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Management Alert - CBP Needs to Address Serious Performance Issues on the Accenture Hiring Contract

2019
OIG-19-13
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

We issued this alert because, during our audit, we identified serious performance issues with U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) contract with Accenture. Accenture has yet to demonstrate the efficient, innovative, and expertly run hiring process described in its initial Performance Work...

FEMA Should Recover $3,061,819 in Grant Funds Awarded to Jackson County, Florida

2019
OIG-19-12
Disaster Recovery Report
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

The County received about $28.1 million in Public Assistance grant awards from Florida — a FEMA grantee — for damages from severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding in April and May 2014. Jackson County was the first subgrantee in Florida to be approved for a grant award obligation...

CBP Did Not Maximize its Revenue Collection Efforts for Delinquent Debt Owed from Importers

2019
OIG-19-11
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

We determined that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) failed to ensure the timely collection, write-off, and processing of delinquent debt from importers during fiscal years 2014–16. Instead, CBP settled for collecting funds from importer surety bonds, which yielded less than 1 percent of the...

CBP's Searches of Electronic Devices at Ports of Entry

2019
OIG-19-10
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA) requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish standard operating procedures (SOP) for searching, reviewing, retaining, and sharing information in communication, electronic, or digital devices at U.S. ports of entry. We...

FEMA Should Recover $413,074 of Public Assistance Grant Funds Awarded to Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee, for a May 2010 Flood

2019
OIG-19-09
Disaster Recovery Report
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (Tennessee) did not ensure Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee (County) always accounted for and expended grant funds according to Federal regulations and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guidelines. The County received a net grant award of $70.3...

FEMA Should Disallow $22.3 Million in Grant Funds Awarded to the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, Montana

2019
OIG-19-06
Disaster Recovery Report
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

FEMA awarded the Chippewa Cree Tribe a $32.4 million Public Assistance Program grant for damages from a June 2010 flood disaster. The award provided 100 percent Federal funding to replace the Tribe’s severely damaged health clinic. The Tribe failed to manage a $32.4 million Public Assistance Program...

Semiannual Report to the Congress April 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018

2018
Semiannual Report
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

Our newly released Semiannual Report to the Congress (SAR) highlights the audit, inspection, and investigative activities we have undertaken during the second half of Fiscal Year 2018.In the six month reporting period, April 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018, we issued 30 reports, including management...

DHS Training Needs for Hiring 15,000 Border Patrol Agents and Immigration Officers

2019
OIG-19-07
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

On January 25, 2017, the President issued two Executive Orders directing the Department of Homeland Security to hire an additional 15,000 law enforcement officers. We conducted this audit to determine whether the Department and its components — specifically FLETC, USBP, and ICE — have the training...

FEMA's Oversight of the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS)

2019
OIG-19-08
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

Following the January 13, 2018, false missile alert in Hawaii, Congress requested we examine the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) role in the incident. We concluded that FEMA has limited responsibility for the sending and canceling of state and local alerts. Following the Hawaii false...

FEMA Should Disallow $9.1 Million in Public Assistance Grant Funds Awarded to Ascension Parish School Board, Louisiana

2019
OIG-19-05
Disaster Recovery Report
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

We conducted this audit to determine whether the Ascension Parish School Board (Board) accounted for and expended Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant funds according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. The Board sustained an estimated $90.6 million in damages caused by severe...

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