Defense

Bush administration's TSA budget request faces steep cuts

House and Senate appropriators will meet in September to negotiate the final budget numbers before sending the bill to the president.

Defense

TSA revamping shoe-screening policy

Agency puts out call for new inspection devices, so travelers can go through checkpoints without taking off their shoes.

Tech

Lawmakers move to freeze money for digital mapping effort

House appropriators say they were misled about effort to update flood maps.

Defense

Lawmakers push Pentagon over science, tech programs

Bill would authorize $10.9 billion for science and technology programs.

Defense

More DHS overhaul details revealed

Secretary Michael Chertoff plans to eliminate a layer of bureaucracy.

Defense

Senator moves to rescue Coast Guard acquisition initiative

House appropriators cut $466 million from President Bush's request of $966 million for the Deepwater program.

Defense

Money for transit protection redirected, official says

Only $20 million spent on transit security in fiscal 2004.

Defense

Program on border surveillance faces reconfiguration

DHS secretary mum on details about pending changes to America's Shield Initiative.

Defense

Turf wars likely to erupt over DHS reorganization proposal

House and Senate committee chairmen have been fighting to retain jurisdiction ever since the debate over the department's creation in 2002.

Defense

Senator: DHS reorganization will not hinder spending bill talks

Appropriators could shift funding later if needed, says Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss.

Defense

New cyber chief faces challenges as DHS struggles

Homeland Security Department has not fully addressed any of the 13 cyber responsibilities that were assigned to the department when Congress created it more than two years ago, GAO says.

Tech

Chertoff seeks authority to hire policy czar, alter FEMA

DHS secretary plans to implement most of the changes by Oct. 1

Tech

Homeland overhaul would put new focus on telecom

Plan would create a new assistant secretary for cyber security and telecommunications.

Tech

Bush administration puts supercomputing in spotlight

White Housealso pushing focus on cybersecurity.

News

Senate nears vote on bolstering rail and transit security

Amendment would cut $100 million from the first-responder grant program to pay for the increase in transit grants.

Defense

Senators attach first responder formula change to spending bill

Lawmakers from "higher-risk" urban areas look to get changes more favorable to them into the conference report.

Defense

Cybersecurity post elevated under proposed DHS overhaul

Job would become a cabinet-level position.

Defense

Chertoff unveils Homeland Security revamp plan

TSA, ICE and CPB chiefs would report directly to secretary under reorganization.

Defense

Senate showdown looms over first-responder funding

Two senators have offered legislation to revamp the spending formula as an amendment to the fiscal 2006 Homeland Security appropriations measure.

Defense

Urban, rural divide marks debate over security aid

Plan to revamp the first responder spending formula met with contention.