Federal Information Technology Contractor Agrees to Pay More Than $6 Million to Settle Federal False Claims Act Allegations of Overbilling
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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;
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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:
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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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Better Oversight and Planning are Needed to Improve FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program
2021
OIG-21-20
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
During the course of the audit, we determined that FEMA provided hotel rooms to about 90,000 households (nearly 227,000 survivors) after the 2017 California wildfires and Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. However, FEMA did not oversee and manage the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program...
CBP Needs to Improve the Oversight of its Canine Program to Better Train and Reinforce Canine Performance
2021
OIG-21-19
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
We determined that U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) training approach and execution do not fully support the canine teams’ mission to detect smuggling of illegal narcotics, agriculture products, and humans at and between ports of entry. In fiscal year 2019, CBP decided to realign its...
DHS Grants and Contracts Awarded through Other Than Full and Open Competition, FYs 2018 and 2019
2021
OIG-21-17
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
Based on our review of 45 judgmentally sampled awards (15 non-competitive grants and 30 other than full and open competition [OTFOC] contracts), we found DHS complied with applicable laws and regulations. DHS officials supported award decisions with the required planning, market research...
Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Stealing Government Benefits and Making False Statement
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date
Metairie Man Sentenced For Embezzling Over $7 Million and For Filing False Tax Returns
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date
Malden Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Social Security Benefits and Bank Embezzlement
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date
CEO Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Multiple Federal Agencies
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date
DHS Has Not Effectively Implemented the Prompt Asylum Pilot Programs
2021
OIG-21-16
Review
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
This report offers DHS OIG’s initial observations on the PACR and HARP programs based on our March 2020 visit to the El Paso, Texas area and analysis of data and information provided by CBP and USCIS headquarters. We determined that CBP rapidly implemented the pilot programs and expanded them...
DHS Privacy Office Needs to Improve Oversight of Department-wide Activities, Programs, and Initiatives
2021
OIG-21-06
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security
The DHS Privacy Office established a comprehensive framework to administer its privacy program. However, it does not yet have effective oversight to ensure consistent execution of its privacy program across DHS components. Specifically, the DHS Privacy Office has not established controls to ensure...