Management
Patent office gets more money, but fees may be diverted
Agency succeeds in winning specifically allocated funding to hire more examiners.
Management
Bush taps White House counsel for attorney general slot
Critics call for successor to restore balance between civil liberties and security in antiterror campaign.
Tech
Public interest group challenges FBI over terrorist screening
Electronic Privacy Information Center wants to know how the FBI intends to protect the privacy of travelers as it maintains records in its terrorist-screening database.
Management
Senate appropriators question funding for Patent Office overhaul
Committee report questions whether the agency needs to hire "hundreds, if not thousands, of additional personnel."
Tech
Justice Department plans more labs focused on cyber crime
Attorney General John Ashcroft says department will add eight new forensic analysis centers.
Defense
Judge requires disclosure of passenger-screening report
TSA officials claimed the information was exempt from disclosure rules laid out in the Freedom of Information Act.
Defense
Law enforcers may see gains under House spending bill
The FBI received a $624 million boost to revamp and enhance its intelligence, counterterrorism, cyber crime and counterintelligence activities.
Defense
TSA tests 'trusted traveler' program amid concerns
Volunteers can have fingerprints and iris patterns recorded in agency databases to speed processing through security checkpoints.
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