Defense

DHS: State disaster response plans lacking

Federal officials still need to improve coordination with state and local governments, review finds.

Defense

Forward Observer: Another Seat at the Table

National Guard leader would have benefited from being a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

News

Farewell to a Personnel Giant

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News

Hooters to Give Back FEMA Funds

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News

Homeland Security Hotline: Do Not Call

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Defense

Data mining helps uncover fraud in disaster relief

GAO used technique to locate FEMA payments that were based on duplicative registration data.

Defense

Two controversial counter-terror programs share parallels

Total Information Awareness successor could be used to enhance NSA domestic eavesdropping program, former officials say.

Tech

Report: Telework could bring financial benefit to agencies

But a lack of support is hampering growth of the work-from-home concept in the government, consultants say.

Defense

FEMA abandons target date for full staffing

New director says he is no longer sure when agency will be near full capacity, cites bureaucracy as a problem.

Defense

Affidavit says Cunningham intervened on limo firm's behalf

Contract was awarded through full and open competition, and alleged letter on company's behalf is nowhere to be found, DHS says.

Defense

Bush signs supplemental spending bill

Measure to provide war, border security, Gulf Coast recovery and avian flu funding also sets discretionary spending cap for fiscal 2007.

News

HHS executive and longtime civil service leader dies

Thomas S. McFee was first federal personnel official to ascend to assistant secretary level.

Pay & Benefits

Ensuring a Healthy Retirement

It pays to know the rules about continuing your federal health insurance coverage into retirement.

Tech

VA weighing steps to protect medical records

Subcontractor in India threatened to release 30,000 of the department’s medical records over the Internet last year.

News

Google Goes Government

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News

Look Out, Rush Limbaugh

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News

TSA Shortchanged on Fees

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Features

Wrenching Changes

Don't let soaring Defense budgets fool you. It's just a matter of time until military spending tightens, cutbacks begin and weapons become unaffordable.