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Oversight of interrogation contracts broke down, GAO finds
Report says breakdowns occurred when Interior hired contractors to work in Abu Ghraib prison.
Defense
War supplemental boosts funding for homeland security agencies
Almost $1 billion in emergency funds would go toward hiring new border guards and criminal investigators, beefing up FBI operations and boosting the Coast Guard's fleet.
News
House panel splits over proposal to increase aviation user fees
Funds would be used to enable FAA to upgrade nation's aviation system.
Defense
Pentagon review could conflict with base closing panel
Commissioners express concern that recommendations of from Quadrennial Defense Review, to be released early next year, could render base-closing decisions obsolete.
Defense
Base-closing commission gets underway with briefing on threats
Panel did not get into specifics about which bases might be closed or consolidated.
Tech
Pace of information technology spending to slow, report predicts
Budget constraints, consolidation and leveling off of homeland security spending could end government spending boom.
News
Defense lacks contracting ethics controls, GAO says
In wake of Air Force contract scandal, report still finds procedures lacking.
Management
Homeland Security weighs change to procurement directive
Officials urged to include Coast Guard and Secret Service in October 2004 policy.
Management
Perks, Pride and Preparation
Managers use special benefits, the aura of public service, career grooming and other techniques to hang on to top talent.
Defense
Pentagon’s base closure list will be hard to challenge
Legal changes make it harder for independent commission to add bases to the hit list.
Defense
Base closure panel begins four-month deliberations
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is expected to announce his recommendations next week.
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