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Efficiency Initiative Expected To Save Hundreds of Millions, DHS Says

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Monday, March 30th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday put forth a new program designed to create wide ranging efficiencies throughout her department that are expected to streamline decision making and even save hundreds of millions of dollars. There is no timeline or total amount of savings and cost avoidance that DHS has pegged to its Efficiency Review Initiative. Rather it's an ongoing process to continue to identify and enact savings, DHS said. The Efficiency Review Initiative grew out…

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