Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin A Homeland Security effort to combine requirements has stalled

A Homeland Security effort to combine requirements has stalled

Published: Sept. 27, 2023, 12:22 p.m.

b'A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiative called "the Joint Requirement Council" hasn\'t gone very far in 10 years. The Council is supposed to discover capabilities multiple DHS components have in common, in order to avoid duplication and redundancy. But the Council doesn\'t meet very often and no one at the top seems to pay any attention, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). For more, Federal Drives Tom Temin spoke with GAO\'s Director of Contracting and National Security Acquisitions, Travis Masters.\\nGAO Report link\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'