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• Homeland Security's Use of Contractors Is Questioned

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Homeland, Security S, Use, Contractors, Questioned, John Jaeger, Joseph Lieberman, Transportation Security Administration, U S Coast Guard, Bearingpoint Inc, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc, Fairfax, Russ Knocke, The Pentagon, Office Of Procurement Operations, U S Department

  At the Department of Homeland Security, contract employees help write job descriptions for new headquarters workers. Private contractors also sign letters that officially offer employment. And they meet new government hires on their first day on the job.

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• Homeland Security's Use of Contractors Is Questioned

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Homeland, Security S, Use, Contractors, Questioned, John Jaeger, Joseph Lieberman, Transportation Security Administration, U S Coast Guard, Bearingpoint Inc, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc, Fairfax, Russ Knocke, The Pentagon, Office Of Procurement Operations, U S Department

  At the Department of Homeland Security, contract employees help write job descriptions for new headquarters workers. Private contractors also sign letters that officially offer employment. And they meet new government hires on their first day on the job.

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• Homeland Security's Use of Contractors Is Questioned

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Homeland, Security S, Use, Contractors, Questioned, John Jaeger, Joseph Lieberman, Transportation Security Administration, U S Coast Guard, Bearingpoint Inc, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc, Fairfax, Russ Knocke, The Pentagon, Office Of Procurement Operations, U S Department

  At the Department of Homeland Security, contract employees help write job descriptions for new headquarters workers. Private contractors also sign letters that officially offer employment. And they meet new government hires on their first day on the job.

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• Homeland Security's Use of Contractors Is Questioned

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Homeland, Security S, Use, Contractors, Questioned, John Jaeger, Joseph Lieberman, Transportation Security Administration, U S Coast Guard, Bearingpoint Inc, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc, Fairfax, Russ Knocke, The Pentagon, Office Of Procurement Operations, U S Department

  At the Department of Homeland Security, contract employees help write job descriptions for new headquarters workers. Private contractors also sign letters that officially offer employment. And they meet new government hires on their first day on the job.

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• An insider's guide to the upcoming week

  Published: November 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Insider S, Guide, The, Upcoming, Week, George W Bush, Howard Krongard, Henry Waxman, Alexandria, Colin Powell, Rachel Dry, Afghanistan, America S Promise Alliance, Iraq, Transportation Security Administration, U S House Committee On Homeland Security, U S House Com

  State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard should brace for a rough time Wednesday when he testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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• Bomb Parts Clear Air Security in Tests

  Published: November 15, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bomb, Parts, Clear, Air, Security, Tests, Transportation Security Administration, Ellen Howe, Usa Today, Chicago O Hare International Airport, Henry Waxman, Los Angeles International Airport, San Francisco, San Francisco International Airport, Tom Davis, U S Governme

  Undercover investigators carried all the bomb components needed to cause "severe damage" to airliners and passengers through U.S. airport screening checkpoints several times this year, despite security measures adopted in August 2006 to stop such explosive devices, according to a new government r...

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• Many Layers Of Security, One Layer Of Stuff

  Published: November 21, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Many, Layers, Security, One, Layer, Stuff, Transportation Security Administration, Sterling Payne, Home Front Communications, Baltimore Washington International Airport, Dan Sallick, Rachel Dry, Medicare, U S Government Accountability Office

  Looking for inside advice on how to make it through airport security lines today as quickly as possible? Here's a tip from the pros: "Think layers. One layer of clothes, one layer of electronics."

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• To the Unsung Hard Workers, Many Thanks

  Published: November 22, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: The, Unsung, Hard, Workers, Many, Thanks, Sarkis Tatigian, Washington Navy Yard, New Jersey, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Crystal City, Paul E Sullivan, Philadelphia, Stephen Barr, Afghanistan, Iraq, Transportation Security Administration, Washington Dc

  Here's a holiday salute to Sarkis Tatigian . He has been a public servant for a remarkably long time: 65 years.

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• To the Unsung Hard Workers, Many Thanks

  Published: November 22, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: The, Unsung, Hard, Workers, Many, Thanks, Sarkis Tatigian, Washington Navy Yard, New Jersey, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Crystal City, Paul E Sullivan, Philadelphia, Stephen Barr, Afghanistan, Iraq, Transportation Security Administration, Washington Dc

  Here's a holiday salute to Sarkis Tatigian . He has been a public servant for a remarkably long time: 65 years.

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• Pentagon Prepares for Layoffs in Budget Standoff

  Published: December 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Pentagon, Prepares, For, Layoffs, Budget, Standoff, Gordon England, Transportation Security Administration, The Pentagon, Iraq, U S Department Of Defense, Gordon Adams, John Gage, Afghanistan, American Federation Of Government Employees, U S Marine Corps, Barbara Miku

  The Pentagon expects to notify Army and Navy commanders this week to begin preparing to lay off civilian employees, a Defense Department official said yesterday.

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• Pentagon Prepares for Layoffs in Budget Standoff

  Published: December 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Pentagon, Prepares, For, Layoffs, Budget, Standoff, Gordon England, Transportation Security Administration, The Pentagon, Iraq, U S Department Of Defense, Gordon Adams, John Gage, Afghanistan, American Federation Of Government Employees, U S Marine Corps, Barbara Miku

  The Pentagon expects to notify Army and Navy commanders this week to begin preparing to lay off civilian employees, a Defense Department official said yesterday.

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• Airport Security Measures Lacks Solid Evidence

  Published: December 22, 2007, 12:53 am

  Tags: News, Science, Airport Security, Science Blog, Transportation Security Administration

  The ScienceBlog is reporting that there is no solid evidence to back the billions of dollars spent in global airport security measures. I believe it was implemented on more of an emotional security rather than an exact science.

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• D.C. Airport Pass Speeds Travelers Clear to the Gate

  Published: January 17, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: D C, Airport, Pass, Speeds, Travelers, Clear, The, Gate, Steve Brill, Transportation Security Administration, Tara Hamilton, Flo Corp, Verified Identity Pass Inc, David Castelveter, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport

  Washington area travelers will soon be able to speed more quickly through airport security if they are willing to pay a fee, provide personal information to the government and allow their fingerprints and eyes to be scanned at checkpoints.

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• Agencies Are Reminded There's Little Elbowroom on Air Travel

  Published: January 15, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Agencies, Are, Reminded, There S, Little, Elbowroom, Air, Travel, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Financial Management Service, Transportation Security Administration, David A Lebryk, John G Perren, Judith R Tillman, U S Department Of Agriculture, U S Department Of

  Tighter travel rules for federal employees appear to be in the works.

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• Homeland Security Prepares for Its First Transition

  Published: January 21, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Homeland, Security, Prepares, For, Its, First, Transition, Jayson P Ahern, Theresa C Bertucci, Donald F Kettl, Transportation Security Administration, Bennie Thompson, Joseph Lieberman, Michael Chertoff, Stephen Barr, The White House, World Trade Center, Homeland Security

  The handoff to the next administration is a year off, but Paul. A. Schneider , the acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security, is making plans and keeping track of key lieutenants with a color-coded chart.

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