Department of Homeland Security

Our objective was to determine to what extent the establishment of CBP’s Centers of Excellence and Expertise (Centers) has improved the assessment, collection, and protection of revenue. The absence of performance standards made it difficult to determine to what extent the establishment of the...

The objective was to determine the extent that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP) manages and assesses national capabilities to counter improvised explosive devices (C-IED). OBP needs to improve management of component participation or...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) consistently followed Federal laws, regulations, and its own policies and procedures when responding to disaster declaration requests from states, territories, and tribes, and making recommendations to the President.

The objective was to conduct an unannounced inspection of Torrance County Detention Facility to monitor compliance with select ICE detention standards.

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) did not execute allresearch and development (R&D) projects in accordance with Federal and DHS guidelines, policies, andprocedures.

The objective is to determine to what extent FEMA ensured states and territories distributed supplemental state lost wages assistance (LWA) from the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to eligible recipients.

The objective was to evaluate I&A’s responsibility for providing intelligence to state and local officials in advance of the January 6 events, and whether and how I&A fulfilled its responsibility.

Beginning in May 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) piloted Rapid DNA technology to verify claimed parent-child relationships.

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) standards.