Department of homeland security management of ammunition and firearms : select analyses / Lewis Calvin, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calvin, Lewis, editor.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense, Security and Strategies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Homeland Security--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Homeland Security--Procurement.

Ammunition--Purchasing--Government policy--United States.

Ammunition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) mission includes law enforcement elements, which require the department, through its components, to manage various types of firearms. DHS's annual ammunition purchases have declined since fiscal year 2009 and are comparable in number to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) ammunition purchases. In fiscal year 2013, DHS purchased 84 million rounds of ammunition, which is less than DHS's ammunition purchases over the past 5 fiscal years. DHS component officials said the decline in ammunition purchases in fiscal year 2013 was primarily a result of budget constraints, which meant reducing the number of training classes, and drawing on their ammunition inventories. This book addresses trends in DHS's ammunition purchases since fiscal year 2008, how DHS's purchases compare with DOJ's, and what factors affect DHS's purchase decisions.

Contents:

Department of Homeland Security : ammunition purchases have declined since 2009 / United States Government Accountability Office

Recent Department of Homeland Security ammunition solicitations, contracts, and purchases / Congressional Research Service

DHS controls over firearms / Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed June 2, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-163-0