Deal on omnibus spending bill nears

• Bill Ghent
• February 12, 2003

Tech Insider: Homeland security buying game

• Shane Harris
• February 12, 2003

Lawmakers question independence of shuttle probe

At the first congressional hearing into the Columbia space shuttle disaster Wednesday, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers strongly questioned whether a multi-agency special board created to investigate the disaster is truly independent of NASA.

• Michael Posner
• February 12, 2003

OMB to focus on hiring new project managers, security in 2004

• Amelia Gruber
• February 12, 2003

GOP, Dems fill slots on House homeland security panel

• Siobhan Gorman
• February 12, 2003

Tips for surviving a terrorist attack

• Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
• February 12, 2003

Lawmakers deliver bill to fix Postal Service retirement payments

• Matthew Weinstock
• February 12, 2003

Legislators drop amendment banning outsourcing targets

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• February 12, 2003

Tech Insider: The Business of Federal Technology

• February 12, 2003

Guns and butter

Even with a budget boost, the cost of supporting service members and their families may make money for new weapons scarce.

• George C. Wilson
• February 11, 2003

Private spacecraft expected within two years, promoters say

• Michael Posner
• February 11, 2003

FAA chief: Top agency challenges include security, management

• Mark Murray
• February 11, 2003

New NASA focus unlikely given pull of space station, shuttle programs

• Neil Munro and Erin Heath
• February 11, 2003

Analysts worry budget short on Homeland Security funds

• Siobhan Gorman
• February 11, 2003

Social Security tech workers demand promotions, pay raises

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• February 11, 2003

FBI chief seeks new powers; rebuffs critics

FBI Director Robert Mueller told senators Tuesday that Congress should grant law enforcement and intelligence agencies greater surveillance powers to combat terrorism.

• Shane Harris and Drew Clark
• February 11, 2003

Funding delays stall expansion of online identification

• Maureen Sirhal
• February 11, 2003

Congress faces 'do-or-die' week on huge spending bill

Congress faces yet another tight deadline to finish the huge fiscal 2003 omnibus appropriations bill—with one third of the fiscal year already over.

• Congress Daily
• February 10, 2003

Defense taps commercial aircraft for Middle East deployments

• Katherine McIntire Peters
• February 10, 2003

OMB releases third round of FAIR Act lists

• Amelia Gruber
• February 10, 2003