Acquisition Innovation Advocates

FILE - In this June 5, 2015, file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. The U.S. Homeland Security Department says nearly 740,000 foreigners who were supposed to leave the country during a recent 12 month period overstayed their visas and count released Monday, May 22, 2017, includes people who arrived in the U.S. by plane or boat but does not include ground border crossings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

2 DHS procurements show how innovation is happening in government

The Homeland Security Department’s Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) is finding its grassroots effort to take smart risks is working.

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