Management
Agencies to receive more money, scrutiny, OMB chief says
Under the 2003 budget plan the Bush administration will submit to Congress next month, federal program managers can expect funding increases, but also more oversight of their operations, Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels said Thursday.
Defense
Aviation security agency faces budget, staffing challenges
Transportation Department Inspector General Kenneth Mead told a House panel Wednesday that the new Transportation Security Administration faces "tremendous budgetary challenges" in implementing baggage-screening technology and must hire 40,000 employees to provide air security.
Defense
Ridge outlines domestic security plan, promises mayors more money
Financial aid will soon be on the way to cities that need it for homeland defense missions, Office of Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge told members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Wednesday.
Defense
Nation highly exposed to future terrorist attacks, experts warn
More than four months after the most devastating terrorist attack on U.S. soil in history, the nation remains highly exposed to attacks from terrorists using nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological weapons, according to numerous experts speaking at a security conference at Syracuse University last week.
Defense
The engine that could
How one man's dream of a new propulsion system won a huge contract for Lockheed Martin.
Defense