Defense
New passenger screening system expected to debut in August
TSA officials have not yet determined whether commercial data will be used to screen passengers.
Tech
Administration readies new ID standard for employees
Agencies must submit plans for incorporating new standards by June and comply by October.
Defense
Justice forms procurement fraud task force
In wake of scandal at Defense Department, new working group aims to combat abuses in acquisition system.
Defense
War supplemental faces lengthy debate
Proposals to loosen immigration requirements could slow action on the legislation.
Defense
Los Alamos scientists develop new method to detect smuggled nukes
New approach has advantages over detectors now deployed at U.S. borders, which use either X-rays or gamma rays.
Defense
Student visitor screening process improvements cut clearance time
State Department's Visa Mantis program reduces waiting time from 67 days in 2003 to 15 in 2004.
Defense
DHS favors easing deadline on state security funds
Investigations found local communities had not received or spent the nearly $14 billion in federal funding allocated for counterterrorism activities.
Defense
National critical infrastructure plan nears completion
But members of information-sharing councils cite worsening relations between industry and Homeland Security Department.
Defense
Boeing CFO gets four-month jail sentence
Michael Sears also fined $250,000 for illegally negotiating a job for a top Air Force official at the nation’s second-largest defense contractor.
Defense
Sexual assaults continue among service members abroad
The Miles Foundation says it has received 307 reports from among members of the military.
Defense
Unions ready to give new homeland security chief an earful
Union officials hope Michael Chertoff allows them to share their concerns about issues ranging from new personnel regulations to problems protecting the borders.
Defense
Former Boeing CFO might face prison in procurement scandal
Prosecutors argue alternatives to imprisonment would do little to deter "such illegal conduct in the future by companies and their senior management."
Defense
Critics say some military spending items don't belong in emergency bill
Spending requests detailed in 82-page document on the Pentagon's $74.9 billion portion of the supplemental request.
Defense
Veteran diplomat Negroponte tapped for top intelligence slot
President says new director “will make the decisions” on intelligence budget.
Defense
Forward Observer: Lost at Sea
The debut of a biweekly column by veteran defense writer George C. Wilson.
Defense
Homeland Security bureau needs extra $300 million to get through year
Outgoing deputy secretary opposes merging Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection bureaus.
Defense