Lawmakers' projects, disparities slow defense spending

• Peter Cohn
• August 5, 2003

Immigration Services chief tackles benefits backlog

In an interview with Government Executive , the director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services says that the “day of reckoning” has arrived, and that he’s taken the first steps toward reducing a massive and long-standing backlog of immigration benefits applications.

• Shawn Zeller
• August 5, 2003

Lawmakers introduce measures to dilute antiterror bill

• Drew Clark
• August 4, 2003

Homeland border enforcement bureau looks to cross-train agents

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• August 4, 2003

Homeland Security braces to deal with unregistered foreign students

• Shane Harris
• August 1, 2003

FBI, CIA remain worlds apart

Now, more than ever, the FBI and the CIA need to work together. But they speak such different languages that they can barely communicate.

• Siobhan Gorman
• August 1, 2003

Senate panel boosts Coast Guard acquisition effort

• Lori Sharn
• August 1, 2003

Controversial DARPA official may resign

• National Journal
• July 31, 2003

Homeland official outlines opportunities for tech firms

• Mathew Honan
• July 31, 2003

TSA prepares to test revamped passenger identification system

Despite lingering questions, the Transportation Security Administration plans to start testing a new passenger identification system within the next couple of months.

• Matthew Weinstock
• July 31, 2003

Report: Laboratories unprepared for chemical attack

• David McGlinchey
• July 31, 2003

Pentagon offers Vegas jackpot in robot race

• Michael Posner
• July 31, 2003

Homeland Security Secretary pushes partnerships

• Chloe Albanesius
• July 30, 2003

ACLU sues Justice, FBI over broader surveillance powers

• Drew Clark
• July 30, 2003

Panel extends aid to emergency responders

• Lisa Caruso
• July 30, 2003

TSA revisits German gun contract

The Transportation Security Administration is reconsidering its recent decision to arm U.S. commercial airline pilots with German-made Heckler & Koch handguns, only a few days after House Small Business Chairman Donald Manzullo, R-Ill., inquired about the agency's method of choosing a supplier, according to congressional and gun industry sources.

• Richard H.P. Sia
• July 30, 2003

Air Force announces personnel cuts for 2004

• George Cahlink
• July 30, 2003

Terrorism alert issued to airlines

• Matthew Weinstock
• July 29, 2003

Army describes Patriot missile friendly fire problems

• David Ruppe
• July 29, 2003

Mill town looks to Defense procurement for lifeline

On the scale of the mammoth $369 billion Defense spending bill, a $3 million earmark to develop a lifesaving fabric for wounded soldiers is a pittance. But it symbolizes the hope of saving a textile mill in Lawrence, Mass.

• David Hess
• July 29, 2003