US Customs and Border Protection paid a consulting company nearly $14 million to recruit new agents as the agency struggled to boost staffing levels amid an immigration crackdown. For that fee, the company processed just two successful job offers. The startling figure, along with plans to use a questionable Blade Runner-like lie-detection system, is among the findings of a scathing new investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog. After receiving multiple complaints, DHS’s Office of Inspector General began investigating a five-year contract worth up to $297 million that CBP, a division of DHS, awarded last year to Accenture Federal Services, a subsidiary of the global consulting company Accenture.
Customs And Border Protection Paid $14 Million To Recruit Two Agents, Government Report Finds
Noah Lanard, Mother Jones
Mon, 12/10/2018 - 2:13pm
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