Department of Homeland Security

We determined that the Federal Air Marshall Services’ (FAMS) could not demonstrate the extent its ground-based activities’ contributed to the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) mission. FAMS lacked performance measures for most ground-based activities and could not provide a budget...

We determined that the Federal Air Marshall Services’ (FAMS) could not demonstrate the extent its ground-based activities’ contributed to the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) mission. FAMS lacked performance measures for most ground-based activities and could not provide a budget...

We determined that although U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had controls over its polygraph examination process, a key control over its review and approval process was not always operating as intended. Specifically, in a small number of cases, the polygraph quality control program may not...

Since FY 2014, DHS improved conference spending reporting and implemented policies and procedures to ensure proper oversight and accurate and timely reporting. However, we found instances where DHS did not comply with annual conference reporting requirements. The Department failed to report two...

We determined that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses two types of inspections to examine detention facilities in more than 200 detention facilities, yet, neither the inspections nor the onsite monitoring ensure consistent compliance with detention standards, nor do they promote...

The audits, inspections, and investigations we conducted during this reporting period will improve treatment and care of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at detention facilities; make progress toward implementing controls to regulate access to the Department of Homeland Security...

: In July 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported that it awarded 252 projects under the Public Assistance alternative procedures pilot program valued at $11.9 billion, with just 26 of those projects (10.32 percent) closed. During our fieldwork, we gained access to FEMA’s grant...

o We determined that that some Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) senior managers, including former Director Connie Patrick, failed to exercise the judgment, stewardship, and leadership expected of DHS senior officials. We recommended that FLETC complete its development of a nepotism...

Cache County, Utah estimated that it had sustained $2.7 million in damages from severe storms and flooding in February 2017. We conducted the audit early in the grant process to identify areas in which the County may need additional technical assistance and monitoring to ensure compliance with...

We determined that Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority officials, through its main engineering contractor, presented incorrect data and misinformed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in obtaining a Federal grant of more than $33 million for its pipeline replacement and...