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US to Issue Terror Alerts Via Twitter, Facebook [VIDEO]

Released Emails Show Insiders Worried Over Political 'Meddling'

WASHINGTON -- Insiders at the Homeland Security Department warned for months that senior Obama administration appointees were improperly delaying the releases of government files on politically sensitive topics as sought by citizens, journalists and watchdog groups under the Freedom of Information Act, according to...

Battles Over Open Government Cast Shadow on 'Sunshine Week'

In the middle of Sunshine Week promoting transparency in government, open-government advocates say the apparent demotion of a high-level Department of Homeland Security employee for whistle-blowing is particularly dark. "Our government is sending the message to federal workers that they do not want them to come forward...

Opinion: Government Waste by the Numbers

In an organization as big and sprawling as the federal government, it's sometimes hard to grasp the magnitude of the waste that goes on. But the Government Accountability Office has released a report that gets at this problem in a unique way. It looks at government programs with an eye to rooting out duplication and...

DHS, Interior Among 5 of the Worst-Run Federal Programs

WASHINGTON -- The Government Accountability Office released its biennial list of the poorest performing government agencies today -- and this year, the Interior Department's management of the nation's oil and gas resources made the list for the first time. This should come as no surprise, given the breathtaking scope of...

Background on department of homeland security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the United States of America and U.S.

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