Daines Works to Reform Homeland Security

Montana's Republican Congressman Steve Daines sent a press release about bipartisan legislation to reform  the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

“In the private sector, it’s pretty simple. If you don’t do your job, or use resources inefficiently, you don’t get paid,” Daines said in his release. “We need that same accountability to produce better results in government.”

The release points out that Daines' bill requires greater oversight of the DHS’s purchasing process while ensuring needed flexibility and providing clarity for American businesses. Since 2005, DHS Acquisition Management activities have been on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) “High-Risk List” for programs that are highly susceptible to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. Recently, the DHS Inspector General found the Department mismanaged a $3 billion DHS-wide contract to modernize its radio systems and GAO reported that 21 of 68 IT contracts totaling $1 billion were not meeting cost and schedule obligations.