Federal Reports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) does not have a comprehensive strategy for meeting its LS-NII scanning needs at all CBP locations. Instead, CBP used multiple plans, such as its Multi-Year Investment and Management Plan, and individual acquisition plans for each type of LS-NII equipment it may purchase. At times, these acquisition plans contained conflicting information and did not align with the program’s approved life-cycle cost estimate. We made three recommendations to improve CBP’s acquisition planning for LS-NII needs and ensure effective investments for its non-intrusive inspection program. We recommended the DHS Under Secretary for Management require the acquisition program office to develop an approved strategy that aligns its NII key acquisition documents with CBP’s evolving investments in critical LS-NII equipment. In addition, the CBP Component Acquisition Executive should implement procedures to ensure better alignment and tracking of reliable LS-NII data, and ensure an NII strategy encompasses an approved Acquisition Program Baseline that includes key performance baselines for all critical LS-NII equipment. The Department did not concur with one recommendation but concurred with two of our three recommendations.

DHS’ information security program was not effective for Fiscal Year 2019 because the Department earned a maturity rating of “Ad Hoc” (Level 1) in three of five functions, compared to last year’s higher overall rating of “Managed and Measurable” (Level 4). We attributed DHS’ regression in managing its information security program to its recent decision to permit the Coast Guard to submit its cybersecurity and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) reports to the Department of Defense rather than to DHS. This decision adversely affects Department senior leadership’s ability to make informed and risk-based decisions on essential cybersecurity activities such as risk management, weakness remediation, system inventory, incident reporting, and continuous monitoring. We made five recommendations. The Department concurred with all five recommendations.

On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). To date the CARES Act has provided the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) with $909.7 million, which includes direct apportionments of $756 million to support the needs of DOI programs, bureaus, Indian Country, and the Insular Areas, and a $153.7 million transfer from the U.S. Department of Education to the BIE.This report presents the DOI’s progress as of August 31, 2020, in spending CARES Act appropriations. Specifically, the DOI’s expenditures to date total $526,662,366, and its obligations total $624,399,884.We are also monitoring the DOI’s progress on reporting milestones established by the CARES Act and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.We anticipate issuing updated status reports monthly.

Final FY 2020 OIG Management Challenges Report 09282020

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements

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The objective of this interim review is to provide RRB management with information that will assist them in ensuring compliance, transparency, and fiscal accountability under the CARES Act.