Defense
Bush administration's TSA budget request faces steep cuts
House and Senate appropriators will meet in September to negotiate the final budget numbers before sending the bill to the president.
Defense
TSA revamping shoe-screening policy
Agency puts out call for new inspection devices, so travelers can go through checkpoints without taking off their shoes.
Tech
Lawmakers move to freeze money for digital mapping effort
House appropriators say they were misled about effort to update flood maps.
Defense
Lawmakers push Pentagon over science, tech programs
Bill would authorize $10.9 billion for science and technology programs.
Defense
More DHS overhaul details revealed
Secretary Michael Chertoff plans to eliminate a layer of bureaucracy.
Defense
Senator moves to rescue Coast Guard acquisition initiative
House appropriators cut $466 million from President Bush's request of $966 million for the Deepwater program.
Defense
Money for transit protection redirected, official says
Only $20 million spent on transit security in fiscal 2004.
Defense
Program on border surveillance faces reconfiguration
DHS secretary mum on details about pending changes to America's Shield Initiative.
Defense
Turf wars likely to erupt over DHS reorganization proposal
House and Senate committee chairmen have been fighting to retain jurisdiction ever since the debate over the department's creation in 2002.
Defense
Senator: DHS reorganization will not hinder spending bill talks
Appropriators could shift funding later if needed, says Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss.
Defense
New cyber chief faces challenges as DHS struggles
Homeland Security Department has not fully addressed any of the 13 cyber responsibilities that were assigned to the department when Congress created it more than two years ago, GAO says.
Tech
Chertoff seeks authority to hire policy czar, alter FEMA
DHS secretary plans to implement most of the changes by Oct. 1
Tech
Homeland overhaul would put new focus on telecom
Plan would create a new assistant secretary for cyber security and telecommunications.
Tech
Bush administration puts supercomputing in spotlight
White Housealso pushing focus on cybersecurity.
News
Senate nears vote on bolstering rail and transit security
Amendment would cut $100 million from the first-responder grant program to pay for the increase in transit grants.
Defense
Senators attach first responder formula change to spending bill
Lawmakers from "higher-risk" urban areas look to get changes more favorable to them into the conference report.
Defense
Cybersecurity post elevated under proposed DHS overhaul
Job would become a cabinet-level position.
Defense
Chertoff unveils Homeland Security revamp plan
TSA, ICE and CPB chiefs would report directly to secretary under reorganization.
Defense
Senate showdown looms over first-responder funding
Two senators have offered legislation to revamp the spending formula as an amendment to the fiscal 2006 Homeland Security appropriations measure.
Defense
Urban, rural divide marks debate over security aid
Plan to revamp the first responder spending formula met with contention.
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