"A Culture Of 'ONE DHS’” = $3.9 BILLION

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The construction site of the Department of Homeland Security's new headquarters, Feb. 15, 2012, in Washington, DC

United States Department of Homeland Security

Agency overview
Formed	November 25, 2002
Jurisdiction	United States of America
Headquarters	Nebraska Avenue Complex Washington, D.C., United States 38°56′17″N 77°4′56″WCoordinates: 38°56′17″N 77°4′56″W
Employees	240,000
Annual budget	US $60.8 bllion (FY 2013)
Agency executives	Janet Napolitano, Secretary[1] Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary[2]
Child agencies	United States Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Transportation Security Administration United States Coast Guard National Protection and Programs Directorate United States Secret Service
Website
dhs.gov

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the United States of America and U.S. territories (including Protectorates) from and responding to terrorist attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters. Despite the Department of the Interior's name, DHS is the equivalent to the Interior ministries of other countries, not the Department of the Interior. In fiscal year 2011, DHS was allocated a budget of $98.8 billion and spent, net, $66.4 billion.

President Barack Obama is trying to solve big problems in his proposed 2014 budget. His efforts to curtail entitlement spending have gotten most of the headlines. But he also seems determined to complete the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s new headquarters, the largest federal construction project since the Pentagon rose in the 1940s. The cost: $3.9 billion.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-12/the-department-of-homeland-securitys-new-3-dot-9b-headquarters

http://www.legitgov.org/Homeland-Securitys-New-39-Billion-Headquarters 

http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/133423