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			<title><![CDATA[Coalition seeks investigation of Homeland Security privacy office]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Privacy advocates have asked lawmakers to investigate the Department of Homeland Security office in charge of protecting Americans' privacy, saying it has shown "an extraordinary disregard" for its duty. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Prince William Regional Jail Steps Up Immigration Screening]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Prince William regional jail officials have joined a federal system to tighten their screening of inmates' immigration status and potentially deport those in the United States illegally. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Credit Where Due at Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Sept. 23 news story "New Technology Used for Streamlining Data" quoted Aneesh Chopra, the Obama administration's chief technology officer, as saying that under the old immigration system, applicants had to call U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to get status updates. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill Increasing Homeland Security's Budget Passes House]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The House passed, 389 to 37, a $44 billion spending bill last night that awards the Homeland Security Department a 7 percent budget increase, with money for more border patrol agents and for anti-piracy efforts off the coast of Somalia.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426114936315" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426114936315" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sci-Fi Writers Dream Up Gadgets & Contingency Plans for Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The line between what's real and what's not is thin and shifting, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has decided to explore both sides. Boldly going where few government bureaucracies have gone before, the agency is enlisting the expertise of science fiction writers. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Montgomery]]></dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security's Next Mission: Self-Improvement]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When it comes to improving worker morale, Janet Napolitano may wonder what she's gotten herself into. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Federal Agency Aided Md. Spying]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. Department of Homeland Security tracked the protest plans of a peaceful Washington area antiwar group and passed the information to the Maryland State Police, which had previously labeled the activists as terrorists in an intelligence file.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426114944385" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426114944385" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Rein]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Planning Agency Approves Homeland Security Complex]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ After years of battling historic preservationists, the federal government won approval yesterday to build a massive headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security on a 176-acre hilltop site east of the Anacostia River. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[TV Preview: ABC's 'Homeland Security USA']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Homeland security may not be a laughing matter, but ABC's new "Homeland Security USA" has a certain fitful risibility -- like when border agents capture a cache of sinister plastic toys, or discover that one of the items seized as "confiscated food" and initially identified as "a prohibited meat item of unknown origin" turns out to be barbecued bat from Thailand. Eeeuuww. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Shales]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Editorial -- A Chilling New Report on the Department of Homeland Security's Primary Purpose]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ BY ALL ACCOUNTS, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) is an inspired choice for homeland security secretary. If Ms. Napolitano is confirmed, President-elect Barack Obama will get a skilled and highly regarded border-state governor and former state attorney general and U.S. attorney on the front lines of the immigration debate. That will be key to fulfilling the border security mandate of the department. But let's not forget what led to the formation of the agency: the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Terrorism prevention is and must remain priority No. 1. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Pick Napolitano Praised by Left and Right Alike]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President-elect Barack Obama's pending selection of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) as secretary of homeland security was greeted yesterday as a sign that the new Democratic administration will fundamentally change the tone of the nation's post-Sept. 11 approach to domestic security.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426114953114" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426114953114" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ariz. Governor Said to Be Pick For Homeland Security Post]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), whose handling of immigration issues brought her accolades from fellow governors, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to serve as secretary of homeland security, Democratic sources said late Wednesday. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security to Ease Rules on Federal Contractors' Hiring of Illegal Immigrants]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In a concession to business groups, the Homeland Security Department will significantly scale back its planned crackdown this winter on federal contractors that hire illegal immigrants. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Taking Liberties At Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Regarding the Aug. 20 front-page article "Citizens' U.S. Border Crossings Tracked": ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Comes to Vermont]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:00:58 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ DERBY LINE, Vt. -- The changes started coming slowly to this small town where the U.S. border with Canada runs across sleepy streets, through houses and families, and smack down the middle of the shared local library.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115001131" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115001131" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith B. Richburg]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Morale at Homeland Security Still Shaky After Five Years]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Most employees at the Department of Homeland Security like their work, believe it is important and cooperate with others to get the job done. That, no doubt, is a great comfort to the department's senior leaders. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush Fills Key Posts In Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Bush yesterday tapped veteran prosecutor Kenneth L. Wainstein to serve as his White House homeland security adviser as he moved to name another key counterterrorism official and defuse criticism that he has left important positions unfilled. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Abramowitz and Carrie Johnson]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security's Struggle]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Homeland Security celebrates its fifth birthday this week, and hopefully not with a bang. This has to be the only agency in government whose biggest achievement is when nothing happens. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Ignatius]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Chief To Lose Job In Overhaul]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Homeland security chief Gordon Aoyagi is planning to end his 23-year career with the county in the spring. Aoyagi's plans were inadvertently disclosed at County Executive Isiah Leggett's news conference last week to flesh out his reorganization of government departments and agencies.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115010438" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115010438" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ann Marimow and Ernesto LondoÂ¿o]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Prepares for Its First Transition]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funds Cut for Homeland Security Headquarters]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Congress has eliminated hundreds of millions of dollars requested by President Bush for 2008 to start building a giant headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security in the District, officials said yesterday. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Adviser Townsend Leaving White House]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Bush's chief terrorism adviser announced yesterday that she is stepping down early next year, the latest in a series of high-level exits from the White House as the Bush presidency heads toward its final year. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Baker and Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ICx Technologies Debuts on Stock Market]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ ICx Technologies, an Arlington homeland security company with a slate of former government officials serving as board members and top executives, went public yesterday, raising $80 million.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115020129" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115020129" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary A. Goldfarb]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Retreats From Facets of 'Real ID']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Bush administration is easing its demand for tough national standards for driver's licenses, acting at the behest of state officials who say the "Real ID" plan is unworkable and too costly, officials familiar with the new policy said. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[N.Y. Will Offer Secure Driver's Licenses to Citizens]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Bush administration and New York announced an agreement yesterday to create a generation of super-secure driver's licenses for U.S. citizens, but also to allow illegal immigrants to get a version. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security's Use of Contractors Is Questioned]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scouting a New Home For Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Federal officials will seek approval starting this week for plans to build a giant headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security, a $3 billion undertaking that would transform a dilapidated but historic site in Anacostia.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115029463" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115029463" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Revises Rule for Disciplinary Appeals]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A key rule designed to streamline the handling of major disciplinary appeals by Department of Homeland Security employees is in place -- almost five years after President Bush set it in motion. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Charles County Wins Largest Of Homeland Security Grants]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) announced this week that he has secured more than $1 million in federal homeland security grant funds for Southern Maryland. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Rucker]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[GAO Criticizes Homeland Security's Efforts to Fulfill Its Mission]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hobbled by inadequate funding, unclear priorities, continuing reorganizations and the absence of an overarching strategy, the Department of Homeland Security is failing to achieve its mission of preventing and responding to terrorist attacks or natural disasters, according to a comprehensive report by the Government Accountability Office. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Drops Data-Mining Tool]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Homeland Security has given up on one of its broadest anti-terrorism data-mining tools after investigators found it was tested with information about real people without the required privacy safeguards.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115039288" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115039288" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J. Sniffen]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congress Approves Homeland Security Bill in 2 Strong Votes]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Congress gave final approval yesterday to legislation that requires tighter screening of air and sea cargo, and shifts more federal anti-terrorism grants to high-risk areas such as New York and Washington, delivering on a pledge by Democrats last fall to implement additional recommendations of the commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu  and William Branigin]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Turnover Rate Stabilizes at Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ On issues of staffing, there is a glimmer of progress at the Department of Homeland Security. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tussle Over St. Elizabeths]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When Rob Nieweg of the National Trust for Historic Preservation toured the abandoned west campus of old St. Elizabeths Hospital a few years ago, he was eager to explore Hitchcock Hall, the theater for the nation's first federal mental institution. As Nieweg waited to get his bearings in the dingy twilight, he heard a foreboding sound -- running water. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Holley]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earmark Dispute Bogs Down Homeland Security Bill]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The congressional spending season began with a blowup over earmarks in the House yesterday, as the first bill to reach a vote prompted a White House veto threat and scores of amendments from Republicans furious with Democrats' handling of pet-project spending in the measures.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115049875" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115049875" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Williamson]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[D.C. Hydrants and Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Nearly six years and hundreds  of millions of dollars in homeland security "investment" after Sept. 11, 2001, and evidently the nation's capital is uncertain about the working condition of its fire hydrants ["More D.C Fire Hydrants May Be Broken,"  front page, May 24]. Homemade bombs being the current weapon of choice among terrorists, one would imagine that functioning hydrants would be a first priority in the war against this threat. Evidently that is an incorrect assumption. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Slow Go at Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ It's no secret that the government's biggest reorganization in 50 years has been troubled. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Former Ehrlich Aide Becomes Homeland Security Coordinator]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Homeland Security yesterday named a former Maryland official and ex-Marine to coordinate disaster and anti-terrorism preparations for the D.C. area. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Witness To Homeland Security's Birth]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ It has been eight years since Darrell Darnell applied for work in a newly established Justice Department office that helped states and cities prepare for a catastrophic attack.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115101026" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115101026" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sensible Security Fixes]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ ALONG-DORMANT battle over the Department of Homeland Security's labor practices resurfaced last week in the Senate. The White House threatened to veto a generally sensible homeland security bill that was based on the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations, because of a provision that would allow Transportation Security Administration employees to engage in collective bargaining. In the Senate, 36 Republicans are promising to sustain that decision by President Bush. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill on Foreign Investment Advances]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The House agreed yesterday to give the government broader powers to review foreign investments in U.S. power plants, ports and other facilities that could be vulnerable to terrorist attacks. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Abrams]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rep. Jefferson to Get Homeland Security Seat]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who yanked embattled Rep. William J. Jefferson off a powerful tax committee last year, has decided to put him on the Homeland Security panel, aides to the Louisiana Democrat confirmed yesterday. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senators Would Elevate Top Manager at Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Many members of Congress are frustrated by the Department of Homeland Security's performance as it nears the fourth anniversary of its launch. The department's woes include contracting and budget problems, a sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina, turnover in senior ranks and a workforce that gives low scores to its senior leadership in attitude surveys.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115115307" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115115307" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Democrats See Holes In President's Budget Plan]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Bush's proposed 2008 budget would provide hundreds of millions of dollars for projects in the Washington area, including a new Homeland Security complex in Southeast and improvements to roads and Metro. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Sheridan  and Alec MacGillis]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Employees Feeling the Blues]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The employees have spoken. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Pageant]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ First came duct tape. Then the airport liquid ban. And yesterday, officials unveiled the latest development in the country's war on terror: an American Idol-style contest for homeland security inventors. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Wan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Contractor's Handguns Missing From Homeland Security Vault]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Homeland Security said yesterday that it is investigating how four handguns recently went missing from its headquarters in Northwest Washington.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115122956" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115122956" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Careless Contracting]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ THE DEPARTMENT of Homeland Security is an MBA's nightmare. When Congress cobbled DHS together in 2002,  it took apart and reassembled elements from disparate federal agencies into an uneasy consolidation, too big and too varied, some say, for even the department's tireless head, Michael Chertoff, to adequately control. Instead of synergy, a fair measure of incompetence followed, including, The Post reported Wednesday, embarrassingly poor oversight of the billions of dollars the department has paid to private ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Severe Case of Homeland Insecurity]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ After a long, tough day of screening luggage at Dulles International Airport, Michael Sbandi and Joel Mayer retired to the Sweetwater Tavern for a few drinks. A few became too many, and right about closing time, a big crate that appeared on the floor of the bar suddenly struck the two young men as a challenge. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Fisher]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[A National Priority]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ EVEN BEFORE Sept. 11, 2001, emergency care specialists at Washington Hospital Center had been developing plans to better deal with the medical consequences of horrific events such as terrorism, disasters and epidemics. The result -- an emergency facility able to cope with catastrophe -- will become a reality only if Congress funds a project that is vital to the Washington area and important to the entire country. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Book Provides Lessons on Managing Emergencies and Strengthening Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In March 1964, a great earthquake shattered homes, harbors, roads, and water and sewer systems in Alaska, destroying communities vital to the state's economic life. Without significant rebuilding before the winter freeze, officials feared, citizens would be forced to flee to the lower 48 states.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115133383" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115133383" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush Balks at Criteria for FEMA Director]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Bush reserved the right to ignore key changes in Congress's overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency -- including a requirement to appoint someone with experience handling disasters as the agency's head -- in setting aside dozens of provisions contained in a major homeland security spending bill this week. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Department Ends Litigation on Workplace Rules]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ At the Department of Homeland Security, litigation over new workplace rules is out. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Bill Is More Style Than Substance, Analysts Say]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Eager to showcase fresh votes on national security before the fall elections, Congress has loaded a $34 billion homeland security spending bill with measures to beef up defenses at the nation's borders, ports and chemical plants and to revamp its disaster management. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Strategy Approved]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ After two years of painstaking effort, officials from the Washington region approved a homeland security strategic plan yesterday, listing steps to improve disaster response in everything from decontaminating victims of a chemical attack to providing for stranded pets.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115144705" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115144705" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Emergency Readiness Questioned]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Homeland Security is taking a critical look at how well the Washington area is prepared for a terrorist strike or other disaster, amid complaints by business leaders and the local congressional delegation about a lack of sufficient emergency planning since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sept. 11 Reflections And Remembrances]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ On Monday, we observe the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. I hope we all pause to honor those who lost their lives on that day in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa. It is important that we all commemorate those who sacrificed so much and remember their bravery in the face of uncertainty. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Aoyagi]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ashcroft Finds Private-Sector Niche]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Former U.S. attorney general John D. Ashcroft, whose tenure saw the creation of a burgeoning homeland security industry, has emerged as the highest-ranking former Bush administration official to lobby for and invest in companies in that field. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Nakashima]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Department Praised for Its Response]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The domestic response to yesterday's arrests in Britain drew cautious praise for the Bush administration's often beleaguered Department of Homeland Security.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115156910" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115156910" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu and Sara Kehaulani Goo]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Contracts Abused]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The multibillion-dollar surge in federal contracting to bolster the nation's domestic defenses in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has been marred by extensive waste and misspent funds, according to a new bipartisan congressional report. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte and Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Defense and Homeland Security Execs Light on Pay Scale]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Pay for federal executives at two key departments -- Defense and Homeland Security -- lagged most other agencies in fiscal 2005, a recently released report shows. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Official to Join Hunton]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hunton & Williams LLP said Maureen C. Cooney, the acting chief privacy officer at the Department of Homeland Security, will join the firm's privacy and information management practice in the District office in September. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Picks 25 Firms to Compete for IT Work]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Homeland Security officials yesterday announced 25 winners of the largest technology contract in the department's short history, a deal that could be worth up to $45 billion over the next seven years.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115204167" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115204167" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Griff Witte]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Calling On Hollywood's Terrorism 'Experts']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Despite the unabated threat of terrorism and the arrival of another hurricane season, the nation's top Homeland Security official had time yesterday to publicly ponder this question: ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Farhi]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Unions Compete to Represent Homeland Security Employees]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The union election is one of the largest ever conducted inside the government. The winner gets a larger voice on high-profile issues, such as terrorism and immigration, and could pick up thousands of new dues-paying members. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Anti-Terror Funding Cut In D.C. and New York]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Homeland Security yesterday slashed anti-terrorism money for Washington and New York, part of an immediately controversial decision to reduce grant funds for major urban areas in the Northeast while providing more to mid-size cities from Jacksonville to Sacramento. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Eggen and Mary Beth Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Turnover Hurts Morale, Officials Testify]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ It's no secret that morale is a problem at the Homeland Security Department, created three years ago in a mega-merger that pulled together 185,000 employees working in more than 220 occupations.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115215885" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115215885" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[America the Unprepared]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ OPEN TARGET ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reviewed by Lee H. Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[A 'Patriot' Shares the Skinny on Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Loop readers know the heart-warmingly redemptive tale of Michael D. Brown , the former Bush loyalist tossed out of his FEMA job after Hurricane Katrina, only to emerge as a vocal administration critic and speech-giving consultant. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Al Kamen]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senate Report Urges Dismantling of FEMA]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hurricane Katrina exposed flaws in the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security that are "too substantial to mend," and FEMA should be dismantled and rebuilt inside the troubled department, according to the final report by Senate investigators. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[At Homeland Security, No Money Left Behind]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Vendors at this week's homeland security convention have the answer for any catastrophe. They will sell you body armor, vehicle barriers, nuclear detectors, manhole-cover locks, unmanned helicopters -- and Kyrgyz yurts.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115230519" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115230519" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Milbank]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mediating the Fracas Over 'Flexibility' at Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "You know what Justice Black used to say? Flexibility is mush." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Pay Plan Goes Forward, but Unions Are Wary]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Homeland Security is moving ahead with its plan to change how it evaluates and pays employees, even as it tries to fend off unions in court. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[So Much for Straight Talk On Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In a town famous for its bureaucratese and organizational mumbo jumbo, the written testimony of the Washington area's homeland security official last week stands out for its abstruseness. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security's Management Undersecretary to Step Down]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A top Homeland Security official who has worked for three years to meld 22 agencies into a Cabinet department will resign in early May.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115242552" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115242552" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Montgomery Homeland Security Unit's Scope Challenged]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When it comes to defending the homeland in suburbia, Montgomery County stands alone. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cameron W. Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Federal Offices May Go To St. E's]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Federal officials are looking to move some of the Department of Homeland Security offices to the St. Elizabeths Hospital campus in Southeast Washington, a plan that would create a massive federal facility and possibly relocate thousands of regional employees. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric M. Weiss]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Acts of Heroism Shine Through Homeland Security's Humiliation]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Wiseguys at the Department of Homeland Security whisper that the brass has decided to rate the performance of employees on a five-level system: ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Policing Porn Is Not Part of Job Description]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Two uniformed men strolled into the main room of the Little Falls library in Bethesda one day last week and demanded the attention of all patrons using the computers. Then they made their announcement: The viewing of Internet pornography was forbidden.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115253225" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115253225" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cameron W. Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Disaster Response Changes Promised]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Bush administration acknowledged its mistakes yesterday and promised anew to re-engineer the nation's homeland security agencies in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, scrambling to contain the damage from sharp criticism by House investigators and testimony by the former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Katrina Report Spreads Blame]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hurricane Katrina exposed the U.S. government's failure to learn the lessons of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as leaders from President Bush down disregarded ample warnings of the threat to New Orleans and did not execute emergency plans or share information that would have saved lives, according to a blistering report by House investigators. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Data Show Homeland Security's Massive Impact on Government]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Office of Personnel Management has posted some new data that give you a sense of how the creation of the Department of Homeland Security ricocheted across the government. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Case A Harbinger for Pentagon]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The legal battle over the Defense Department's plan to overhaul its civil service system begins Tuesday, and the outcome could reverberate through the government for decades.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115307887" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115307887" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barr]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Is Faulted in Audit]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Nearly three years after it was formed, the immense Department of Homeland Security remains hampered by severe management and financial problems that contributed to the flawed response to Hurricane Katrina, according to an independent audit released yesterday. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Eggen]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Post-9/11 Rush Mixed Politics With Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ As a small start-up company in Massachusetts sought to become a major player in the business of homeland security, it hired a lobbyist and attended a fundraiser for one of the most powerful members of Congress. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Post-9/11 Rush Mixed Politics With Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ As a small start-up company in Massachusetts sought to become a major player in the business of homeland security, it hired a lobbyist and attended a fundraiser for one of the most powerful members of Congress. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reauthorize the Patriot Act]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists inspired by hatred murdered nearly 3,000 innocent Americans. In response, Congress overwhelmingly passed the USA Patriot Act. Now, before it adjourns for the year, Congress must act again to reauthorize this critical piece of legislation. Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are at work: Their stated goal is to kill Americans, cripple our economy and demoralize our people.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115322336" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4426115322336" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alberto R. Gonzales]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Turning a New Page At Homeland Security]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ V ince Kelly is spending a lot of time lately trying to convince officials at the Homeland Security Department that he's got the solution, or at least part of it, to their emergency communication problems. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen McCarthy]]></dc:creator>
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