Here is the reply from my Congressman regarding this issue(names have been removed to protect my anonymity/location);
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Dear Mr. ,
Thank you for contacting me to express your views regarding reports of recent weapons purchases by the Department of Homeland Security. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this very important issue.
According to DHS, it regularly places its goods and services orders at one time in order to take advantage of cheaper, bulk order prices. It does so through contracts that allow the Department to make purchases depending on its needs up to a maximum amount, which likely will never be reached. Through the following link, you can read the Department's answers to several questions regarding the ammunition purchases, which have been the subject of recent reporting: http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public...&File_id=9cde768f-bb3a-4fd9-8176-1745c21519c2.
In those responses, DHS lays out in more specific details the needs of its various agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secret Service, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. If you have additional questions regarding these purchases, I would encourage you to contact DHS directly, which can be reached at:
Secretary Janet Napolitano Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, D.C. 20528
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts about these important issues. I hope you will continue to communicate with me on matters of concern to you.
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Make of this what you will.
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Dear Mr. ,
Thank you for contacting me to express your views regarding reports of recent weapons purchases by the Department of Homeland Security. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this very important issue.
According to DHS, it regularly places its goods and services orders at one time in order to take advantage of cheaper, bulk order prices. It does so through contracts that allow the Department to make purchases depending on its needs up to a maximum amount, which likely will never be reached. Through the following link, you can read the Department's answers to several questions regarding the ammunition purchases, which have been the subject of recent reporting: http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public...&File_id=9cde768f-bb3a-4fd9-8176-1745c21519c2.
In those responses, DHS lays out in more specific details the needs of its various agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secret Service, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. If you have additional questions regarding these purchases, I would encourage you to contact DHS directly, which can be reached at:
Secretary Janet Napolitano Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, D.C. 20528
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts about these important issues. I hope you will continue to communicate with me on matters of concern to you.
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Make of this what you will.
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