Management
House votes to replace INS with two new agencies
The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to abolish the Immigration and Naturalization Service and replace it with two new agencies in the Justice Department.
Defense
Bush administration backs plan to break up INS
The Bush administration Wednesday changed course and offered support for House passage of a bill to restructure the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Defense
Plan to meet baggage screening deadline takes shape
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta on Wednesday announced that the government would rely more heavily on trace detection technology to meet a year-end deadline for screening checked baggage for explosives than previously planned.
Defense
Transportation Security Administration may need more than 70,000 employees
The Transportation Security Administration may need to hire more than 70,000 employees—up from the 30,000 initially projected—to handle passenger and baggage screening duties at the nation’s airports, according to the Transportation Department’s inspector general.
Management
HHS effort to consolidate operations met with skepticism
Participants in a Senate hearing Thursday questioned whether consolidating several public affairs offices within the Health and Human Services Department would improve communication on bioterrorism between the government and the public.
Management