Defense
DHS officials grilled on vacancies in high-level jobs
Lawmaker says FEMA is at only 73 percent of the staff level it needs, just weeks away from hurricane season.
Defense
Bush shares details of $1.95 billion border security funding request
President seeks $756 million to deploy 6,000 National Guard troops and $410 million to hire and train 1,000 Border Patrol agents.
Defense
Panel demands better oversight of DHS contractors
Congressman suggests investigating backgrounds of executive officers and board directors of small companies before making awards.
Defense
Election to represent Customs, Border employees under way
Federal court denies Agriculture union’s request for delay.
Tech
OMB official: Too soon to judge computer security law
Critics say 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act is largely a paperwork exercise.
Defense
Navy details huge unmanned aerial vehicle program
Initiative has grabbed lawmakers’ attention; language in fiscal 2007 defense bill encourages systems development.
Defense
Rumsfeld presses for resolution of impasse on supplemental funding
Neither the White House nor House leaders want the final price tag to exceed $94.5 billion.
Defense
House panels OK conflicting plans to fix FEMA
One measure would make the agency independent again; other would keep it within the Homeland Security Department.
Defense
Panel approves Homeland Security spending bill
Bill funds DHS personnel system below president’s request.
Defense
Defense agency resumes processing some clearances
Move will help 2,000 secret-level applications; Top Secret credentials and requests for re-investigations still stalled.
Defense
NSA surveillance program unlikely to jeopardize criminal cases
Former intelligence court judge says government has been careful to separate evidence obtained with a warrant from that gathered in eavesdropping program.
Defense
GOP mulls perils of immigration fight
House Republicans keep focus on border security and remain reluctant to back President Bush’s call for a temporary worker program.
Defense
Measure seeks penalties for contract cost overruns
Language in House defense bill would let the Pentagon reopen programs significantly exceeding cost goals to competition.
Defense
Border security initiative means more work for DHS
Department to assume responsibility for additional detainees, enforcement.
Defense
State control of troops essential, state Guard leaders say
Bush administration tried -- and failed -- to federalize National Guard units deployed to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina last year.
Defense
DHS fails to submit strategic border security plan
Subcommittee says DHS has yet to produce plan demanded last month; fiscal 2007 funding at risk.
Defense
Bush sets plan to beef up Border Patrol, send in Guard
Six thousand National Guard members will be deployed to Mexican border pending implementation of initiative to add 6,000 border control officers by the end of 2008.
Defense
Lawmakers deny DHS extra funding for personnel system
Unions ask Congress to strip funding completely in an effort to halt human resources overhaul.
Defense
TSA plan to charge port workers for ID cards draws fire
Plan to gather as much as $118 million from workers may be challenged in public hearings.
Defense