Administration rethinks system for allocating security funds

• Maureen Sirhal
• May 1, 2003

GAO says smallpox program lacks guidance

• David McGlinchey
• May 1, 2003

Homeland chief urges firms to bolster cybersecurity

• Bara Vaida
• April 30, 2003

Pentagon expected to name panel to probe Air Force Academy

• Kellie Lunney
• April 30, 2003

Senators grill Ridge about Homeland Security budget

• William New
• April 30, 2003

Homeland Security has not consolidated terrorist watch lists

More than 100 days after its creation, the Homeland Security Department has failed to meet one of the key goals agency leaders outlined last year.

• Shane Harris
• April 30, 2003

Homeland security to launch new entry-exit system

• National Journal
• April 29, 2003

Senators seek to shutter overseas military bases

• David Morris
• April 29, 2003

Bottom up

The Marine Corps got good press during the war in Iraq because lower-ranking men and women—not the top brass—were so impressive.

• George C. Wilson
• April 29, 2003

Report urges Defense to share IT outsourcing lessons

• National Journal
• April 28, 2003

Homeland security funds may shrink in 2004, key aide says

The top Senate aide for appropriations on Monday said federal funding for homeland security activities may be lower in fiscal 2004 than they are in the current year since Congress passed an emergency supplemental that boosted homeland security funding.

• William New
• April 28, 2003

Senator seeks flexibility for first responders

The "one-size-fits-all" approach to awarding homeland security grants to state and local governments is not working and needs to be changed, according to the chairwoman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.

• Karen Lee Scrivo
• April 28, 2003

Army faces two top leadership vacancies

• Amelia Gruber
• April 28, 2003

Lawmaker seeks delay on Defense personnel reform vote

The ranking member of the House Government Reform Committee is urging committee leaders to delay voting on the Defense Department’s recently unveiled proposal for a new civilian personnel system.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• April 25, 2003

Pentagon restructures management for chem-bio defense program

• Global Security Newswire
• April 25, 2003

Homeland department to accept some immigration forms online

• National Journal
• April 25, 2003

Health plans search for bioterror symptoms

A pilot program that joins the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and some private health plans could help officials to detect a bioterrorism attack before emergency rooms are overwhelmed.

• Marilyn Werber Serafini
• April 25, 2003

Customs official details work toward secure ports, borders

• Molly M. Peterson
• April 24, 2003

New study urges more food regulation by USDA, FDA

• Jerry Hagstrom
• April 24, 2003

'Bioshield' legislation could be headed for Senate vote

• Emily Heil
• April 24, 2003