Expenditures of the Department of Homeland Security: How to track the flow of funds through U.S. government databases.

This guide was written by Andrew Zuker, with support from the Heinrich Boell Foundation. The U.S. government publishes large amounts of detailed data on spending, but searching through this data and finding information can be a challenge. Complex search functions and poor user interfaces on government websites can make research difficult, as can inconsistent company profiles and complex corporate structures. This week, EFF and the Heinrich Boell Foundation released an updated version of our database of vendors that provide technology to various components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This update includes new company profiles, new fields, and updated data on key contractors, providing journalists and researchers with a starting point for their own investigations. You can access the dataset through Google Sheets (Google's privacy terms apply) or download the Excel file here. This time, we have...

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