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CongressNew DHS Intel Chief Realigning Organizational Structure
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reorganizing its intelligence branch to better support its core customers, including state and local partners, and to make better use of its collective […]
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Air ForceSmith Eyes F-35 2nd Engine, Oversight Of Programs For DoD Bill
By Emelie Rutherford The head of a congressional panel said he does not support increasing the Pentagon’s buy of C-17 aircraft, but wants authorization for the Joint Strike Fighter’s second […]
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DHS Bottom Up Review Not Complete Before May, Lute Says
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has finished its analysis of an ongoing review aimed at aligning program activities and resources with missions and goals and the […]
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Senate Examines Missile Defense Role Under START Treaty
By Emelie Rutherford As Congress held the first hearing yesterday on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia, supporters emphasized the pact would […]
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Senate Panel Slams Constellation Cancellation
By Emelie Rutherford A week after President Barack Obama announced he will not completely kill NASA’s Orion space capsule, the space agency’s director yesterday faced senators angry about the administration’s […]
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DHS Unsure If Drug Cartels Are Changing Tactics Against U.S Officials
By Calvin Biesecker Despite the recent murders of American citizens in Mexico and Arizona and a bomb attack against a United States consulate in Mexico, it’s still unclear whether Mexican […]
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Business/FinancialHouse Acquisition Reform Bill Calls For New DoD Industrial Base Policy
By Emelie Rutherford A new Pentagon-acquisition reform bill House lawmakers unveiled yesterday calls for the defense secretary to create a program to expand the defense industrial base, but does not […]
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Feds Exploring Interagency Task Force For Southwest Border
By Calvin Biesecker The federal government is considering establishing some type of interagency task force that would help the nation better cope with threats along the southwest border that is […]
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Senators Want Napolitano To Review Auto-Detect Capability On AIT Machines
By Calvin Biesecker Three Republican Senators who recently returned from a trip to examine counter-terrorism efforts abroad have asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to examine new auto-detection technology deployed […]
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GAO: TSA’s Secure Flight Meets Congressional Conditions
The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) program that transitions responsibility from air carriers to the agency for checking airline passenger information against watch lists meets all the conditions set forth by […]