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.
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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.
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FBI, Santa Fe police probe attack on Los Alamos employee
The employee, Tommy Hook, had alleged financial improprieties at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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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.
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Pentagon misses deadline for releasing base-closing data
Sens. Collins and Lieberman continue to press for the information.
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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.
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Defense ends conversations with unions over personnel system
Union leaders say meetings accomplished little, if anything.
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Bush directive clarifies information sharing responsibility
Move is intended to resolve ambiguities in the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act.
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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.
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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.
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Pentagon says IG investigation into Boeing tanker deal completed
Senior administration officials called to testify before Senate next week.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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