Defense
Airlines rap DHS proposal on passenger lists
Requirement to submit passenger manifests an hour, rather than 15 minutes, before departure is unreasonable, they say.
Tech
State Department seeks advice on border cards
Agency issued a draft rule earlier this week, saying it is considering radio-frequency identification that can be read by machines from 30 feet.
Defense
Key lawmakers urge more data sharing at borders
Ranking member of homeland security panel asks GAO to review how information sharing is working.
Defense
Navy's quest for high-altitude drone attracts major firms
Drone is intended to fly at an altitude of more than 40,000 feet and provide constant maritime surveillance to forces.
Defense
Defense official pledges continued investments in special ops
Goal is to develop a "global sensor network" of troops capable of collecting human intelligence.
Defense
Cunningham probe could lead to officials in Defense, intelligence
House inquiry finds actions by federal employees enabled illegal contract awards.
Defense
Quick-scan passport cards proposed for some hemisphere travel
RFID cards would be readable from a distance, speeding up traffic at congested ports and borders, officials say.
Defense
Chertoff urges Latin America to back passport rules
Industry and government must accept a process for worldwide trade and travel that includes heightened security measures, DHS secretary says.
Defense
Original judge in DHS labor case to keep jurisdiction
Agency officials required to give court a status report on new labor system in nine months.
Defense
Surveillance facility opens on northern U.S. border
Homeland Security agency plans to use an unmanned aerial vehicle along the northern border in a year or two, spokesman says.
Defense
Immigration, customs agency may be headed for hiring spree
Manager at the cash-strapped Federal Protective Service encourages employees to look into the new openings.
Defense
ACLU to pressure Congress over warrantless spying
Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, group has pushed consistently for proper checks and balances on government power.
Defense
Report: DHS needs to better monitor IT security
Department must report crimes involving information systems to authorities, inspector general says.
Defense
New law sets deadlines for cargo screening, port ID cards
DHS must issue final regulations by Jan. 1 for a program that will screen port workers against terrorist watch lists and issue them secure identification cards.
Defense
Bush signs port security measure
Bill requires radiation detection technology at 22 of the busiest U.S. ports by the end of 2007.
Defense
Bush, lawmakers at odds over qualifications for FEMA chief
Bush says he may not abide by appropriations measure's requirement that emergency management chief have at least five years of related experience.
Defense
Army pursues risky bid for boost in funding
Service seeks to be on par financially with the Air Force and the Navy for the first time since the creation of the Air Force almost 60 years ago.
Defense
Homeland Security seeks deals on cargo scanning
Customs and Border Protection commissioner says department is in discussions with "probably half a dozen" ports.
Defense
Army officials seek to fend off Future Combat Systems cuts
Congress has routinely trimmed hundreds of millions of dollars from Pentagon's multibillion-dollar requests for project.
Defense