DHS Should Give Rationale for Focus on Domestic Extremism and Election Security: GAO Report

The DHS has not fully documented the rationale used for adding these new priorities, the Government Accountability Office has said.

The Department of Homeland Security flag flies at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Washington on June 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

After the terror attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, the federal government created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and spent significant money bolstering local response to the threat of terror attacks.

Since 2002, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is part of the DHS, has spent $55 billion in various threat preparedness grants to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments.