THE 9/11 COMMISSION URGED CONGRESS TO SIMPLIFY THE OVERSIGHT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
INSTEAD, WE HAVE THIS.
“THINK OF HAVING A HUNDRED BOSSES.
THINK OF REPORTING TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
IT MAKES NO SENSE.
YOU COULD NOT DO YOUR JOB UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.”
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Congress’ “THINK
confused
oversight
theTHINK
Department
Security has
OF HAVING
A HUNDRED of
BOSSES.
OF REPORTINGof
TO AHomeland
HUNDRED PEOPLE.
IT MAKES vulnerable
NO SENSE. YOU COULD
NOT DO YOUR JOB UNDER
THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.”
left our nation
to cyberthreats,
biohazards,
and small planes
–9/11 COMMISSION CHAIRMAN2 THOMAS H. KEAN
and boats carrying unknown
cargo.
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Congress’s confused oversight of the Department of Homeland Security has left our nation vulnerable to cyberthreats,
biohazards,
and small
planes and boats
carrying unknown
cargo.2 The 9/11
Commission recommended
The 9/11
Commission
recommended
simplifying
Congressional
oversight ofstreamlining
the
oversight
of the Department
of Homeland
Security. Congress
Instead, Congress
made matters
worse. Inmatters
2004, DHS
answered
Department
of Homeland
Security.
responded
by making
worse.
to 88 Congressional committees and subcommittees. In the last Congress, that number had grown to 92 – along with
Instead of answering to 88 Congressional committees and subcommittees,
27 other caucuses, commissions and groups. It’s been 10 years since the 9/11 Commission urged Congress to act.
as it did in 2004, during the last Congress the department answered
IS CONGRESS
to 92 – and 27 other caucuses, WHAT
commissions
and groups.WAITING
FOR?
It’s been 10 years since the 9/11 Commission advised Congress to act.
What is Congress waiting for?
To read the Sunnylands-Aspen report
and see the video “Homeland Confusion”
Visit: www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/security
1, 2. Sunnylands-Aspen Institute Task Force Report, 9/11/2013.