News21 fellows at Columbia – ten 2006 graduates of its Graduate School of Journalism and one from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government – have spent months, in teams and alone, following the Department of Homeland Security. We’ve used new, computer-assisted reporting techniques to assess information in federal databases and we’ve used old-fashioned reporting techniques to interview dozens of current and former DHS officials, industry executives, academics, advocates, lobbyists and individuals affected by homeland security issues. We’ve investigated the department’s management and the operations of many subsidiary agencies, and we’ve scrutinized private-sector companies that are selling homeland security services to the government. What we found was always interesting and frequently unique.
The Department of Homeland Security receives roughly $40 billion each year to carry out its duties. News21's interactive presentation shows which companies have received the most money, what products have been purchased, which states have been awarded the largest anti-terror grants, who influences the decisions and which lobbyists are knocking on their doors. (Flash Presentation -- click on the image above to view).
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