Defense

Senator urges recess appointments for key Pentagon posts

The nominations of Gordon England to be deputy Defense secretary and Eric Edelman to be undersecretary for policy are in limbo.

Defense

DHS touts success of anti-gang operation

As many as 950 of those arrested are eligible for deportation, officials say.

Defense

NMCI poll shows slight increase in user satisfaction

User satisfaction uptick in some Navy organizations allows EDS to earn first incentive payments.

Defense

Rice proposes State Department reorganization

Plan would merge two offices to create new Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation.

Defense

Bill's language reflects state's effort to woo base closing panel

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., tried to insert language in a spending bill that would have reopened a Montana airfield, shut down in 1996.

Defense

Judge calls on DHS, Justice to improve legal proceedings for noncitizens

Poor records, swamped courts, little representation hamper due process, jurist tells conference.

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More DHS overhaul details revealed

Secretary Michael Chertoff plans to eliminate a layer of bureaucracy.

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Bid protest slows Pentagon’s electronic travel program

A revised solicitation, to be released in August, could include fixed prices due to GAO ruling.

Defense

Homeland security spending measure stalls in conference

Legislators hung up on funding disparities in the House and Senate bills.

Defense

Panel seeks quick confirmation of Pentagon nominees

Nominees include two high-level Air Force positions.

Defense

Intelligence community grapples with ‘daunting challenges’

Deputy national intelligence director says agencies must morph into a nonhierarchical network in order to counter decentralized terrorist organizations.

Defense

Lawmakers rip Pentagon plan to relocate civilian employees

House panel questions why employees at Defense facilities need security standards more stringent than those for other federal workers.

Defense

Senator moves to rescue Coast Guard acquisition initiative

House appropriators cut $466 million from President Bush's request of $966 million for the Deepwater program.

Defense

Defense bill delay could alter plans to fight base closures

Amendment to put off BRAC might not come up for debate until after independent commission has completed its work.

Defense

Investigation finds flaws in DHS export controls

Customs and Border Protection bureau says it is making changes to improve enforcement.

Defense

Program on border surveillance faces reconfiguration

DHS secretary mum on details about pending changes to America's Shield Initiative.

Defense

Money for transit protection redirected, official says

Only $20 million spent on transit security in fiscal 2004.

Defense

SES system may pave way for performance-based pay

Shift to pay-for-performance in senior ranks spurs curiosity at lower levels, say panelists at Excellence in Government conference.

Defense

GAO: Defense Department management weaknesses persist

Four years and $318 million in spending by the Pentagon was not enough to establish a strong enterprise architecture.

Defense

Homeland Security begins training managers on new personnel system

More than 12,000 managers will attend sessions between now and October.