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Homeland Security

IG Cites Progress On DHS Unity Of Effort But Cautions That Continued Leadership Needed

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

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IG Cites Progress On DHS Unity Of Effort But Cautions That Continued Leadership Needed

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Photo: DHS

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson’s nearly three-year old effort to breakdown stovepipes and create a more unified organization has continued to make progress but if the gains are to be sustained future leaders will have to maintain the focus on the Unity of Effort initiative and there also needs to be legal changes to institutionalize new structures, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) says in a new report.“Progress has been made in both tone and substance” on…

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