A senator wants answers from the Labor Department about measures they can or might take regarding Laura Callahan's questionable academic degrees and the department's policies.
The Homeland Security Department today proposed regulations to shield technology vendors from liability for domestic defense products that cause unintended damage, injury or death.
The federal personnel office wants agencies to do a better job of screening employees to ensure that they are not claiming credentials from unaccredited colleges or universities.
A senior Pentagon political appointee lists a master's degree from an unaccredited, unlicensed university on his official biography and in his Senate confirmation statement.
At California Coast University in Santa Ana, Calif., prospective students can have undergraduate courses waived by applying credit for "life-learning."
Sen. Susan Collins is asking for an investigation to determine if government employees have been getting tuition reimbursement for credentials received from unaccredited organizations.
The Labor Department knew Laura Callahan, its former deputy chief information officer, had suspect credentials, but took no action, according to letter from a congressman pushing an investigation of Callahan and the use of diploma mills by government officials.
The Department of Homeland Security today placed a senior official on administrative leave while officials continue to investigate reports that she got her academic degrees from a diploma mill in Wyoming.
Two House members have asked the Office of Personnel Management to explain or create provisions the agency has to guard against federal employees embellishing their resumes with degrees from diploma mills.
Several members of Congress are seeking to learn how background checks and security clearances failed to flag the questionable academic credentials of a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security.
A senate committee chairwoman today turned up the heat on the Homeland Security Department's investigation of a senior government career official's claim of a Ph.D. from a Wyoming university that, according to its literature, requires no attendance and scant course work.
Amid controversy over the burden that homeland security expenses have imposed on state and local governments, the Justice Department announced plans for a survey of international crime and terrorism.<br>
A special master overseeing the Interior Department's efforts to overhaul its Indian trust fund accounting systems charged that the department and its contractor, EDS Corp., collaborated to hide flaws in the system.
The Homeland Security Department today reminded Internet users to be vigilant for cyberattacks in light of President Bush's ultimatum last night to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Software from three companies has been identified as the most reliable in tests of 14 facial recognition products by the National Institute of Standards.
The Homeland Security Department will begin accepting applications from fire departments for $750 million in grants, including funds for technology initiatives.
