News

House panel criticizes FDA for slow approval of generic drugs

Agency should have requested a higher budget and devoted more employees to the approval program, member of appropriations subcommittee says.

Defense

Louisiana governor defends decision not to federalize Guard units

Mississippi governor says issue never came up because he made it clear from the beginning that he wanted to be in charge.

News

Louisiana governor blames Katrina failures on levees

Lawmakers say they will be hard-pressed to grant more aid without seeing concrete spending plans.

News

House panel calls plan for tracking avian flu 'inadequate'

Committee members say the $250 million tagged for tracing the virus overseas where it is emerging falls far short of what’s needed.

Defense

Mineta defends department's performance during Katrina

Transportation secretary blames FEMA for holding up efforts to move people out of New Orleans.

News

Senators skeptical of TSA transit security assessment

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee leaders question TSA chief's description of security as "outstanding."

News

Senate panel approves funding for NASA

Bill would shore up space exploration efforts.

Defense

House panel approves $82.5 billion veterans bill

Bill is nearly $1 billion above President Bush's budget request.

Defense

Homeland authorization to move before organizational changes

House Homeland Security panel chairman says bill will be "light on organizational changes" in deference to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff's ongoing review of operations.

Management

IRS blames complexity, cheating for gap in tax revenue

But agency's taxpayer advocate says beefed-up enforcement efforts need to be balanced against taxpayers' privacy rights.