Most of Homeland Security’s Uniforms Are Bought Outside U.S., Including South of Border
So much for Made in America.
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FBI Cancels $500M, No-Bid Contract with Motorola Following Protests from Competitors
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Protests from other vendors have prompted the FBI to cancel a $500 million, no-bid contract to Motorola Solutions Inc., the McClatchy Washington Bureau reports. The FBI declined to use the competitive bidding process because the bureau already uses Motorola, and it would cost $1.2 billion for a complete new system. Three vendors…
AG Holder, FBI Director Among Officials Who Spent $7.8 Million on Personal Trips and Federal Jets
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder and former FBI Director Robert Mueller are among senior Justice Department officials who billed taxpayers a combined $7.8 million to use federal aircraft for hundreds of personal trips, the Washington Post reports. The report by Congress’ nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, which was released Thursday, comes less than three…
U.S. Government Gets Bigger, Largely Because of Growth of Homeland Security
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of federal government workers rose from 1.9 million to 2.1 million between 2004 and 2012, the USA Today reports, citing the Government Accountability Office. Homeland Security grew nearly 4% annually on average between 2004 and 2012. The GAO report, which was released Wednesday, found: From 2004 to 2012, the federal…
Oops! Homeland Security Loses Track of 1 Million Foreigners Who Previously Arrived in U.S.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An audit revealed Tuesday that the Homeland Security Department does not know what happened to more than 1 million people who arrived in the U.S., an embarrassing blunder as lawmakers debate a new immigration bill, The Washington Times reports. The Government Accountability Office’s report underscores that the department’s failure to accurately track…
Senators Call for Government Study on DEA’s Role in Prescription Drug Shortage
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Could the DEA be doing more harm than good with its efforts to curb prescription drug abuse? Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island are asking the Government Accountability Office to study how the DEA’s crackdowns on controlled substances may be creating shortages of vital prescription meds…
Column: U.S. Falls Short in Helping Mexico Battle Drug War
By Jackson Diehl Washington Post Deputy Editorial Page Writer WASHINGTON — Last month, 303 people were murdered in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, which lies alongside El Paso. This month, the dead include three men killed by a sophisticated, remote-controlled car bomb — the first in Mexico’s drug wars. In a city of…