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DHS FY2015 Funding
I have been trying to discern the status and prospects of DHS appropriations. Three facts: DHS was not included in the December Omnibus Appropriation. The Department is currently operating on a...
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WSJ Opinion: DHS Appropriations and related issues with Capitol Hill updates
The following editorial, reproduced below in it’s entirety, appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, February 9. –+– Republicans in Congress are off to a less than flying start after a month in...
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Count-down to February 27
The Continuing Resolution funding the Department of Homeland Security will expire this Friday, February 27. This week is likely to see considerable last-minute and bipartisan efforts to avoid a DHS...
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The murmuration of DHS budget theater
Some people hyperbolize if DHS is not funded by Friday, ISIS starts adding American cities to its Islamic State. Other people argue when the funds run out not much that’s different will happen....
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DHS Appropriation Update
UPDATED ON FRIDAY EVENING According to The Hill: A short-term funding measure to keep the Department of Homeland Security open (DHS) was defeated in the House on Friday in a stunning vote that could...
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DHS: Another seven days
According to The Hill: A partial government shutdown was narrowly avoided late Friday evening as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a surprise move to back legislation funding the...
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DHS budget theater: still not very funny.
As you can see from the random selection of cartoons below, even otherwise reliable political cartoonists can’t come up with anything amusing, insightful, ironic or even nasty about the continuing...
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Homeland security: reason versus truth
I don’t know anyone who was shocked when DHS funding was further delayed by contention between the House and Senate. This blog anticipated as much on January 29, and might have done so much earlier....
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GAO: BioWatch is unreliable
According to the Government Accountability Office (complete report, 101 pages, available): The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lacks reliable information about BioWatch Gen-2’s technical...
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Trying to follow the money
Friday an omnibus appropriations bill funding the federal government through the end of September 2016 was signed by the President. It is 2009 pages long. I have not mastered it. I welcome your...
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