Defense

DHS is failing to lead watch-list integration, IG says

Poor coordination, weak leadership hampers completion of terrorist list, critical in improving security, report says

Features

Buck Private

Defense

Homeland Security reorganizes border bureaus

To consolidate resources, Air and Marine Operations will move into Customs and Border Protection.

Management

Protest of Iraq security contract denied

Security services firm Dyncorp took issue with controversial $293 million award to British company.

Management

System Failure

Prewar management decisions and postwar miscalculations contributed to abuses at Abu Ghraib prison.

News And Analysis

System Failure

News And Analysis

Striking Back

Features

Covering the Waterfront

Defense

Investigators recommend criminal charges in Abu Ghraib prison scandal

Report casts blame on soldiers and contract employees; discipline recommended for five officers.

Defense

Panel: Prison abuses reveal ‘string of failures’

Independent panel's assessment stops short of calling for resignations of Pentagon leaders.

Defense

Senior Defense contracting officer, three others, indicted for corruption

Government purchase card allegedly used to award more than $11 million in irregular contracts.

Defense

Army Corps closes Ohio River for critical lock repairs

Industry costs may top $14 million as 1,800 barges and 120 tow boats may be idled.

Defense

Contract figures show Halliburton’s startling growth

Company went from less than $500 million in federal contracts to more than $3 billion in a year as a result of work in Iraq.

Features

Difficult Terrain

News And Analysis

Germ Warriors

News And Analysis

Biting the Bullet

Features

Blind Ambition

Defense

Iraq rebuilding efforts plagued by persistent failures

A new series of independent assessments uncover serious personnel, financial management and security problems.

Homeland Security Special Section

The Next Strike

Homeland Security Special Section

Neighborhood Watch