Defense
House panel releases details on defense spending bill
Bill includes full funding for a 3.5 percent pay increase for military service members.
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Contractor vows to continue work on $10 billion border system
Lawmakers decry Homeland Security Department’s decision to award contract to Accenture because company is based in Bermuda.
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NIH official touts progress on biological defenses
Efforts include continued efforts to develop new vaccines against smallpox and anthrax.
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Pentagon: No timetable for review of overseas troop levels
Lawmakers want information on returning troops in preparation for the next round of base closures.
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Panel approves measure killing $10 billion US VISIT contract
The legislation also includes language to close loopholes allowing the Homeland Security Department to contract with off-shore companies.
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Coast Guard expects facilities, vessels to meet deadline
Lawmakers expressed concern that some empty cargo containers are not being checked upon entry to U.S. ports.
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Administration seeks delay on visa waiver programs
If countries do not meet the deadline to install biometric passports that machines can read, visitors from those countries would have to obtain special visas.
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Report: TSA not doing enough to secure airports
Agency failing to control perimeters and secure areas at airports, GAO says.
Tech
House member seeks to nix $10 billion border security contract
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., wants to cancel US-VISIT contract awarded to Bermuda-based Accenture.
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'Buy American' provisions to be targets of Senate defense debate
Pentagon's acting acquisition chief says measures could lead to higher costs, less capability, delayed programs.
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Appropriations panel to vote on homeland security spending bill
The $30.8 billion legislation would maintain a 45,000 cap for Transportation Security Administration airport passenger screeners.
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Pentagon relents in standoff over military construction bill
Service chiefs agree to testify in hearings that could foreshadow which military bases will be closed.
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House panel receives 'first responder' extension
Judiciary Committee gets a week's extension to take its shot at revamping the federal process for issuing grants to first responders.
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House chair says DHS should lead intelligence analysis
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Christopher Cox, R-Calif., says housing such efforts within the CIA is only an "interim step."
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Popular culture clashes with homeland security mission, panel chief says
House Homeland Security Committee chairman takes on filmmaker Michael Moore.
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Former senators offer harsh assessment of nation's security
Gary Hart and Warren Rudman say the next attack is coming and we're far from prepared for it.
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CIA Director Tenet resigns; to leave post in July
President Bush accepted his resignation Wednesday night; said he has done a "superb job."
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House chairmen clash over first responder funding bill
Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Don Young, R-Alaska, says Homeland Security Committee should focus on oversight, not legislation.
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