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Senate panel hears call for revised security grant formula
Mayor of New York City says Bush administration and Congress are to blame for politicizing homeland security funding.
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Pentagon limits executives’ pay raises
Separately, officials post 2007 pay tables for employees in new personnel system.
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House votes to grant TSA screeners bargaining rights
White House opposes the move, arguing collective bargaining would hurt the agency’s ability to respond to terrorist threats.
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DHS announces $445 million in infrastructure protection grants
The bulk of funds available in 2007 will go toward transit and port security.
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Military justice code now covers some contractors
Advocates for contractors say rule change is ill-advised and unlikely to be applied immediately.
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Democrats look to industry to pay for cargo inspections
GOP argues it is unrealistic to expect foreign terminal operators to bear the costs of scanning U.S.-bound shipments.
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Group: Insurance profits show federal terrorism backstop unnecessary
Consumer advocates support a limited extension of terrorism risk insurance, for only nuclear, chemical and biological attacks.
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House GOP criticizes post-9/11 security measure
Report says bill duplicates several Republican initiatives, and leaves out some 9/11 Commission recommendations.
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Military leadership shakeup continues
Announcement of new Army chief could mark attempt to repair breach between service leaders and senior civilian Pentagon officials.
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Army launches video pitch for futuristic weapons program
Military service, contractors rev up Future Combat Systems PR campaign with DVDs, online videos, video games.
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Teamsters seek rail security focus
Government and the private sector should collaborate to add more security personnel, officials say.
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In face of criticism, Chertoff to alter grant distribution
DHS came under heated congressional fire last year when it cut urban area funding to the New York City and Washington, D.C., regions by about 40 percent.
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Senators seek more aid for transportation security
Bill will ask for $1.2 billion over three years for transportation security improvements.
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Watchdog group urges Congress to attack contractor misconduct
Greater transparency, conflicts of interest also on advocates’ wish list.
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Bush taps former NSA chief as intelligence director
Nominee pledges further information sharing among agencies; Bush urges swift confirmation.
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Panel leaders sign pact to share oversight of FEMA, Coast Guard
Chairmen of the House Transportation and Homeland Security committees in the last session of Congress disagreed on FEMA overhaul.
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Bill would target wartime contracting fraud
Current law makes it hard to build criminal cases against firms abusing taxpayers’ money on projects in Iraq, measure’s sponsor says.
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House Dems unveil sweeping post-9/11 security measure
Bill would increase risk-based grant allocations and step up cargo screening; would not reform congressional oversight of DHS.
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Energy Secretary fires nuclear security chief
Linton Brooks is dismissed as head of the National Nuclear Security Administration after a string of security failures.
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