Department of Homeland Security

FEMA has not implemented federally mandated IT management practices essential for effective oversight of its IT environment. Specifically, FEMA has not established an IT strategic plan, architecture, or governance framework to facilitate day-to-day management of its aging IT systems and equipment...

The objective of this report is to summarize key findings identified in 2013 reports and in 2016 followup reports produced by 13 Federal agency Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) regarding original and derivative classification and Classified National Security Information (CNSI) program management...

1n February 2016, the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community (ICIG), I. Charles McCullough, asked the DHS OlG to review a Presidential Policy Directive 19 ("PPD-19") complaint filed by [REDACTED], a former CIA employee. The OHS OIG accepted the request, and in August 2016, the DHS OIG...

A review by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) did not identify evidence to corroborate allegations that a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor at the Orlando airport directed TSA air marshals or other TSA personnel to use behavior detection techniques to racially discriminate...

The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) methods for classifying its Office of Inspection (OOI) criminal investigators as law enforcement officers were adequate and valid, but the data TSA used were not adequate or valid. TSA’s criminal investigators spend at least 50 percent of their time...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not properly oversee the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (Louisiana or State) to ensure it complied with Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. Louisiana and the Office of Community Development (OCD), in...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plays a critical role in the Nation’s efforts to interdict dangerous substances and prohibited items at U.S. ports of entry and keep these materials from harming the American public. An important part of CBP’s mission is preventing foreign countries from...

DHS OIG this investigation in response to a complaint made by a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Coast Guard, stationed at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, alleging that: (1) Complainant received a negative Officer Evaluation Report (OER) after making discrimination...

We conducted this investigation in response to allegations that - (Complainant), a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer at the Detroit Port of Entry, received a letter of reprimand (LOR) prompted by his supervisor, (Supervisor #1), in reprisal for Complainant's attempt to report perceived...