Defense
Records on active-duty military included in stolen VA data
The personal information of up to 50,000 National Guard, Reserve and Navy personnel could be at risk.
Defense
Border agency weighs options to handle surge in detainees
U.S. Customs and Border Protection mulls setting up "detention barges" at sea.
Defense
Forward Observer: Enron on the Potomac
The Pentagon’s accounting practices are unlikely to improve until a panel of outside financial experts is appointed to help.
Defense
Army brass defies a costly trend by cutting London trip
Canceling travel is one of many penny-pinching moves the service plans to take until emergency spending bill is enacted.
Defense
New Coast Guard chief discusses lessons learned from Katrina
Adm. Thad Allen says government is making progress establishing clear lines of command and communication for disaster response.
Defense
Pentagon to automate personnel management systems
One computerized system will make salary and benefits details easily accessible.
Defense
DHS seeks to better serve disaster victims with disabilities
Council working to ensure announcements in emergency shelters reach people who do not hear or see, among other things.
Tech
DHS trade processing system lacks realistic goals, GAO says
Agency says it will align and define program goals, benefits, business results and performance measures by July 1.
Defense
Lawmakers assail DHS personnel, grants practices
Members of House committee ask Chertoff how the department would handle decreased appropriations for its personnel reforms.
Defense
Lawmakers plot retaliation for cuts in anti-terror grants
Grant allocations announced Wednesday represent a 40 percent reduction in urban security funds for New York and Washington.
Defense
Government continues to subsidize building in hurricane-prone areas
At the federal level, however, more thought is being given to discouraging development along high-risk stretches of coastline.
Defense
Level of pushback on personnel system surprising, DHS official says
Personnel chief also says he expects fast resolution to court case on labor relations aspects of the system.
Defense
Consortium helping emergency responders would benefit from DHS bill
House spending measure allots $45.6 million more than the Bush administration requested to the consortium.
Defense
Provisions in DHS spending bill would benefit pet projects
Bill includes nearly $175 million not requested by the White House.
Defense
Lacking needed funds, Army begins to cut back spending
If supplemental spending bill isn't finished by early July, promotions could be postponed and recruitment efforts suspended.
Defense
DHS awards 32 percent less than last year in state, local grants
State Homeland Security Grant program takes the biggest hit, with a 49 percent reduction.
Defense
DHS personnel system funding takes another hit
Language passed by House would shift $15 million away from the office implementing the pay-for-performance system.
Defense
Investigators denied clearances for probe of eavesdropping program
Attorney General has argued that sharing too many details about NSA surveillance program could diminish its usefulness.
Defense