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Hale: Continuing resolution creates inefficiencies in DoD
A Defense Department official decried uncertainties caused by congressional inability to approve a spending bill that would fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year during a March 29
Fears of government shutdown revived
Fears over a government shutdown have resurfaced following an apparent breakdown in talks between House Republicans and Senate and White House Democrats over a spending bill to fund the remainder of
Republicans downplay possibility of government shutdown
House of Representatives approval along party lines in a before-dawn Feb. 19 vote on a spending bill to fund the remainder of the fiscal year that would cut $61 billion from federal agencies, has
ACLU, others, oppose biometric Social Security cards
Privacy groups and the ACLU oppose a proposal to make biometric Social Security cards mandatory for U.S. citizens. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wrote in a March 19
Lawmakers seek biometric exit system for immigrants
The U.S. government is turning to information technology to modernize just about everything and deploy it for critical law enforcement efforts, including tracking immigrants leaving the United
Congress eyes biometrics to verify job eligibility
As the debate over a national ID card swirls, Congress is now looking at whether biometrics can be used to authenticate a person's citizenship before getting hired. It's just the latest move in what
Can't the Senate join the digital age?
It's hard to believe this, but the U.S. Senate may be the last holdout to the digital age. The senators have rules that make them talk in the language of the founders when debating, and they sit at
