Chip Fulghum Quotes
Right after 9/11, the spigot got turned on and a fire hose of money poured out. Much of it was badly monitored and much of it was for stuff that just didn't work.
The "spigot" refers to the fact that immediately after the 9-11 attack, huge sums of money were available and the Department of Homeland Security was created by moving many different agencies from other departments into the new department. There were poor or no fiscal controls, and at the same time the public officials of the new department were under such extreme pressure lest there might be another attack that they went forward with almost every scheme that anyone claimed would make the nation safer. Most were useless and some just frauds, and much money was wasted. What is particularly interesting about this quotation is that a high government official admitted that things were handled badly and money had been wasted.
Quoted in Steve Brill, "Fifteen Years After 9/11, Are We Any Safer?", The Atlantic, September 2016
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He and the other commissioners of both political parties were agreed that the procurement by The State Department, USAID, and especially the Defense Department which spent the most was terrible. The even had military generals in charge of billions of dollars of procurement who did not even know the procurement laws and regulations they were supposed to obey much less the skill of good procurement.
Deputy Under Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security Chip Fulghum was confirmed as the Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on September 23, 2014. He also serves as the Department's Deputy Under Secretary for Management. Mr. Fulghum joined the Department as the Budget Director in the Office of the CFO in October 2012, following a notable career as an officer in the United States Air Force. As Deputy Under Secretary for Management, Mr. Fulghum leads several lines of business across the Department. These business areas include financial management, human capital, information technology, procurement, security, and asset management. He also provides support and guidance to the Department's acquisition oversight process and represents DHS in a number of management-related interagency committees. As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Fulghum oversees the $60 billion budget of DHS, including the development and justification of the budget request, and budget execution, and reporting. He directs all financial management activities throughout the department, some of which include financial reporting, successful outcomes during annual financial audits, modernization of financial systems and financial assistance policy and oversight. He has stewardship of internal controls to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse and coordinates Government Accountability Office-Office of Inspector General inquiries across the department. He oversees the targeted mission area analysis to support decisions on the direction and use of resources, including life cycle cost estimates for large department programs. Prior to joining the Department, he served as a U.S. Air Force officer for 28 years, rising to the rank of a Colonel. Mr. Fulghum is a graduate of the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, Professional Military Comptroller School, and Squadron Officer School. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.
