G.W. Schulz
Schulz joined CIR in 2008 and covers homeland security. Prior to joining CIR, he wrote extensively about politics, municipal corruption, workplace safety, criminal justice and the changing national landscape in news media for the San Francisco Bay Guardian and Urban Tulsa, a weekly newspaper in Oklahoma. He was an early contributor to the Chauncey Bailey Project, which won an IRE Tom Renner Award in 2008. In 2007, he won first place for investigative reporting from the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Public Service Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California. Schulz graduated from the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas.
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 |  The Obama administration's recent surprise decision to suspend new work on a multibillion-dollar high-tech border control system raises further questions about the government's use of computer networks and sensors in an effort to seal the border with Mexico.  |
 |  The nation has committed billions of dollars to improving homeland security since 2001, including large sums awarded to states in preparedness grants. In this CIR web exclusive map, reporter G.W. Schulz reports how authorities in each state have managed, or mismanaged, anti-terrorism funds from the federal government. Also, download source documents tracking funds for each state. |
 | President Gerald Ford secretly authorized the use of warrantless domestic wiretaps for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes soon after coming into office, according to a declassified document. CIR's Andrew Becker reports for AOL's Politics Daily.
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 |  A turf battle between the inspector general's office in the Department of Homeland Security and the agency's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) division and the FBI has delayed some investigations and threatens to undermine enforcement actions, records and interviews show. CIR's Andrew Becker reports for The Washington Post.
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 | Records show that communities across California had difficulty managing millions in anti-terrorism grants handed out by Congress after Sept. 11. Paperwork went missing and purchasing rules weren't followed. Is the state ready for more in stimulus funds if preparedness cash proved so difficult? |
 |  Sept. 11 hastened a booming homeland security industry. One southern California company still struggled to get ahead. |
 | Reporter G.W. Schulz describes some of the equipment purchased by California agencies with anti-terrorism grants—a catalog of items that range from surveillance devices and Hazmat suits to bomb-diffusing robots. |
 | An interactive map shows how much your community in California received from homeland security grants—and how they spent the money. |
 | Intelligence-led policing played a starring role in last year’s Republican National Convention, and eight political activists stand accused of conspiracy today. But are new tactics for fighting domestic terrorism being used appropriately? CIR's G.W. Schulz reports for MinnPost.com. This story is part of a collaborative project by the Center for Public Integrity and CIR examining the effectiveness of America’s homeland security efforts. Part 1 | Part 2 | Watch Video |
 | Despite calls for consolidation, more than 80 committees on Capitol Hill still have a say in how the Department of Homeland Security functions. The crazy quilt of oversight is making it difficult for Congress to provide cogent guidance on budgeting, organization, and priorities. This story is part of a collaborative project by the Center for Public Integrity and CIR examining the effectiveness of America’s homeland security efforts. |
 | As Mexico's drug war shows no sign of slowing and corruption runs rampant south of the border, Homeland Security officials are bracing for infiltration within their own ranks. CIR's Andrew Becker writes for Mother Jones as part of a special report on the war on drugs. |
 | Sarah Palin promotes the self-reliance of her state, but she doesn’t mention the mobile command communications vehicle, bought with federal dollars to help keep her home town of 7,028 safe from terrorism. Thanks in part to an anti-terrorism bonanza, Alaska is one of the greatest per-capita beneficiaries of federal funding among the 50 states. Photo by Dirk Spennemann |