$34.3 BILLION WASTED IN HOMELAND SECURITY

Ad this to the list of "mosts" for this administration. The most wasteful administration in history.

By Nicole Gaouette
Times Staff Writer
Posted July 27 2006


WASHINGTON — Contract spending by the Department of Homeland Security has surged by billions of dollars since the agency's creation in 2003, but contracts have been plagued by large-scale waste, abuse and mismanagement, according to a bipartisan congressional report.

The agency has repeatedly planned contract projects improperly, has increasingly awarded them without adequate competition, and has not had enough staff to monitor contracts after they have been signed, the report said. Moreover, costs have frequently spiraled beyond initial estimates, which department personnel sometimes set misleadingly low, the report said.

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