The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working to “cut costs” after a government oversight agency found that the department is potentially wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on dysfunctional, fragmented, and bloated programs, an agency spokesperson told the Washington Free Beacon.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reserves the right to buy up to 750 million rounds of ammunition over the next five years and currently has “two years worth” of ammo on hand, or around 247 million rounds in its inventory, the department’s top procurement official said Thursday during congressional testimony.
Deportation statistics touted by the Obama administration came under fire earlier this month when experts testifying in federal court suggested that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is artificially inflating the numbers of deported illegal immigrants who have committed crime.
The Department of Homeland Security came under fire at a congressional hearing on Tuesday morning for bloated payrolls, misleading statements about the sequestration, and failing to prepare adequately for the impending budget cuts.
The Department of Homeland Security’s release of thousands of illegal immigrants from detention centers and its plans to furlough tens of thousands of border agents due to the sequester comes at the same time the agency continues to hire and make questionable expenditures.
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) announcement that it will release thousands of illegal immigrant detainees has led left-wing activists to criticize the administration’s immigration policy and suggest the announcement was political in nature.
The Department of Homeland Security warned Internet Explorer users this week about a new software flaw used in remote cyber attacks as Microsoft issued an advisory on the embattled browser’s software hole.
A grant program administered by the Department of Homeland Security has morphed from a fund designed to fight terror into pork-barrel program that pads local governments’ budgets, according to a report to be released Wednesday by Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.).
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