A Homeland Security Department initiative to unify the field structure of its 22 agencies will not create large field bureaucracies, a top DHS official said Wednesday. Asa Hutchinson, Homeland Security’s undersecretary for border and transportation security, outlined the department’s ongoing effort to create regional offices around the country in testimony before a joint hearing of two House Government Reform subcommittees. While the department plans to appoint regional directors to oversee homeland security efforts outside Washington, Hutchinson said it does not envision hiring hundreds of workers to staff the offices. Full Story
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