Federal Reports

Using a risk-based, tiered approach in developing this work plan to best focus our limited resources, AIE will initiate work in nine focus areas in 2023-2024, including oversight of IIJA, IRA and other supplemental funding provided to the DOI.

We reviewed the deaths of five individuals in custody reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the deaths of five individuals in custody reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in fiscal year 2021. We found that no underlying systemic factors, policies, or processes played a role in the deaths of 9 of these 10 individuals and that both components reported their deaths to the Office of Inspector General as required. We were unable to evaluate the remaining individual’s death due to an ongoing criminal investigation

During our unannounced inspection of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Port Isabel Service Processing Center (Port Isabel) in Los Fresnos, Texas, we found that Port Isabel complied with standards for the voluntary work program, access to legal services, and medical care for detainees.

Williams, Adley & Company – DC, LLP (Williams Adley), under contract with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, issued an Independent Accountant’s Report on U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) Detailed Accounting Report. USCG management prepared the Table of FY 2022 Drug Control Obligations and related assertions to comply with the requirements of the ONDCP Circular, National Drug Control Program Agency Compliance Reviews, dated September 9, 2021.

We contracted with the independent public accounting firm Williams, Adley & Company – DC, LLP (Williams Adley) to review USCG’s Drug Control Budget Formulation Compliance Report. Williams Adley is responsible for the attached Independent Accountant’s Report, dated January 20, 2023, and the conclusions expressed in it. Williams Adley’s report contains no recommendations