DHS Cancels Policy Requiring Secretary to Review Contracts Over $100K

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Wednesday rescinded a policy requiring the ​secretary to approve contracts over $100,000, the Department of ‌Homeland Security said.

The news followed a re-evaluation of the department’s contract process, DHS said, while adding that Mullin wanted to make ​sure the department is serving American taxpayers ​efficiently.

Mullin’s cancellation of the policy came less than ⁠a week after he was sworn in to succeed former ​DHS chief Kristi Noem.

Read the rest of the story at Reuters.

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