Report criticizes Homeland Security

[DogPoundPup]

Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department has done a poor job overseeing the purchase of billions of dollars of equipment and technology since the agency was created five years ago, according to a federal report scheduled for release today.

Senior department officials have "not provided the oversight needed" to ensure that purchases "with important national security objectives" function properly and stay on budget, according to Congress' Government Accountability Office (GAO).

The GAO report is the latest to raise questions about the Homeland Security Department, which Congress has criticized for gaps in aviation security, a faltering response to Hurricane Katrina and slow progress in securing land borders.

The new report levels criticism at a complex process Homeland Security has used to beef up the nation's defenses by purchasing security equipment, including machines that scan suitcases for bombs.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-11-19-spending_N.htm

[Arctic Dave]

1. One word: Disband.

[jaysunb]

2. But, what would Lieberman be the chair of

if they disbanded DHS ? :shrug:

Getting the picture ?????

[ixion]

4. Yes, Disband... but from the looks of it

we're not going to get the "change we deserve", as it were.

[KakistocracyHater]

3. I could do more with bomb-sniffing dogs

than what they've done & add a new (911) type of phone # that ALL agencies have access to & emphasize that each Dept: fbi, local police, etc. are all part of a TEAM. Even tv shows the hostility & other crap that keeps them from talking to each other.