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Report cites progress in security clearance processing
Agencies met interim deadline for making improvements, but challenges remain, report states.
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Iraq burden shifts from reserves to regular active duty troops
The Guard and Reserves may have a bigger role in Iraq in 2008, leaving this year as one to regroup.
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Senate fight looms over revising security grant formula
Lawmakers are divided over how much each state should be guaranteed in politically popular grants managed by DHS.
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Navy wants more ships, aircraft than budgeted
Service wants an additional $1.7 billion to buy another LPD-17 amphibious transport dock ship next year, and $1.4 billion for 33 new planes.
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DHS police thwart intruder at lawmaker’s district office
Federal Protective Service responds when military veteran allegedly enters congressman's office with a knife.
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DHS official defends effort to promote radio interoperability
Official took some heat for a recent survey finding that department employees had the lowest rate of job satisfaction at any federal agency.
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Assertion of more Iraq waste goes unsupported
Witnesses at House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing decline to endorse panel chairman’s projections of waste.
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Whistleblower, ethics measures advance in House
Comparable Senate legislation awaits consideration at the committee level.
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Army National Guard outlines $24 billion equipment wish list
Document acknowledges that the White House's fiscal 2008 budget request "meets the nation's needs."
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Iraq-bound troops have adequate gear, Army officials say
All of the 21,500 troops deploying under President Bush's "surge" plan will be fully trained and equipped, officials tell lawmakers.
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Federal Protective Service may cut hundreds of police jobs
Memo indicates agency also plans to reduce weekend and night hours, decrease frequency of risk assessments for some buildings.
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Navy official 'embarrassed' by cost overruns on combat ship
The service stopped work on the third Littoral Combat Ship in early January, but plans to resume the program soon.
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State Department may switch to Pentagon’s health IT system
Agreement will allow military personnel treated at embassies to have continuous medical records, and will facilitate better, cheaper care.
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Senate 9/11 bill faces objections in House
Security bills approved by the Senate Commerce Committee buck House by failing to give TSA screeners collective bargaining rights.
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Former top CIA official indicted in corruption probe
Charges are latest in investigation that sent former Rep. Randy (Duke) Cunningham to prison.
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Senators unveil homeland security grant plan at odds with House
At issue is how much funding state and local governments should be guaranteed versus how much DHS can distribute based on risk assessments.
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Lawmakers re-introduce whistleblower, ethics measures
Committee leaders hopeful bills will make better progress in the new Congress; panel to mark them up Wednesday.
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TSA seeks 1,300 more employees
Agency chief aims to beef up efforts to detect fake IDs at airports.
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Expansion of local intelligence-sharing centers sparks controversy
Centers aimed at filling the gaps left by federal agents; DHS plans to send representatives to each by the year’s end.
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