Defense

Coast Guard seeks to identify staffing shortfalls, fill gaps

Service needs congressional authorization for requested organizational changes.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Oversight

Independent panel recommends tighter access to radioactive materials

Stricter licensing process would reduce vulnerability to terrorism.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Oversight

EPA and Energy launch national program to reduce data center energy use

Growing appetite for energy threatens stability of the electric grid.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Defense

Air Force to perform first supersonic flight using synthetic fuel blend

With oil prices rising, the service faces increasing pressure to find alternatives.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Defense

Military and civilian pay are competitive, quadrennial review board finds

Commission recommends Pentagon seek more flexibility in rewarding high performers and retaining skills.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Defense

FEMA to take over mass care role formerly held by Red Cross

GAO finds agency’s expanded role is appropriate, but raises concerns.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Defense

Coast Guard is failing to invest adequately in shore facilities, audit finds

Crumbling infrastructure increasingly jeopardizes operations.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Defense

Federal coordinator for Gulf Coast recovery to step down

Donald Powell pushed for accountability and efficiency in rebuilding effort.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
News And Analysis

Preventing the Unthinkable

Focusing on the worst-case terrorism scenarios might not produce the best defense.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Defense

High energy demands are compromising military operations, science board finds

Dependence on ‘fragile’ electric grid jeopardizes homeland defense, critical infrastructure.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Defense

Administration budget shortchanges ‘urgent’ security needs, Lieberman says

Senate Homeland Security chairman wants more money for state and local communities, new DHS headquarters.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Defense

DHS and Labor want to revamp program for hiring temporary farm workers

More than half of the 1.2 million agricultural laborers are undocumented immigrants.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Defense

Coast Guard seeks to restructure major commands

Changes would redefine senior leadership positions.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Oversight

Audit faults Energy’s oversight of uranium production program

Government failed to collect more than $700,000 in royalties.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Defense

Homeland Security seeks to bolster management, border security

Bush administration’s 2009 budget request represents almost 7 percent increase over this year’s spending.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Magazine

Bellwether Bird

Energy development in the West could hinge on saving the sage grouse.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Magazine

Changing Landscape

Conservation initiative aims to protect crucial habitat alongside drilling.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Magazine

Environmental Worries

Coal bed methane production poses unique challenges.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Features

Manifest Destiny

Under pressure to boost domestic energy production, federal land managers are reshaping the West in profound ways.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
Oversight

Energy Department restructures clean coal program

Industrial alliance and lawmakers criticize decision to overhaul FutureGen program.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters
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