Department of Homeland Security

In response to concerns raised by immigrant rights groups and complaints to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Hotline about conditions for detainees held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, we conducted unannounced inspections of five detention facilities to evaluate their...

Our objective was to quickly alert FEMA and its partners about attempts to profit from hurricane survivors seeking disaster assistance in Puerto Rico. FEMA must quickly take steps to stop those attempting to profit from survivors seeking disaster assistance through a fee for service that FEMA...

During our August 2017 site visit to the FLETC Artesia Training Center, we identified a potential safety issue at a warehouse, Building 13. The Border Patrol Academy had been using the warehouse to train new hires on search and conveyance. In 2009, a vehicle from an adjacent driving course struck...

During our August 2017 site visit to the FLETC Artesia Training Center, we identified a potential safety issue at a warehouse, Building 13. The Border Patrol Academy had been using the warehouse to train new hires on search and conveyance. In 2009, a vehicle from an adjacent driving course struck...

This is a Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General (OIG) special report on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and FEMA recipient and sub recipient disaster-related procurements. FEMA is currently responding to some of the most catastrophic disasters in U.S. history —...

We determined that the County has in place policies, procedures, and business practices to generally account for and expend FEMA Public Assistance grant funds according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. The County can account for disaster-related costs on a project-by-project basis and...

We determined that Osceola generally complied with Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines in accounting for and expending Federal (FEMA) grant funds. However, Osceola’s procurement procedures were not adequate to meet minimum Federal standards and to address the key procurement element of ensuring...

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intended to expand TSA PreCheck to 25 million air travelers at a rate of more than 5 million enrollments per year. We evaluated whether the current TSA PreCheck Application Program adjudication process will allow TSA to meet its enrollment goals. TSA did...

We determined that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) properly awarded the FCMP contracts and in most cases complied with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance during the acquisition process. Specifically, ICE promoted fair and open vendor competition during the family case...

The Omaha Tribe’s serious financial management weaknesses combined with inadequate and missing documentation resulted in unreliable financial records. As a result, we have little confidence that the transactions recorded in the accounting system actually occurred or that the tribe completed its FEMA...