Dept. of Homeland Security Is Not Effective Enough

News and Opinion for Democrats Against Bush -- Part II

Dept. of Homeland Security Is Not Effective Enough

"There is a huge, unsettling disconnect between the federal government and the men and women who are on our front lines of homeland security," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who chairs the task force.

Government Executive

October 29, 2003

Panel, new study cite homeland security shortfalls

By Chris Strohm
cstrohm@govexec.com

The complete article is currently (4/3/04) available from the Government Executive website at-- http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1003/102903c1.htm [found through a Google search by article title on the date above]

Opening words--

Lawmakers and representatives from nongovernmental organizations said Wednesday the federal government, and the Homeland Security Department specifically, are not doing enough to address homeland security issues and problems.

On Capitol Hill, the Democratic Task Force on Homeland Security released a new report in which 69 percent of respondents to a survey said the federal government should be doing more to meet the demands of homeland security. Sixty-three percent of respondents said the government does not give them specific information to protect their communities and 65 percent said they have never been contacted by DHS. Only 30 percent said communication with the federal government is adequate. And 87 percent said they do not have adequate funding to meet their homeland security needs. ...

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Click here for the report of the Democratic Task Force on Homeland Security--

http://www.house.gov/maloney/issues/Homeland/Survey.pdf

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