Defense

House shelves naming conferees for homeland bill

House GOP confident work on the spending bill can be completed next week.

Defense

Civil liberties issues arise in Senate intelligence overhaul debate

Privacy and civil protections offered in the bill are called "overkill."

Defense

Emergency responders rap federal incident management system

U.S. moving too fast to tie National Incident Management System implementation to first responder funding, they say.

Management

Military depots may be underestimating depot work contracted out

GAO says services may be using flawed data in attempts to comply with 50-50 law.

Defense

Major defense contractors reap billions in no-bid contracts, report finds

Study shows almost half of all Pentagon contracts since 1998 were awarded without full and open competitions.

Defense

Proposed changes to Pentagon sexual misconduct policy draw mixed reaction

Comprehensive proposal not widely supported by Congressional Women's Caucus, which was expected to spearhead passage of the bill.

Defense

Homeland Security reorganizes border bureaus

To consolidate resources, Air and Marine Operations will move into Customs and Border Protection.

Defense

VA to boost mental-health services for returning troops

More soliders may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and amputation, says Principi.

Defense

House Homeland Security panel won't have say in 9/11 legislation

Committee focuses all its attention on making its case to become a permanent panel.

Defense

Senators accuse Air Force officials of hiding Boeing probe documents

Air Force official said e-mail records were not relevant to Senate Armed Services Committee investigation.

Management

Protest of Iraq security contract denied

Security services firm Dyncorp took issue with controversial $293 million award to British company.

Defense

Back pay snafu leaves 4,000 former INS employees in limbo

Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau inherits $10 million obligation.

Defense

Pentagon criticized for closed-door meeting on sexual misconduct

Meeting held to develop policy on reporting allegations of assault and misconduct and treating victims.