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Department of Homeland Security's FY 2021 Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 and Executive Order 13520, Reducing Improper Payments

2022
OIG-22-45
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security did not comply with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) in fiscal year 2021.

ICE Did Not Follow Policies, Guidance, or Recommendations to Ensure Migrants Were Tested for COVID-19 before Transport on Domestic Commercial Flights

2022
OIG-22-44
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
Pandemic

The objective was to determine the extent to which the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) mitigates safety risks by testing migrants for COVID-19 before transport on domestic commercial flights and whether a process is in place for escorting noncitizen unaccompanied children (UCs) during...

FEMA's Waiver Authority under the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018

2022
OIG-22-43
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

Several challenges limited our ability to fulfill by audit the mandate in Section 1216 of the DRRA. For instance, FEMA’s data system does not capture Individuals and Households Program (IHP) assistance data in a manner that allows us to accurately calculate a percentage of distributions made in...

Lessons Learned from DHS' Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Initiative

2022
OIG-22-42
Review
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
Pandemic

Our objective was to evaluate how DHS determined employee status for placement into vaccine distribution priority groups; determine how DHS, in conjunction with VHA, planned to triage and distribute available vaccine inventory and vaccinate frontline, mission-critical DHS staff; and evaluate how DHS...

Management Alert – Immediate Removal of All Detainees from the Torrance County Detention Facility

2022
OIG22-31
Inspection / Evaluation
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

The objective was to conduct an unannounced inspection of Torrance County Detention Center to monitor compliance with select ICE detention standards. We also conducted a limited review of the facility’s COVID-19 pandemic preparedness measures.

Management Alert - FEMA's COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Operating Procedures Are Inconsistent with Previous Interpretation of Long-Standing Regulations for Eligible Funeral Expenses

2022
OIG-22-36
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
Pandemic

We are issuing this management alert to advise the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that its Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Funeral Assistance Program operating procedures contradict FEMA’s previous interpretation of long-standing regulations for ineligible funeral expenses...

Yuma Sector Border Patrol Struggled to Meet TEDS Standards for Single Adult Men but Generally Met TEDS Standards for Other Populations

2022
OIG-22-38
Inspection / Evaluation
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

Our objective was to determine whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) complied with the National Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search (TEDS).

ICE Spent Funds on Unused Beds, Missed COVID-19 Protocols and Detention Standards while Housing Migrant Families in Hotels

2022
OIG-22-37
Inspection / Evaluation
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
Pandemic

ICE did not adequately justify the need for the sole source contract to house migrant families and spent approximately $17 million for hotel space and services at six hotels that went largely unused between April and June 2021.

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