Department of Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) did not effectively manage and secure I&A mobile devices, resulting in vulnerabilities and a higher risk of cyberattacks, unauthorized access to sensitive information, and...

From 2020 through 2024, the Department of Homeland Security, through the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), contracted with N5 Sensors, Inc. (N5) to develop and deploy wildfire detection sensors that did not consistently detect fires or alert state and local partners to aid response...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) cannot ensure non-Federal entities used Emergency Food and Shelter Program Humanitarian Relief (EFSP-H) and Shelter and Services Program (SSP) funding in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Without improved...

The independent public accounting firm KPMG LLP (KPMG) under contract with the DHS, Office of Inspector General, has issued an unmodified (clean) opinion on DHS’s fiscal year 2025 consolidated financial statements. KPMG noted that the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects...

Between March 2020 and March 2024, the Department of State (DoS) issued more than 12 million nonimmigrant U.S. visas without conducting in-person interviews or collecting fingerprints. At the time, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) frontline officers at U.S. ports of entry conducting...

We examined two of six pillars identified in the April 2022 DHS Plan for Southwest Border Security and Preparedness aimed at preparing for anticipated increases in migration after the end of Title 42, which prohibited introduction into the United States of certain people from foreign countries...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) conducts minimal secondary inspections on passengers and crew disembarking cruise ships to prevent illicit drugs and contraband from entering the United States. As a result, CBP may be missing opportunities to interdict these items, which could adversely...

During our unannounced inspection of Eloy Federal Contract Facility (Eloy) in Eloy, Arizona, we found facility and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staff complied with ICE’s Performance-Based National Detention Standards 2011, revised December 2016, for admission, classification...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) met requirements of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. However, CISA has not finalized its plans for the continued use of Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS). Without finalizing this plan, CISA could be hindered in how it...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) reimbursements — totaling more than $280 million — were allowable and paid in accordance with requirements, based on our review of records for fiscal years 20182021. We did, however, question $281,045 in non-Federal...