Department of Homeland Security
(us government) cabinet level position created by the bush administration in 2003. one of the most costly and poorly executed reorganizations in us history, it essentially blew hundreds of billions of dollars on unrelated and pointless government projects intended to reward members of congress who sided with the president.
the dhs budget’s largest line items are:
-the customs and border protection (cbp)-20%;
-the federal emergency management administration (fema)-19%;
-the coast guard (uscg; formerly part of the department of transportation {dot})-18%;
-the transportation security administration (tsa)-12%;
-immigration and customs enforcement (ice)-10%;
-citizenship and immigration services (cis)-5%.
(percentages are of the fy 2011 dhs budget–$57 billion
the department of homeland security was created to bring most federally-controlled law enforcement bodies into one single, union-free, whistle-blower-free, department. riders to the homeland security act cost taxpayers billions in useless programs.
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