Recent events
2026-04-30
Votes
PRIMARY
A partial DHS shutdown lasting 75 days occurred in early 2026 when Democrats voted against annual funding for ICE and CBP following Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, forcing Congress to pass a bill funding other DHS…
2026-04-07
Transactions
PRIMARY
DHS Inspector General and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations launched probes into contracting practices under Secretary Noem, including a $200 million advertising contract and a $1 billion contract…
2026-03-27
Other facts
PRIMARY
Senate passed bill funding most DHS agencies except ICE and Border Patrol in rare overnight session
2026-03-18
Other facts
PRIMARY
The DHS Office of Inspector General accused the agency of obstructing audits of biometric data management and immigration enforcement activities; Privacy Impact Assessment filings dropped from 24 in 2024 to 8 in 2025…
2026-02-23
Transactions
PRIMARY
DHS awarded Palantir a five-year contract worth up to $1 billion in February 2026 for AI tools and data analytics platforms
2026-02-19
Transactions
PRIMARY
In February 2026, DHS awarded Palantir a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) worth up to $1 billion for software licenses, maintenance, and implementation services department-wide, allowing agencies like CBP and…
2026-02-19
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
The Feb 2026 $1B DHS-Palantir BPA was awarded during a period when DHS had a partial government shutdown (March 2026) and during which Secretary Noem's $100k approval threshold was in effect, suggesting the contracting…
2026-02-19
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
The $1 billion Palantir BPA awarded in February 2026 (Fact #15) authorizes task orders across at least 5 DHS components (ICE, CBP, TSA, USSS, FEMA) that report to at least 3 different House and Senate appropriations…
2026-02-19
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
By February 2026, DHS had created a procurement pathway — the $1 billion Palantir BPA — that allows DHS components including CBP and ICE to obtain surveillance and analytics software through non-competitive task…
2026-02-19
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
Secretary Noem's $100,000 personal approval threshold, combined with the Palantir BPA's structure, created an incentive for DHS components to issue sub-threshold task orders under the BPA to avoid review, consistent…
2026-02-19
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
No public record exists showing that any House or Senate appropriations subcommittee has formally requested a consolidated cost report for the Palantir BPA spanning all participating DHS components, despite the BPA…
2026-02-15
Votes
PRIMARY
DHS shutdown began when Democrats voted against annual funding in response to Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota
2025-12-10
Transactions
PRIMARY
Out of 18 DHS contract awards falling between $99,999 and $99,999.99 that were made over this period of just more than a decade, 11 — over half — have occurred in the last few months
2025-11-21
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
The DHS procurement spike at the $99,999-$99,999.99 threshold is consistent with contracting officer adaptation to avoid the Jun 2025 Noem directive, analogous to documented patterns of regulatory evasion at reduced…
2025-11-21
Transactions
PRIMARY
Secretary Kristi Noem's June 2025 directive requiring personal approval for all DHS expenditures over $100,000 led to a spike of 11 contracts awarded between $99,999 and $99,999.99 from August to October 2025, compared…
2025-11-21
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
DHS awarded 11 contracts valued between $99,999 and $99,999.99 in the three months following Secretary Noem's June 2025 directive requiring personal approval for obligations over $100,000, compared to only 7 such…
2025-11-21
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
The 11 DHS contracts awarded between $99,999 and $99,999.99 in August-October 2025 represent a per-month rate approximately 52 times higher than the prior decade's average of 0.058 contracts per month (7 contracts over…
2025-11-21
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
The clustering at $99,999-$99,999.99 occurred after Secretary Noem's June 2025 directive, whereas the prior seven such awards from 2015-2025 were distributed approximately uniformly across that decade, further…
2025-11-21
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
Secretary Noem's June 2025 directive requiring personal approval for expenditures over $100,000 correlates with a statistically significant spike in DHS contract awards clustered at $99,999-$99,999.99, suggesting the…
2025-09-30
Transactions
PRIMARY
11 DHS contract awards between $99,999 and $99,999.99 occurred in August-September 2025, compared to only 7 such awards from October 2015 to July 2025
2025-08-01
Other facts
PRIMARY
DHS consolidated AI functions into large vendor platforms including Palantir, Clearview AI, and Paragon systems
2025-08-01
Other facts
SECONDARY
DHS consolidated AI functions into large vendor platforms including Palantir, Clearview AI, and Paragon Solutions, as reported in 2025.
2025-07-04
Transactions
PRIMARY
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (July 2025) provided $190.6 billion in additional DHS funding through FY2029, including approximately $75 billion for ICE and $65 billion for CBP.
2025-04-15
Transactions
PRIMARY
In April 2025, ICE awarded Palantir a $30 million contract for ImmigrationOS, enabling granular tracking of immigrants and real-time monitoring of self-deportations.
2024-06-15
Other facts
PRIMARY
DHS comprises nine major operational components: CBP, ICE, TSA, USSS, FEMA, CISA, USCG, FLETC, and USCIS, each with distinct statutory missions.
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