Defense
Bush does end run around Congress, installs base closure panel
Bush recess appointment puts panel’s head, eight nominees into place after senator blocks vote.
Defense
With top Air Force slots vacant, Pentagon takes over procurement programs
Action is "not a punitive one," says Defense undersecretary.
Defense
Bush chooses former VA chief for BRAC commission
Defense Department will make its recommendations for closures and realignments in mid-May.
Management
Pentagon investigating former officials working for contractors
Probe aims to determine if procurement executives violated federal conflict-of-interest laws.
Defense
Justice forms procurement fraud task force
In wake of scandal at Defense Department, new working group aims to combat abuses in acquisition system.
Defense
Boeing CFO gets four-month jail sentence
Michael Sears also fined $250,000 for illegally negotiating a job for a top Air Force official at the nation’s second-largest defense contractor.
Defense
More Air Force contracts under scrutiny in procurement scandal
Eight additional Air Force deals worth about $3 billion will be scrutinized.
Defense
Defense budget proposal boosts benefits
Bush administration’s $419 billion request, almost 5 percent more than last year, also curtails spending on some weapons systems.
News
Retired military officers tapped to serve on base-closing commission
Bush administration, Senate minority leader picks pending.
Defense
Shipyard workers fear base closure process could bring privatization
Labor unions ask Congress top take action to prevent the Pentagon from using base closures to eliminate shipyards.
Defense
Several names floated for base closing commission
Panel will decide which bases should be shuttered or realigned in 2005.
Defense
Druyun scandal may lead to more vacancies at the Pentagon
Air Force acquisition chief says "there are many people now lining up to leave."
Defense
Former Air Force acquisition chief begins prison term
Darleen Druyun was sentenced in September to nine months in federal prison for violating conflict of interest laws.
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