Saturday, May 11, 2024
President Bush has tasked two top-level administration officials to solicit input from government agencies and the public about the new Homeland Security Advisory System, according to a notice in yesterday's Federal Register.
As state governments craft plans to address terrorist threats, the White House Office of Homeland Security is recommending those blueprints emphasize mutual aid agreements between the states, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said today.
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham signed an agreement today with Uzbekistan's foreign affairs minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov, laying out the groundwork for U.S.-Uzbek cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation.
Missouri Sen. Jean Carnahan (D) introduced a bill yesterday that would authorize $10.8 million for building a weapons of mass destruction training facility at Ft. Leonard Wood in her home state.
The Washington, DC-based Business Executives for National Security has chosen retired Air Force Gen. Charles Boyd to be the group's next president and chief executive officer, effective May 1.
Two House lawmakers plan to introduce a bill today that would enable Russia to restructure its debt with the United States if Moscow takes actions to better safeguard its nuclear materials.
A delegation of House lawmakers led by Armed Services Committee member Jim Saxton (R-NJ) returned to Washington earlier this week after an 11-day tour of Europe.
National Nuclear Security Administration chief John Gordon has unveiled plans to streamline his agency's management of eight national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production plants.
Fighting the war on terrorism, export controls, NATO expansion and rebuilding Afghanistan will be top items on the House International Relations Committee's agenda for 2002, the panel's chairman said today.
As the Office of Homeland Security conducts an inventory of capabilities at the government's disposal to defend against terrorism on U.S. soil, staffers have found more than they anticipated, according to a top OHS official.
Despite steps taken by the Bush administration in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, much more needs to be done -- including the deployment of effective air and missile defenses -- to protect U.S. citizens and critical infrastructure from further strikes, concludes a report released today by the Heritage Foundation.
The House is preparing to vote on a resolution that calls Saddam Hussein's refusal to allow U.N. teams to inspect Iraqi military facilities a "mounting threat" to the United States and its allies.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told House and Senate lawmakers this week the Defense Department needs "every nickel" President Bush requested for defense spending in fiscal year 2002, and cautioned against any move by appropriations conferees to cut $8.3 billion slated for missile defense programs.
After seven years on the job, Bruce Tarter will step down next year as director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the National Nuclear Security Administration announced today.
President Bush announced today his administration will release another $345 million in emergency funds for the Defense Department as part of the federal government's overall response to the Sept. 11 attacks.
Rep. David Obey (D-WI), the House Appropriations Committee ranking member, unveiled a $7.1 billion homeland security spending package yesterday that he will attempt to attach as an amendment to the fiscal year 2002 defense appropriations bill, a spokesman for the lawmaker told InsideDefense.com today.
Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) sent a letter to President Bush last week urging him to discuss nonproliferation issues with Russian President Vladimir Putin when the two meet this week in Washington and Crawford, TX.
President Bush issued an executive order last week establishing an interagency task force that will recommend ways in which ordinary American citizens can prepare for future terrorist strikes.
The Air Force has sent service members to New York City and Washington to help disease experts screen individuals in those cities for possible exposure to anthrax, the service said yesterday.
Just one day after he introduced a bill to establish a Cabinet-level homeland security agency, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) chaired a hearing of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee to examine his and other legislative proposals to better protect the United States from terrorism.