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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...