Defense
Airport screeners slam TSA recertification program
Many passenger and baggage screeners say TSA's annual recertification program is mired in so many problems that it should be scrapped.
Defense
Lawmakers call for suspension of new passenger screening system
House lawmakers said Friday that a controversial new airline passenger screening system should be “suspended indefinitely,” after government auditors declared the system flawed and behind schedule.
Defense
Defense contractors owe billions in unpaid federal taxes
U.S. defense contractors failed to pay the federal government billions in taxes and, in some cases, may be guilty of criminal offenses, General Accounting Office auditors said Thursday.
Defense
Homeland security officials questioned over ricin intelligence
Lawmakers raised concerns Wednesday about the failure of officials at the Terrorist Threat Integration Center to warn Congress and other government agencies about the potential threat of a bioterrorism attack using the toxin ricin.
Defense
Park Police budget request falls short of chief's estimate
The Bush administration's fiscal 2005 budget request for the U.S. Park Police is well short of what the agency’s embattled chief said is needed to combat funding and personnel shortfalls.
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