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House Homeland Security Committee Report Cites Waste In DHS Field Operations

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

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House Homeland Security Committee Report Cites Waste In DHS Field Operations

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hasn’t made adequate progress in gaining efficiencies in its field operations, leaving millions of dollars of potential savings on the table, according to a new report by the Republican Staff of the House Homeland Security Committee.“Despite being the Nation’s third largest federal department, DHS continues to struggle with legacy challenges from its initial integration of 22 different Federal departments and agencies,” says the Aug. 2 report, Streamlining the Department of Homeland Security’s Overhead Will…

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Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

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Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

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As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]