Defense

Pentagon IG: Defense official could face criminal charges

Report identifies several former Pentagon leaders as central to the tanker deal, as well as current acquisition chief, Michael Wynne.

Defense

House Defense spending bill boosts R&D funds

Measure makes several adjustments to major procurement programs and fully funds president's request for a 3.1 percent pay raise for military personnel.

Defense

Pentagon IG tanker report points finger at senior officials

Report implicates more than a half-dozen senior Pentagon officials in wrongdoing, but strikes names of many other, more mid-level acquisition personnel.

Defense

FBI, Santa Fe police probe attack on Los Alamos employee

The employee, Tommy Hook, had alleged financial improprieties at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Defense

Zippo fires up effort to ease TSA restrictions on lighters

Having won a battle to allow unfilled lighters on airplanes, company lobbies TSA to let passengers travel with filled lighters in checked bags.

Defense

Pentagon misses deadline for releasing base-closing data

Sens. Collins and Lieberman continue to press for the information.

Defense

Ex-federal officials question pace of FBI reforms

Members of last year's 9/11 commission, reviewing progress on recommendations, will weigh whether agency should be disbanded.

Defense

Defense ends conversations with unions over personnel system

Union leaders say meetings accomplished little, if anything.

Defense

Bush directive clarifies information sharing responsibility

Move is intended to resolve ambiguities in the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act.

Defense

Union criticizes punishment of Border Patrol agents

National Border Patrol Council denounces the punishment given to agents who allegedly received money from landlords while stationed along the border.

Defense

Homeland panel critic arises as its possible chairman

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, could take over the House Homeland Security Committee if Rep. Chris Cox, R-Calif., is confirmed as SEC chairman.

Defense

Pentagon says IG investigation into Boeing tanker deal completed

Senior administration officials called to testify before Senate next week.

Defense

Senators say base closing documents fall short

Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., say the Pentagon has not released all the information used in the BRAC recommendations.

Defense

TSA starts background checks on all hazardous materials truckers

New rule, affecting about 2.7 million truckers, is final phase of Hazmat Threat Assessment Program.

Defense

House aims to refocus agency's counterterrorism role

Spending bill would cut the DHS information analysis and infrastructure protection directorate budget by $5.8 million.

Defense

Bush, senior officials mum on whether ‘Deep Throat’ is a hero

Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said federal workers can easily report wrongdoing today, drawing sharp criticism from a leading whistleblower advocate.

Defense

Pentagon targets Saturday for release of base closing information

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, says the delay in releasing information on the BRAC process is preventing communities from contesting the recommendations.

Tech

Justice budget focused on using info to combat terrorism

More than $500 million of fiscal 2006 budget request targeted to information technology projects.

Defense

Senators threaten to subpoena base closing documents

Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., demand all base realignment and closure information, including handwritten notes and telephone logs.