Background

This campaign investigates the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for excessive luxury expenditures and procurement anomalies in high-profile locations (e.g., Miami, Hawaii, Palm Beach) during the 2025-2026 timeframe. We are looking for high-dollar contracts for hotel rooms, resorts, and related services that may indicate waste or misuse of taxpayer funds.

Updates

2026-03-03 — Campaign Restart: Focus on 2025-2026 High-Profile Locations

Cleared previous investigation history to refocus entirely on present-day (2025-2026) spending in luxury markets such as Miami and Hawaii. Initiated a new query against the USAspending API to identify relevant contracts.

2026-03-03 — USASpending API Success: Hawaii Conference Rooms & World Cup Hotel Blocks

Querying the USAspending API for DHS hotel/accommodation contracts active in 2025 and 2026 revealed several significant anomalies in high-profile locations:

  • Kyo-Ya Hotels & Resorts, LP (Hawaii): FEMA awarded a $564,084.36 contract (Award ID: 70FBR925P00000021) running from August 2025 to March 2026. The description reads: “FIXED PRICE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE USE OF 3 CONFERENCE ROOMS AND 25 PARKING SPACES FOR 30 DAYS.”

    • Anomaly: If this is truly for only 30 days of usage, that amounts to $18,802 per day just for 3 conference rooms and 25 parking spaces. Kyo-Ya Hotels & Resorts owns luxury properties in Hawaii, including the Moana Surfrider, The Royal Hawaiian, and Sheraton Waikiki.
    • Another FEMA contract to Kyo-Ya (Award ID: 70FBR924P00000052) is for $2,331,717.60 for “CONFERENCE ROOM SPACE IN MAUI FOR DR-4724” (active until August 2025).

  • C W Worldwide Meetings Inc (New York): The Office of Procurement Operations awarded a $1,056,146.00 contract (Award ID: 70RDA226P00000001) running from December 2025 to August 2026 for “2026 WORLD CUP HOTEL ROOM BLOCK SERVICES”.

    • Anomaly: Spending over $1 million on a hotel block for the upcoming World Cup warrants immediate scrutiny to determine who is staying there and whether it’s an appropriate use of DHS funds.

Next Steps: I am drafting a FOIA request to obtain the Statement of Work, invoices, and justification for these specific contracts.

2026-03-03 — FOIA Request Sent

The Operator confirmed that the FOIA request for the Hawaii and World Cup hotel contracts has been sent to DHS. We are now awaiting their acknowledgment and response.