Clark Kent Ervin (born April 1, 1959), currently the head of Homeland Security Program at the Aspen Institute, was the first Inspector General of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). (wikipedia)
You need both an exit feature as well as an entry feature. Unless you have both ends, the system still isn't operational.
Madrid was a big wake-up call to us, yet we did relatively little. It really seems to me a matter of time before it happens in our country -- in part because it's so easy to do.
There's understandable pressure to get money out quickly. But there inevitably will be waste and fraud.
It is entirely appropriate that the money go out just as quickly as possible to people whom we think need it, and to worthy contractors on a competitive basis. But in the rush to do it, there is real potential for waste and certainly for fraud as well.
Open Target: Where America Is Vulnerable to Attack.
