Senate panel clears $355 billion Defense bill

• Deborah Shapley
• July 19, 2002

TSA director's resignation called 'curious'

• Congress Daily
• July 19, 2002

Deal on civil service issues eludes House homeland panel

House Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a deal Thursday on civil service protections for the 170,000 employees of the proposed Homeland Security Department—setting up a partisan clash over the issue in a markup Friday.

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 19, 2002

House homeland bill adds tech position, blocks cybersecurity transfer

• William New
• July 18, 2002

GOP seeks to broker deal on civil service issues in homeland bill

House Republicans are scrambling to reach a compromise with Democrats over the civil service rules that would govern the 170,000 employees of the proposed Homeland Security Department.

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 18, 2002

Transportation Security Administration chief resigns

John Magaw stepped down Thursday as head of the Transportation Security Administration and will be replaced by James Loy, former head of the Coast Guard.

• Matthew Weinstock
• July 18, 2002

House Armed Services reaches deal on terrorism spending

• Congress Daily
• July 18, 2002

Senate, House homeland drafts will mimic Bush proposal

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 18, 2002

OMB to manage homeland security reorganization

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• July 17, 2002

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