Department of Homeland Security

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) fiscal year 2023 Operation Stonegarden performance measure—prosecuted narcotic cases—accurately reflected Operation Stonegarden’s contributions to the President’s National Drug Control Strategy (the Strategy). Specifically, FEMA’s prosecuted narcotic...

The United States Coast Guard (Coast Guard) did not meet its illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing interdiction goals for fiscal years 2023 and 2024. For both FYs, the Coast Guard set its interdiction goal at 40 percent. This goal reflects efforts to prevent illegal foreign fishing...

The Department of Homeland Security complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) during fiscal year 2024. According to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123, an agency must meet all 10 PIIA requirements to comply, which DHS did. DHS also met OMB’s requirement to...

During our unannounced inspection of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Nye CountyDetention Center (Nye) in Pahrump, Nevada, we found that Nye’s staff complied with National Detention Standards 2019 (NDS 2019) for classification, access to law library and legal services, segregation...

Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville State) did not always account for and expend Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant funds according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. Specifically, Jacksonville State did not fully comply with Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines to...

After meeting with more than 140 individuals from DHS and other Federal agencies, we determined U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot effectively monitor the location and status of all unaccompanied alien children (UACs) once released or transferred from Department of Homeland...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shared intelligence and engaged with industry stakeholders to enhance passenger rail security and preparedness. Specifically, TSA shared threat information and intelligence products and assessed passenger rail systems to identify security...

The United States Coast Guard (Coast Guard) was not able to consistently interdict non-commercial vessels smuggling drugs into the United States. From fiscal years 2021 through 2023, the Coast Guard interdicted an estimated 421.9 metric tons of cocaine but fell short of its total cocaine removal...

Williams, Adley & Company-DC, LLP (Williams Adley), under contract with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, concluded that DHS complied with applicable statutes, regulations, and policies governing grants and contracts awarded by any means other than full and open...