Since its creation five years ago, Americans have been inundated with stories of waste, fraud and abuse at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Mismanagement, grossly excessive spending, criminal conduct and shady no-bid contracts within DHS have become regular features on the evening news and the front page of newspapers. As a result, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has prepared a report documenting some of the most serious problems facing the country's newest cabinet-level department.

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Report Highlights
Most Troubled DHS Component:
Federal Emergency Management Agency (exhibits)

Dishonorable Mention:
Transportation Security Administration (exhibits)
Most Outrageous Contract:
Deepwater (exhibits)

Dishonorable Mention:
Radiation Detection Portal Monitors (exhibits)
Failed Program:
US-VISIT (exhibits)

Dishonorable Mention:
SBInet (exhibits)
Most Serious Crime Problem:
Customs and Border Protection (exhibits)

Dishonorable Mention:
Transportation Security Administration (exhibits)
Beneficiary of the Revolving Door:
Tom Ridge (exhibits)

Dishonorable Mention:
Holman, Buchholz, Davis, Hutchison (exhibits)