Bush signs new homeland security directives

President Bush Wednesday signed landmark directives establishing new policies on assessing the vulnerability of critical infrastructure and the nation's preparedness to respond to a terrorist attack.

• Greta Wodele and William New
• December 17, 2003

Immigrant advocates sue Justice over crime database

• Shawn Zeller
• December 17, 2003

No Iraq supplemental bills expected in 2004

• Congress Daily
• December 17, 2003

TSA awards grants to test airport security technology

• Chris Strohm
• December 17, 2003

Industry officials fear border security's impact on commerce

• Greta Wodele
• December 16, 2003

Advisory panel outlines ideas on homeland security strategy

• Greta Wodele
• December 15, 2003

Officials: Technology can help identify terrorism financing

• William New
• December 15, 2003

House chairmen question air cargo security efforts

• Chris Strohm
• December 12, 2003

Rumsfeld: New personnel system could help avoid increase in troops

• Chris Strohm
• December 12, 2003

Small, minority-owned firms urged to seek security work

• Greta Wodele
• December 11, 2003

Los Alamos praised for response to potential security threat

• Amelia Gruber
• December 11, 2003

Study says federal bioterrorism spending not preparing states

• Zach Patton
• December 11, 2003

U.S. bans non-coalition countries from Iraq reconstruction contracts

• Shane Harris
• December 10, 2003

Customs officials may use sensors to test containers

• Greta Wodele
• December 10, 2003

Democrats unveil plan to increase troop strength

House Democrats are fueling the longstanding debate over the demand to increase U.S. military troop numbers with new legislation that would increase Army, Air Force and Marine Corps end strength by 8 percent over the next five years.

• Amy Svitak
• December 10, 2003

'Losers' in 2004 base funding could be vulnerable to closure

• Amy Svitak and Richard H.P. Sia
• December 9, 2003

Research official stewards anti-terrorism complex

• Greta Wodele
• December 8, 2003

Winners in military construction bill hope to stave off base closures

The fiscal 2004 military construction spending bill President Bush recently signed into law represents a multimillion-dollar investment in the future of military facilities around the country, possibly making them less vulnerable to the Pentagon's next round of base closing decisions.

• Amy Svitak and Richard H.P. Sia
• December 8, 2003

Official sees hurdles for 'open source' e-government

• Greta Wodele
• December 5, 2003

Science, tech funds for Homeland Security look flat for fiscal 2005

• William New
• December 5, 2003