Woman Pleads Guilty to $77,000 FEMA Fraud in Connection with the Paradise Camp Fire
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What to Report to the OIG Hotline
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) Hotline is a resource for Federal employees and the public to report allegations of employee corruption, civil rights and civil liberties abuses, program fraud and financial crimes, and miscellaneous criminal and non-criminal activity associated with waste, abuse or fraud affecting the programs and operations of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
An individual may also report to the DHS OIG Hotline any information that an employee, former employee, applicant, or contractor reasonably believes is evidence of any of the following:
Violation of any law, rule or regulation;
Gross mismanagement;
Gross waste of funds;
Abuse of authority; or
Substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
DHS employees and contractors may also contact the DHS OIG Hotline if an adverse personnel action has been taken, or threatened against them, in retaliation or reprisal for a protected disclosure that was made prior to the adverse personnel action.
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The following matters are not generally investigated by DHS OIG:
911 emergencies
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To report undocumented immigrants, employers who hire undocumented immigrants or immigration irregularities or violations (not involving DHS employees) please call the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE to report suspicious activity. For more information click here: http://www.ICE.gov
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To determine the status of immigration matters or seek assistance in the immigration process, please contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.For more information, click here: https://www.uscis.gov
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Dominican National Sentenced for Social Security Misuse and Making False Statement
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Investigative Press Release
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Butte County Women Pleads Guilty to FEMA Fraud in Connection with the Paradise Camp Fire
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Investigative Press Release
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Investigative Press Release
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ICE’s Management of COVID-19 in Its Detention Facilities Provides Lessons Learned for Future Pandemic Responses
2021
OIG-21-58
Inspection / Evaluation
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
Pandemic
ICE has taken various actions to prevent the pandemic’s spread among detainees and staff at their detention facilities. At the nine facilities we remotely inspected, these measures included maintaining adequate supplies of PPE such as face masks, enhanced cleaning, and proper screening for new...
ICE's Oversight of the Capgemini Contract Needs Improvement
2021
OIG-21-57
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
Although ICE had controls in place that required Capgemini Government Solutions, LLC to provide qualified labor, ICE did not properly construct or monitor the contract. This occurred because ICE awarded a firm-fixed-price contract but required a labor-hour performance measurement to monitor and...
USCIS Needs to Improve Its Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Process
2021
OIG-21-56
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
We identified deficiencies in E-Verify’s processes for confirming identity during employment verification. E-Verify’s photo matching process is not fully automated, but rather, relies on employers to confirm individuals’ identities by manually reviewing photos. We attribute these deficiencies to...
Evaluation of DHS' Compliance with Federal Information Security Modernization Act Requirements for Intelligence Systems for Fiscal Year 2020 - Secret
2021
OIG-21-55
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
Since our FY 2020 evaluation, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has continued to provide effective oversight of the department-wide intelligence system and has implemented programs to monitor ongoing security practices. We determined that DHS' information security program for Top Secret...
FEMA Prematurely Obligated $478 Million in Public Assistance Funds from FY 2017 through FY 2019
2021
OIG-21-54
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
FEMA did not use its SFM initiative to ensure that Public Assistance (PA) funds were obligated in accordance with Federal, Department, and component requirements. Specifically, FEMA obligated PA funds for 83 projects from fiscal years 2017 through 2019 that we reviewed, even though the subrecipients...