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National Defense
February 2010
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Making 'Moderate' Gains in Acquisition Management The Department of Homeland Security in 2009 made some improvements to the way it acquires technology and services.   |
National Defense
May 2010
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Promises More Penalties for Poorly Performing Contractors A senior Homeland Security official has promised more accountability after revelations that the department in its first years rarely ever suspended or debarred contractors for poor performance. |
National Defense
September 2009
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Inspector General Slams Secure Border Initiative Oversight The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has faulted Customs and Border Protection for failing to properly oversee work on the Secure Border Initiative. |
National Defense
February 2008
Joseph J. Summerill |
Congress to Enact New Accountability in Contracting Congressional interest in oversight of government contracting began early last year with separate bills during the first three months of the 110th Congress in both the House and Senate that provided for contractor oversight and limited the number of sole source contracts. |
National Defense
February 2007
Corrigan & Hickey |
Contractors Should Get Ready for Scrutiny Federal contractors must be prepared for the change in political and business climate in Congress. Companies can minimize risks by assessing political dangers and self-assessing ethics and compliance programs. |
National Defense
February 2009
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Leaders Inherit Litany of Procurement Woes There is a new administration and a new Congress. But will it be a new day for the way the Department of Homeland Security acquires technology? |
InternetNews
September 24, 2007
Sean Michael Kerner |
Unisys to Blame For DHS Insecurity? Congressman alleges that the Department of Homeland Security hasn't been so secure, thanks to its contractor. |
National Defense
September 2013
Sandra I. Erwin |
New Whistleblower Law: What It Means for DoD Contractors Thanks to a new contractor whistleblower protection law, the Inspector General hotline might begin to ring more often in the years ahead, government officials and watchdog groups predict. |
Reason
March 2006
Veronique de Rugy |
Are We Ready for the Next 9/11? The sorry state -- and stunning waste -- of homeland security spending. |
National Defense
January 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Bad News All Around for DHS Cargo Technology Programs The Department of Homeland Security's advanced radiation detection portal monitor program continues to struggle. |
National Defense
August 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Investigators Band Together Against Contracting Fraud A scandal involving the manipulation of a $20 billion contract for Air Force refueling tankers served as an impetus for an interagency effort to police government deals for abuse and conflicts of interest. More than 20 federal agencies are involved, and that list is growing. |
National Defense
June 2012
David T. Hickey |
Small Business Compliance Issues Receive Increased Scrutiny The president and his administration, lawmakers, prosecutors, inspectors general, auditors, reporters, whistleblowers, company compliance officers, and industry watchdogs all seek to identify and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse from federal programs. |
National Defense
December 2011
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Considers Reviving Dormant Joint Requirements Council Nothing is more maddening to budget hawks and government watchdogs than two different agencies setting out to purchase the same technology in separate acquisition programs. |
National Defense
August 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Utility of Coast Guard's Elite Boarding Teams Questioned The Obama administration's 2011 budget proposal calls for five of these units to be closed down and their duties consolidated into the seven remaining teams. |
InternetNews
June 17, 2004
Roy Mark |
Lack of Funding Hurting E-rate Oversight The Inspector General tells Congress that fraud, waste and abuse will likely continue without adequate investigative resources. |
Reason
December 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Auditing the Auditors A report from the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general casts doubt on recent claims by Medicare officials that they are finally cracking down on fraud. |
National Defense
February 2014
Stew Magnuson |
Personnel, Leadership Issues Continue to Plague DHS Government shutdowns and freezes in pay have taken their toll on the morale of federal workers -- particularly those at the Department of Homeland Security, according to a recent survey. |
Scientific American
July 2009
Eugenie Samuel Reich |
Stimulus Funds for Science Raise Concern about Misconduct About $31 billion in stimulus funds will go to science. Can watchdogs keep track of those funds? |
National Defense
October 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard May Face Rough Seas as it Takes Control of Deepwater A Justice Department investigation, a scathing 60 Minutes report, unsympathetic lawmakers and a stack of negative inspector general reports have marked the Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater Systems program the last two years. |
National Defense
September 2013
Steff Thomas |
DHS Research and Development Under Scrutiny There are 35 cases of overlapping research-and-development programs totaling about $66 million at the Department of Homeland Security, the Government Accountability Office has found. |
National Defense
September 2014
Chelsea Todaro |
DHS Still Faces Committee Overkill There were 88 bodies overseeing DHS in 2004. There are now four more. |
National Defense
January 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Budget Woes May Force Homeland Security To Cut Missions Sequester or no sequester, the Department of Homeland Security is in store for changes, a Senate Appropriations Committee staffer predicted. |
National Defense
December 2014
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Information Technology, Sensor Needs Go Unfilled The Coast Guard is operating ships with obsolete command, control, computer and communications systems, the Department of Homeland Security inspector general said. |
National Defense
August 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Former staffer becomes leading DHS critic Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin has emerged in recent months as one of the department's leading critics, and one with some credibility. |
National Defense
January 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Security Beat Coast Guard Drops In on Lawbreakers... Chief Medical Officer's Role Pondered... Divorce for FEMA; Marriage for Customs?... Visa Malfeasance Eyed... HAZMAT Law in Line for Changes... TSA, Army Test Bomb Detector... |
National Defense
May 2011
Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr. |
Viewpoint: Defense Acquisition in an Unaccountable World Current and former government officials testified in March before the subcommittee for financial management of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which is looking into cost overruns on weapons development programs. |
National Defense
September 2010
Magnuson & Fugate |
Senators Have Low Regard for DHS Policy Reviews Republicans at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing stridently criticized two DHS documents for lacking substance and stating grandiose ideals without delivering specifics. |
National Defense
April 2010
Stew Magnuson |
First Homeland Security Review Garners Little Interest Appearing on budget day, and released a month past its congressionally mandated deadline, the first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review arrival was all but ignored by the mainstream media. |
National Defense
July 2006
Harold Kennedy |
After Several Recent National Disasters, Gaps in Emergency Communications Still Not Fixed The ability of military and civilian first responders to communicate during major national emergencies is improving, but roadblocks remain. Among the problems is that many first responders lack adequate knowledge of their communications equipment. |
National Defense
February 2007
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Technology Chief to Focus on Explosives Threat The Pentagon will have some help in its ongoing effort to defeat improvised explosive devices if Jay Cohen, director of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, gets his way. |
National Defense
April 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Napolitano Defends DHS Acquisitions on Department's 10-Year Anniversary As the Department of Homeland Security marked its first decade of existence in March, Secretary Janet Napolitano said its much-derided acquisition system had turned a corner. |
National Defense
April 2009
Hickey & Parker |
White House Kicks Off New Wave of Reforms Pledges and actions in the president's first few weeks in office, signal that increased ethics restrictions on government appointees, lobbyists and contractors have arrived. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
Paul Constance |
Lousy Deal When governments buy goods and services, the price always seems to be inflated. Now some countries are finding better ways to prevent abuse |
National Defense
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Citizens Invited to Participate in DHS Major Review The Department of Homeland Security wants to harness the "wisdom of crowds" into a major strategic review that is due to Congress in December. |
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Put the 'H.S.' Back in DHS, Says Leading Department Critic The Department of Homeland Security is still learning the ropes years after its creation because so much of what it does has nothing to do with homeland security and counterterrorism. |
National Defense
February 2008
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
U.S. Has Strategy for Homeland Security, But Are We Ready? In October, the White House issued an updated "National Strategy for Homeland Security," which is intended to guide, organize and unify the nation's homeland security efforts. |
National Defense
September 2012
Sandra I. Erwin |
Washington Insiders Question Federal Role In Homeland Security DHS' federal-centric governance is an outdated hierarchical model that is ill-suited to the post-industrial digital age, says John Fass Morton, author of a new book titled "Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness." |
