Tech
Coast Guard says budget request will delay Deepwater
A project to upgrade the Coast Guard’s aging fleet will fall behind schedule if it does not receive more than the $500 million slated for it in the president’s 2004 budget request, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Defense
Total Information Awareness official responds to criticism
The second-ranking official on the Defense Department’s Total Information Awareness Project to predict terrorist attacks says critics of the effort have misinterpreted its goals and the nature of the technology it will use.
Defense
Regulation clears way for officers’ overtime pay
The Office of Personnel Management on Thursday loosened up a regulation that could have cost federal law enforcement officers thousands of dollars a year in lost pay—and lowered their retirement benefits.
Defense
Ridge announces reorganization of border agencies
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Thursday announced a major restructuring of the agencies that protect the nation’s borders.
Defense
Bush speaks of big initiatives, small government
In a State of the Union address dominated by initiatives to jump-start the U.S. economy and warnings of impending war in Iraq, President Bush told most federal agencies and employees to expect lean times ahead.
Defense