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Homeland Security

GAO Finds Shortcomings In DHS Component Acquisition Executives

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020

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GAO Finds Shortcomings In DHS Component Acquisition Executives

Top acquisition officials within some components of the Department of Homeland Security have other roles that compete for their time and attention and haven’t been properly vetted for their oversight roles, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. The report says that four of five component acquisition executives (CAEs) within the department’s management directorate did not go through the process of being nominated and designated and in the case of the Coast Guard the CAE lacked the…

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