COVID-19 Update

Consistent with CDC guidance, most Office of Inspector General employees are currently serving the American people remotely. We are determined to keep interruptions to our operations to a minimum, and we appreciate your patience during this time.

Information and guidance about COVID-19 is available at coronavirus.gov.

Management Alerts

These notifications are used by the OIG to inform senior DHS managers of conditions which pose an immediate and serious threat of waste, fraud and abuse in agency programs. These alerts, usually triggered by findings made in the course of our audit, inspections and investigative work, may also contain recommendations to correct the identified concerns.

Report Number Sort ascending	Title	Publish Date	Fiscal Year
OIG-23-06	Management Alert - CBP Needs to Provide Adequate Emergency Back-Up Power to its Video Surveillance Systems at the Blaine Area Ports to Ensure Secure and Safe Operations - Law Enforcement Sensitive - (REDACTED)	01/04/2023	2023
OIG-22-36	Management Alert - FEMA's COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Operating Procedures Are Inconsistent with Previous Interpretation of Long-Standing Regulations for Eligible Funeral Expenses	04/13/2022	2022
OIG-22-31	Management Alert - Immediate Removal of All Detainees from the Torrance County Detention Facility	03/16/2022	2022
OIG-22-28	Management Alert - Reporting Suspected Fraud of Lost Wages Assistance	02/28/2022	2022
OIG-21-67	Management Alert - The United States Coast Guard Discontinued the Use of Functional Firearms in DVD Simulation Training	09/27/2021	2021
OIG-21-05	Management Alert - FPS Did Not Properly Designate DHS Employees Deployed to Protect Federal Properties under 40 U.S.C. § 1315(b)(1)	11/02/2020	2021
OIG-20-70	Management Alert - CBP Needs to Award A Medical Services Contract Quickly to Ensure No Gap in Services	09/03/2020	2020
OIG-19-53	Management Alert - CBP Did Not Adequately Protect Employees from Possible Fentanyl Exposure	07/16/2019	2019
OIG-19-51	Management Alert - DHS Needs to Address Dangerous Overcrowding and Prolonged Detention of Children and Adults in the Rio Grande Valley	07/02/2019	2019
OIG-19-46	Management Alert - DHS Needs to Address Dangerous Overcrowding Among Single Adults at El Paso Del Norte Processing Center	05/30/2019	2019
OIG-19-32	Management Alert - FEMA Did Not Safeguard Disaster Survivors' Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (REDACTED)	03/15/2019	2019
OIG-19-13	Management Alert - CBP Needs to Address Serious Performance Issues on the Accenture Hiring Contract	12/06/2018	2019
OIG-19-03	Management Alert - Coast Guard Investigative Service Search and Seizure of DHS OIG and Congressional Communications	10/29/2018	2019
OIG-18-86	Management Alert - Issues Requiring Action at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, California	09/27/2018	2018
OIG-18-85	Management Alert - Observations of FEMA's Debris Monitoring Efforts for Hurricane Irma	09/27/2018	2018
OIG-18-54	Management Alert - Inadequate FEMA Progress in Addressing Open Recommendations from our 2015 Report, "FEMA Faces Challenges in Managing Information Technology" (OIG-16-10)	02/26/2018	2018
OIG-18-42	Management Alert - ICE's Training Model Needs Further Evaluation	01/25/2018	2018
OIG-18-33	Management Alert - FEMA Faces Significant Challenges Ensuring Recipients Properly Manage Disaster Funds	12/20/2017	2018
OIG-18-31	Management Alert - Safety Issue at FLETC Artesia Warehouse	12/08/2017	2018
OIG-18-30	Management Alert - FEMA Must Take Steps to Stop Those Attempting to Profit from Disaster Survivors Seeking Assistance in Puerto Rico	12/11/2017	2018

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