Department of Homeland Security

DHS components did not always properly solicit, award, and manage contracts according to Federal and departmental regulations. In fiscal year 2016, DHS awarded $2.4 billion in contract actions that were valued at less than $300 million per action. For this audit, we reviewed $153.2 million of the $2...

During the week of June 10, 2019, we visited five Border Patrol stations and two ports of entry in the Rio Grande Valley sector and observed serious overcrowding and prolonged detention of children and adults that require immediate attention. Specifically, Border Patrol facilities in the Rio Grande...

DHS does not have sufficient policies and procedures to address employee misconduct. Specifically, the Department’s policy does not include procedures for reporting allegations of misconduct, clear and specific supervisor roles and expectations, or clearly defined key discipline terms. These...

This report summarizes findings on our latest round of unannounced inspections at four detention facilities housing ICE detainees. Because we observed immediate risks or egregious violations of detention standards at the Adelanto and Essex facilities, we issued individual reports to ICE after our...

DHS OIG determined that DHS had controls in place when it issued, solicited, selected, and mitigated risks for its three consortia Other Transaction Agreements (OTA) active in fiscal year 2017 for development of prototypes for border and cyber security, and research in critical infrastructure...

We recommend that the DHS Office of the Chief Security Officer address planning, policy, and acquisition deficiencies prior to further implementation of the expanded scope of the Insider Threat Program. Specifically, the alert highlighted deficiencies we identified in planning and implementing of...

In seven audits conducted from 2012 through 2016, we identified the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) past challenges making accurate repair-or-replace decisions. Based on our prior work, this report identifies 10 improper decisions or miscalculations FEMA should avoid when making such...

DHS OIG's newly released Semiannual Report to the Congress (SAR) highlights the audit, inspection, and investigative activities OIG has undertaken during the first half of Fiscal Year 2019. In the six month reporting period, October 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019, we issued 37 reports, including...

During the week of May 6, 2019, we visited five Border Patrol stations and two ports of entry in the El Paso sector as part of our unannounced spot inspections of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) holding facilities and observed dangerous holding conditions at the Paso Del Norte Bridge (PDT...

We determined that DHS did not comply with Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA) because it did not meet two of the six requirements. Specifically, the Department omitted the percent of recaptured amounts from the Other Information section in its Agency Financial Report and...