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 Homeland Security

  1. A Forest Service firefighter walks on a fire break line as the 2009 Station Fire burns in the Angeles National Forest in California. Kevork Djansezian//Getty Images

    As wildfire season looms, sequester cuts firefighters

    The sequester will cost the Forest Service about 500 firefighters and 50 fire engines this year, even as the agency expects another rough season of drought-fueled wildfires.

    • May. 13, 2013
  2. A TSA agent checks the luggage of a passenger at Orlando International Airport in 2011. STAN HONDA / AFP via Getty Images

    TSA officers, air marshals file legal warning over knives

    Nine groups of airline workers and travelers filed a legal challenge Monday urging the Transportation Security Administration against allowing passengers to carry small knives on planes.

    • May. 13, 2013

  3. Obama directs agencies to make more data public

    Agencies are under more pressure to release government data to the public and ensure it is packaged in formats that promote widespread use and dissemination.

    • May. 9, 2013

  4. Obama: Staff is reviewing Boston intelligence

    President Obama said Tuesday that his staff is reviewing intelligence gathering prior to the Boston Marathon bombings to see if anything was missed that could have thwarted the attack.

    • May. 1, 2013
  5. President Obama announces Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, left, as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation during an April 29 news conference at the White House. Win McNamee /Getty Images

    Obama taps Charlotte mayor to head Transportation

    President Obama announced Monday his choice of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to be his next Transportation secretary, heralding the young mayor for revitalizing his city with critical investments in its transportation infrastructure.

    • Apr. 30, 2013
  6. NASA has been ranked the most innovative large agency for three consecutive years in an analysis by the Partnership for Public Service. Pictured: NASA employees celebrate as the first pictures appear on screen after a successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover on Aug. 5. Brian van der Brug/Getty Images, pool

    Feds feel less empowered to innovate, survey finds

    Most federal employees look for ways to be innovative and do their jobs better, but an increasing number of feds don't feel empowered to do that, according to a new analysis by the Partnership for Public Service.

    • Apr. 29, 2013
  7. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officers confer near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 16, where two explosions struck the Boston Marathon. The explosives used in the bombings were likely homemade devices full of nails and metal fragments designed to cause widespread injury, according to initial reports. A day after an attack that left three dead and more than 170 wounded, the FBI and Boston police declined to reveal details of their probe, or whether they suspected the assault was linked to foreign or domestic extremists. Don Emmert / AFP via Getty Images

    Boston bombing renews focus on gaps in information-sharing

    More than a decade after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks exposed potentially lethal holes in law enforcement and intelligence agencies’ ability to share information, the Boston Marathon bombings are reviving questions about whether gaps persist, despite an enormous investment of money and manpower to close them.

    • Apr. 26, 2013

  8. CIA wanted Boston suspect on terror watch list

    The CIA submitted the name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects for a terrorist watch list in fall 2011 after an inquiry about Tamerlan Tsarnaev from Russian authorities concerned about his possible ties to extremists, a U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

    • Apr. 25, 2013

  9. Navy: Powder found in NSF Arlington mailroom not toxic

    Tests on a white, powdery substance found Thursday morning in the mailroom of a Navy facility in Arlington, Va., revealed it was not dangerous, according to a Navy official, and the 800 people previously evacuated were allowed to return to work.

    • Apr. 18, 2013
  10. The entrance to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker is shown in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. An envelope addressed to Wicker tested positive for ricin was found at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility. Drew Angerer / Getty Images

    FBI makes arrest in ricin case

    WASHINGTON — Details were beginning to emerge Thursday about the Mississippi man the FBI said it “believed to be responsible” for mailing letters that tested positive for poisonous ricin to President Obama, a senator and another official.

    • Apr. 18, 2013
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    Police search apartment in Boston bomb probe

    Police, along with FBI and Homeland Security agents, descended on a high-rise Water’s Edge apartment, removing brown papers bags, trash bags and a duffel bag among other items.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
  12. President Obama makes a statement in the White House briefing room about the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday in Washington. The two blasts, near the finish line, killed three people and injured scores more. Win McNamee/Getty Images

    After Boston blasts, Obama vows to get answers

    President Obama vowed Monday night to get to the bottom of who is behind a pair of deadly explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, but he warned Americans not to jump to any conclusions.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
  13. An investigator combs through a drug tunnel found in a warehouse Nov. 30, 2011, in Otay Mesa, Calif. The tunnel, which led from the United States to a small business building in Tijuana, was the most sophisticated tunnel ever found in California and included an elevator, wood flooring and lighting. Sandy Huffaker/ Getty Images

    DHS tries to find tunnels below the surface

    The surface of the earth has been mapped and mastered, with lidar, photography, infrared and other now-familiar systems, on satellites, manned aircraft and drones. Thermal imagers can even penetrate thin layers of soil. But go just a bit deeper, and you reach one of the last frontiers of ISR. How do you see into solid ground, below the roads, the rocks and the desert sand?

    • Mar. 26, 2013
  14. The Department of Agriculture building is shown in Washington. A recent government audit has found significant failures by federal officials to detect security and safety violations during inspections of bioterror labs. Getty Images

    Bioterror lab risks bared

    The United States is at increased risk for accidents at laboratories conducting research on potential bioterror germs, such as anthrax, because federal officials have failed to develop national standards for lab design, construction and operation, according to a report released Monday by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO called for the standards more than three years ago.

    • Mar. 26, 2013

  15. Hearing highlights technology costs at border

    Several expensive technology upgrades for agencies involved in border security are behind schedule and are impairing customs and immigration work, according to internal audits highlighted at a congressional hearing Tuesday.

    • Mar. 21, 2013

  16. Republicans chastise ICE chief for releasing immigrants from detention

    The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency scared Americans by releasing more than 2,200 illegal immigrants last month without any warning, Republican House members charged Tuesday.

    • Mar. 21, 2013
  17. The Coast Guard headquarters will be the only part of the Department of Homeland Security's planned consolidation to be completed at the former St. Elizabeth's Hospital site in Southeast Washington. File photo / Getty Images

    Coast Guard headquarters is only sure part of DHS consolidation

    The Coast Guard headquarters will be the only part of the Department of Homeland Security’s planned consolidation to be completed, as of now, the General Services Administration’s top official said Tuesday.

    • Mar. 19, 2013
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