Auditors: Homeland Security not meeting expectations

The Article "Auditors: Homeland Security not meeting expectations," is about the Homeland Security Department not doing its jobs well enough to meet the expectations. The Homeland Security Department's primary goal is to keep additional terrorist attacks from happening and to keep the damages of a terrorist attack to a minimum. The Homeland Security Department has been trying to get on top of things since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But the Homeland Security Department has yet to meet those objectives since September 11, 2001.

The Homeland Security Department has made well developed plans and programs, but has not been able to fully complete and carry out those programs, because of the efforts to spot where people are illegally entering the United States, the report said. In congressional testimony Micheal Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary, defended the Homeland Security Department's progress and assured lawmakers the country was safer than it was before September 11, 2001. The experts and the Government Accounting Office auditors said that it would take the Homeland Security Department at least five years to seven years to come together and meet expectations. Government Accounting Office auditors also said that the Department of Defense that was started fifty years ago still faces serious management challenges.

People should read the article called "Auditors: Homeland Security not meeting expectations," the article is about the Homeland Security Department not meeting their required goals. The Homeland Security Department main expectation is to keep another terrorist attack from happening and if it does happen again the Homeland Security Department would try to keep the damage to the attack place to a minimum. The Homeland Security Department has been unable to meet those mandates for some time now.