Defense
Lawmaker warns on using authorization to delay base closings
Efforts to stall base closing panel will prevent other initiatives from getting through, says Rep. John Hostettler, a senior member of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee.
Defense
Supplemental takes aim at homeland security decisions
Congress raps CIO for not notifying them before implementing information technology projects.
Defense
Report: FBI falls short in hiring, retaining intelligence analysts
Low pay, poor promotion potential, unfulfilling work and lack of respect for their position within the bureau cited as problems.
Defense
House spending panel slaps DHS for missed deadlines
House appropriators slash more than $700 million from various Homeland Security agencies for failing to provide timely information on missions.
Defense
Armed Services chair eyes Pentagon acquisition process
Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., is concerned about skyrocketing costs of weapons systems due to addition of specific requirements to programs.
Defense
War supplemental boosts funding for homeland security agencies
Almost $1 billion in emergency funds would go toward hiring new border guards and criminal investigators, beefing up FBI operations and boosting the Coast Guard's fleet.
Defense
Pentagon review could conflict with base closing panel
Commissioners express concern that recommendations of from Quadrennial Defense Review, to be released early next year, could render base-closing decisions obsolete.
Defense
Base-closing commission gets underway with briefing on threats
Panel did not get into specifics about which bases might be closed or consolidated.
Defense
Pentagon’s base closure list will be hard to challenge
Legal changes make it harder for independent commission to add bases to the hit list.
Defense
Base closure panel begins four-month deliberations
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is expected to announce his recommendations next week.
Defense
TSA criticized as private companies wait for airport screening contracts
GAO says screeners not getting required amount of training.
Defense
Lawmakers may seek to stall base closure process
Tactics could include using the fiscal 2006 defense authorization bill to repeal the section of law authorizing the current round of closures.
Defense
Senate backer could move to protect C-130J program
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., could propose decreasing the Marine Corps' KC-130J aerial tanker buy in 2006 from 12 planes to four, to make room in the budget for at least nine C-130Js.
Defense
Study: Northeast, Midwest hit hard by previous base closings
Report by organization studying issues affecting the two regions argues they should be spared deep BRAC cuts this time.
Defense
Homeland Security chief seeks better liability protection for companies
Program created in 2002 has been dogged by complaints that application process is too onerous.
Defense
First responders push Congress to act on broadcast frequency issue
Lawmakers are squabbling over legislation to free up airwaves for police and firefighters.
Defense