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DHS: Five Years of Government Mismanagement
T LEOFCONTENTS
ExecutiveSummary1Methodology2
I
MostTroubledDHSComponent:FEMA3DishonorableMention:TSA
6
II
MostOutrageousContract:Deepwater.29DishonorableMention:RadiationDetectionPortalMonitors
35
FailedProgram:US VISIT40DishonorableMention:
lnet
44IV.ComponentwiththeMostSeriousCrimeProblem:CBP
48
DishonorableMention:TSA
55
V
Beneficiary
theRevolvingDoor:TomRidge57DishonorableMentions:Holman Buchholz Davis Hutchison
6
xecutive ummary
Sinceitscreationfiveyearsago,Americanshavebeeninundatedwithstories
of
waste,fraudandabuseattheDepmiment
of
HomelandSecurity( DHS ).Mismanagement,
f fossly
excessivespending,criminalconductandshadyno-bidcontractswithinDHShavebecomeregularfeaturesontheeveningnewsandthefrontpage
of
newspapers.Asaresult,CitizensforResponsibilityandEthicsinWashington( CREW )haspreparedarepOlidocumentingsome
of
themostseriousproblemsfacingthecountry'snewestcabinet-leveldepartment.Giventheenormoussize
of HS
andthenearlyinnumerableissuesfacingtheagency,CREWcouldnotcatalogueall
of
theproblems.Instead,CREWhashighlightedsome
of
theagency'smostseriousfailings
to
seethatthoseresponsiblewillbeheldaccountableand
to
sparkapublicdebateabouthowDHScanandmustbeimprovedinthenextadministration.Whetheritisthechronicstaffingvacancies,theworstemployeemoraleinthefederalgovernment,theinoperability
of
informationtechnology,ourexposure
to
cyber-tenorismorFEMA'sfakepressconferences,
HS s
failuresarereportedonadailybasis.Inaddition
to
thespectacularandwelldocumentedfailures
of
theFederalEmergencyManagementAgencyduringandfollowingHunicaneKatrina,therehavebeenseeminglyunendingsmalleroutrages:thatDHSpurchasediPodsfor datastorage, dogbootiesforhunicanerecoveryanddesignerrainjacketsformunitionstraining,only
to
learntheiPodswerelost,thebootiesunusedandthefiringrangeclosedduringrain.Therearemorefrighteningfactsaswell.Wetakeourshoes
off
attheairport,butbaggagescreenersatLosAngelesInternationalAirportmissed75
of
thefakebombssmuggledthrough
by
governmentauditorsandwestockuponducttape,plasticsheeting,waterandbatteries,butDHShasnointegratedplanforcatastrophicdisasters.Thenthereistheutterwaste
of
hard-earnedtaxpayerdollars.Billionshavebeenspentonprojectstosecureourbordersand
to
inspectportcargo,buttheprojectshavebeendelayedandthecontractorshaveovercharged,allunderthelessthanwatchful
of
eye
of
DHSpoliticalappointees.DHShascome
to
epitomizetheunworkable,incompetentgovernmentbureaucracy.Thestoriesabouttheagencywouldbecomical
if
onlyournationalsecuritywerenotatstake.Ensuringhomelandsecurityisnotaneasytask.Undoubtedly,therearetalented,caringanddedicatedDHSemployeeswhoworkeveryday
to
keepournationsafe.Nevertheless,theagencymustbeheldaccountableforitsfailuresandpushedtodobetter.
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