Administration agrees to leave parts of APHIS out of homeland agency

• Congress Daily
• July 17, 2002

Lieberman ready with rough draft of homeland bill

• Charlie Mitchell
• July 17, 2002

House chair seeks to trim undersecretaries in homeland proposal

• William New
• July 16, 2002

Concerns raised over moving bioterror out of CDC, NIH

• Julie Rovner
• July 16, 2002

Senators question costs of new department

• Charlie Mitchell and Stephen Norton
• July 16, 2002

Administration defends request for waiver of civil service rules

OPM Director Kay Coles James urged Congress Tuesday to grant the secretary of the new Homeland Security Department broad freedom to waive civil service laws.

• Mark Wegner and Brody Mullins
• July 16, 2002

Bush releases homeland security strategy

President Bush officially unveiled the nation’s first strategy for homeland security on Tuesday in a document that broadly outlines how government and the private sector should counter the threat of terrorist attacks.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 16, 2002

Ridge counters critics of homeland security bill

• Brody Mullins
• July 16, 2002

White House opposes union rights for homeland agency

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 16, 2002

Paying the price

Chronic financial mismanagement throughout the Defense Department could hit the Pentagon in the pocketbook next year.

• Molly M. Peterson
• July 16, 2002

Cybersecurity checklist for federal agencies under consideration

• William New
• July 15, 2002

Mineta: TSA hiring campaign in jeopardy without supplemental funds

• Matthew Weinstock
• July 15, 2002

Senate chairman to circulate homeland security draft bill

• Brody Mullins
• July 15, 2002

Congress urged to trim agencies from homeland security department

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 15, 2002

Powell asks head of State’s visa program to retire

Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday asked the head of the State Department’s embattled visa program to retire.

• Brian Friel
• July 12, 2002

Committee beats back effort to remove agencies from homeland bill

• Molly M. Peterson
• July 12, 2002

Action shifts to House homeland security panel

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 12, 2002

House panel backs civil service protections in homeland bill

The House Government Reform Committee has voted to ensure that federal employees slated to move into the proposed Department of Homeland Security retain civil service protections.

• Molly M. Peterson
• July 12, 2002

Report urges lawmakers to extend baggage screening deadline

• Matthew Weinstock
• July 11, 2002

Agriculture Committee wants APHIS to remain at USDA

• Jerry Hagstrom and Molly M. Peterson
• July 11, 2002