Defense

Official: Hill foes may foil change to homeland grants

Bush administration calls for distributions based on risk and need.

Defense

Republicans take issue with Bush Homeland Security proposals

GOPers back plan to merge agencies, but oppose effort to increase passenger ticket fees to pay for security costs at the nation's airports.

Defense

Lawmaker lights fuse under Coast Guard to get report

Commandant told that budget increase will be withheld until report on Deepwater acquisition program is delivered.

Defense

Senate panel approves authorization for embassy security

The $4.5 billion Foreign Affairs Authorization Act provides $1.5 billion for embassy security, construction and maintenance.

Defense

DHS favors easing deadline on state security funds

Investigations found local communities had not received or spent the nearly $14 billion in federal funding allocated for counterterrorism activities.

Defense

Oversight of homeland security issues called weak

Structural reforms on Capitol Hill fall short, experts say.

Defense

Chertoff nomination stalls over Guantanamo Bay questions

Holdup over contentious FBI memo and debate on class-action overhaul measure pushes back Senate vote until next week.

Tech

House homeland security panel expects to win cybersecurity turf battle

House aides on the Homeland Security Committee believe that they will get a referral for a recently introduced cybersecurity bill.

Defense

House vote makes Homeland Security panel permanent

Change takes turf away from powerful committee chairmen, but critics say it falls short of 9/11 panel recomendations.