GAO: Despite Existing Efforts, More Work Needed To Coordinate Homeland Security Programs

By Keith Costa / June 11, 2002 at 5:00 AM
The day after President Bush announced plans to establish a new Department of Homeland Security, the General Accounting Office published a report that says public and private antiterrorism efforts on the home front may suffer from inadequate coordination. In other words, those efforts "do not yet represent a unified approach" to homeland security, "although key supporting elements . . . are emerging," states the report, dated June 7 but released to the public today. "Due to uncertainty about national priorities,...

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