Homeland Security Department IG Investigation Delayed

Homeland Security's Inspector General told congress this week that it won't be until August that an investigation into alleged improprieties in the site selection of Kansas State University for the $720 million high containment biodefense lab facility can begin, due to the demands of other Congressional requests for information from the Homeland Security Department. Between the federal lawsuit filed last week and this delay in internal investigation, a lot of Kansas trade contractors will be sitting on their shovels this summer.

Lawsuit May Delay $720 Million Kansas Biodefense Lab Construction

Texas business groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the selection of Kansas State University as the site for construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, a high containment lab for researching countermeasures against weaponizable deadly pathogens. The Texas plaintiffs content Kansas Republican Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback exerted undue influence over the site selection process within the Department of Homeland Security. The Texas groups want the $720 million construction project to be built in San Antonio.