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Bush administration's TSA budget request faces steep cuts
August 10, 2005 Congress may cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the amount President Bush requested for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and its security programs next year. The House in May approved $5.7 billion for TSA as part of the bill that would fund the Homeland Security Department in fiscal 2006. ...
TSA revamping shoe-screening policy
August 8, 2005 The Transportation Security Administration wants to try clearing passengers through airport security without removing their shoes. TSA, the employer of federal airport security screeners, posted a notice Friday for a program this winter to test devices to inspect shoes. "[TSA] invites voluntary participation to a qualification test program leading to ...
Lawmakers move to freeze money for digital mapping effort
August 4, 2005 House and Senate appropriators are hoping to freeze funding at last year's level for a five-year, billion-dollar initiative to modernize and digitize the nation's flood maps. The House and Senate this summer approved $30.8 billion in fiscal 2006 funding for the Homeland Security Department, and that includes $200 million for ...
Lawmakers push Pentagon over science, tech programs
August 2, 2005 The House and Senate have approved bills that would authorize the Pentagon to spend millions of dollars more next year on its science and technology programs. The Senate in late July began debate on the Pentagon's fiscal 2006 authorization measure but then shelved until lawmakers return in September. The House ...
More DHS overhaul details revealed
July 29, 2005 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is hoping to improve the department's performance by streamlining the top layers of his vast bureaucracy and having more of the department's front-line operational units report directly to him. Under the new organizational chart, seven agency chiefs who formerly had another layer of bureaucracy between ...
Senator moves to rescue Coast Guard acquisition initiative
July 27, 2005 Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss., said Tuesday he would try to rescue the Coast Guard's Deepwater program from significant funding cuts, a move that would protect contracts and jobs in his home state of Mississippi and several other states. Cochran said he planned to talk with House Appropriations ...
Program on border surveillance faces reconfiguration
July 26, 2005 The Homeland Security secretary plans to reconfigure a major border-surveillance program before rolling it out this year. Secretary Michael Chertoff told House lawmakers Monday that he would significantly change the America's Shield Initiative. ASI is a network of sensors, cameras, communication and analytic technology along the southern and northern U.S. ...
Money for transit protection redirected, official says
July 26, 2005 A Homeland Security Department official said Tuesday that the $8.3 billion available for transit security -- a figure touted by the Bush administration since the London terrorist bombings earlier this month -- has been used for other purposes, and only $20 million was used in fiscal 2004 to protect subways, ...
Turf wars likely to erupt over DHS reorganization proposal
July 22, 2005 When Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced on July 13 that he would reorganize his troubled department, lawmakers on Capitol Hill gave him high marks. But Chertoff could quickly find his proposal tangled up in House-Senate negotiations over DHS's fiscal 2006 budget and in a tug-of-war between turf-conscious committee chairmen. ...
New cyber chief faces challenges as DHS struggles
July 19, 2005 The new cyber-security czar faces numerous challenges as the Homeland Security Department continues to struggle with its responsibilities for protecting key cyber infrastructures. David Powner, director of information technology management issues at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), on Tuesday testified before Congress that the Homeland Security Department has not fully ...
