Department of Homeland Security

OIG identified four overarching challenges - transparency, accountability, efficiency, and sustainability - that reflect vulnerabilities affecting a broad spectrum of the Department’s programs, operations, and responsibilities. These challenges may hinder its ability to advance essential missions...

During fiscal years 2018 through 2022, we issued 61 reports and 178 recommendations for improving conditions at the Southwest border. As of August 17, 2023, 144 recommendations were closed, 31 recommendations were resolved and open, and 3 recommendations remained unresolved.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) had extensive products and services to manage risks and mitigate cybersecurity threats to critical water and wastewater infrastructure and increase its resiliency. However, CISA did not consistently collaborate with the Environmental...

The United States Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center (NMC) struggled to approve merchant mariner training offered by NMCapproved third-party training providers in a timely manner, and it routinely extended merchant mariner training courses and programs past their 5-year regulatory approval...

In May 2023, we conducted unannounced inspections of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in the San Diego area, specifically four U.S. Border Patrol facilities and one Office of Field Operations (OFO) port of entry (POE). At the time of our inspection, Border Patrol and OFO held 1...

The attached report presents the results of an integrated audit of the Department of Homeland Security’s consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2023 and 2022 and internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2023. This audit is required by the Chief Financial Officers Act...

During our ongoing audit to determine the extent to which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) manages and secures its mobile devices, we identified thousands of mobile applications installed by ICE employees, contractors, and other DHS agency 1 employees on ICEmanaged mobile devices...

In November 2022, we conducted unannounced inspections of six U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in the Miami area, specifically two Border Patrol stations and four Office of Field Operations ports of entry. Our inspections found the CBP facilities generally met the National...

During our limited-scope, unannounced inspection of Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center (Mesa Verde) in Bakersfield, California, we found that the facility complied with standards for the voluntary work program, facility conditions, and grievances. However, the facility did not accurately report or...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not fully implement the requirements of the Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act. Specifically, CBP did not: • issue a component-wide policy to safely handle potential synthetic opioids; • make naloxone available or readily accessible to...