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Homeland security becomes a target for lobbyists
December 13, 2002 New, amorphous, and far-reaching, homeland security is a possible target for every special interest in Washington-particularly those scavenging for federal dollars or trying to duck costly new regulations. The first taste of this intense lobbying came last month, when the Senate's homeland security bill nearly collapsed at the last minute ...
White House may hold edge in homeland security standoff
September 6, 2002 With the anniversary of the September 11 attacks fast approaching, President Bush's proposed Homeland Security Department has bogged down because of a partisan standoff over what rights the department's employees will have. Wielding a veto threat, Bush says that the new Cabinet secretary needs "flexibility" to reward good work and ...
Cooperation among border security agencies top challenge for department
August 9, 2002 Experts of every stripe say that the key to border security is better intelligence and that improving intelligence-sharing within and among border-control and law-enforcement agencies will be a top challenge for the new Department of Homeland Security. While new federal laws have mandated that the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the ...
Pressure to create new agency by Sept. 11 pits politics vs. policy
June 28, 2002 When it comes to homeland security, President Bush's most valuable congressional ally may be House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt. By urging Congress to pass legislation to create Bush's Homeland Security Department by this September 11, the Missouri Democrat demanded a pace so rapid that it would leave lawmakers little ...
Visa agency viewed as curious omission in homeland department
June 14, 2002 While the expansive Department of Homeland Security, as proposed, would combine a host of agencies from existing departments, many experts are scratching their heads over what they see as a glaring omission: the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs. "If you want to say, `We want to prevent the entry ...
Homeland security job may require larger-than-life figure
June 14, 2002 WANTED: Drill sergeant, manager, cheerleader, politician, guerrilla fighter, tent preacher, juggler, comedian, school principal, arm-twister, and multitasker for thankless job. Expertise necessary in: national defense; management of a large government agency, state, or company; law enforcement; intelligence analysis; and domestic threat assessment. Familiarity with corporate or government mergers, large computer ...
Tracking device in passports could help locate terrorists
May 10, 2002 Each year, about 100,000 U.S. passports are reported lost or stolen. And an estimated 100,000 passports issued by countries whose citizens don't need a visa to visit the United States have also been stolen in recent years. The problem isn't a minor one. At least one of the September 11 ...
Experts say INS restructuring won't solve management problems
May 3, 2002 The only thing missing was champagne. "With this bill, the House has abolished the INS," declared a victorious Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis., on April 25. The House of Representatives had just passed his bill to scrap the Immigration and Naturalization Service and start over from scratch, a vote that ...
Smarter profiling at the border is needed, experts say
April 12, 2002 Do you have any specialized skills or training, including firearms, explosives, nuclear, biological , or chemical experience? As part of its post-9/11 efforts to keep would-be terrorists out of the country, the State Department asks that question of visa applicants--provided that they are male and between 16 and 45 years ...
Border agency overhaul proves tricky for Bush team
March 29, 2002 Within months of starting his new job, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge had a proposal to bring some order to the border. He wanted to combine agencies with similar duties, such as the Border Patrol, the Customs Service, and the Coast Guard, into one amalgamated border agency. In Ridge's view, ...
