Some U.S. Security Worse Than Before New Agency-Study (Homeland Security)

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A year after the largest and most costly revamp in U.S. government history forged the Department of Homeland Security, some security problems are worse than before the agency was created, according to a new study.

The report published this week by the left-leaning Century Foundation said the main areas of backsliding included air cargo and private airplane security, backlogs in immigration cases, allocation of funds and coordination within government to develop of clear policy goals.

While the study said the revamp involving 22 agencies and more than 170,000 employees had paid off in part, it noted: "The areas needing the most improvement deal with the very coordination problems that the department was created to solve. In some of those areas, conditions are worse than before DHS was created."

"We gave it a C+, which is some progress, but it still needs substantial improvement. We all expect and hope that the department is going to do a significantly better job at coordinating the government strategies," Donald Kettl, lead author of the study, told Reuters on Friday.

"More of the same isn't going to get us where we need to go," he said.

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[central scrutinizer]

1. you can't get worse than zero

Many of the most critical sites are still unprotected - chemical plants, nuclear power plants, etc. Of course, these industries are big Repug contributors and have fought any attempts to beef up security since it will hurt their bottom line.

[aquart]

2. Some? All!

Dump this boondoggle.

Unless Kerry thinks he'd LIKE to have a secret police force......

[AspenRose]

3. I am Shocked!

SHOCKED, I tell you!

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