October 28, 2009
WASHINGTON — A watchdog's review of stimulus spending by the Department of Homeland Security doesn't resolve the controversy about how the Obama administration allocated the money for border projects.
The inspector general's report, obtained Friday by The Associated Press, says the department generally had a good spending plan. But department officials told the inspector general not to go further and review anything beyond its spending plan, including a decision-making process criticized as secretive and susceptible to political meddling. The department said it's doing its own internal review.
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