government News

GAO Finds Pentagon Reviewed Only 4 of 27 Defense Agencies Since 2018

Margaret Reyes

A hearing room dais under cool light with bound audit reports stacked before empty chairs.

Government News

GAO Finds DOGE Wall of Receipts Savings Claims Unsupported, Including Pentagon Contract

Margaret Reyes

A quiet federal hearing room in slate gray and off-white, morning light crossing rows of empty seats before a dais.

Government News

FAR Council's First Overhaul Rules Would Rewrite Federal Acquisition Regulation Entirely

Margaret Reyes

A Senate corridor of marble columns in cool slate light, a lone aide's footsteps the only motion.

Government News

Senate-Passed Stopgap Would Fund Government Through December 11, 2026

Margaret Reyes

A long warehouse aisle in cool slate light, two workers in plain coveralls checking sealed equipment containers on pallets, no weapons visible.

Policy

War Reserves and Prepositioned Stocks: How the Pentagon Stores Combat Power Abroad

Margaret Reyes