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Ongoing Projects
New | Title Sort descending | Project Objective | DHS Component | Mission Area | |
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Older than 30 days | Audit of Access Controls at FEMA | To determine the extent to which FEMA is applying information technology access controls to restrict unnecessary access to systems and information. |
FEMA | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of Access Controls at Immigration and Customs Enforcement | To determine the extent to which ICE is applying information technology access controls to restrict unnecessary access to systems and information. |
ICE | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of DHS Bankcard Program Cardholder Spending Limits | To determine to what extent DHS components implemented internal controls for ensuring Bankcard Program spending limits are established based on procurement needs. |
DHS | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of DHS Grants and Contracts Awarded by Any Means Other Than Full and Open Competition during Fiscal Year 2022 | To evaluate the DHS' report listing all non-competitive grants and other than full and open competition contracts awarded in FY 2022 to assess Department compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and departmental procedures. |
DHS | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of DHS Grants and Contracts Awarded by Any Means Other Than Full and Open Competition during Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021 | To evaluate the DHS' report listing all non-competitive grants and other than full and open competition contracts awarded in FYs 2020 and 2021 to assess Department compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and departmental procedures. |
DHS | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of DHS Mobile Device Management and Security | To determine the extent to which DHS and select components manage and secure mobile devices. |
DHS | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
New | Audit of DHS' FY 23 Financial Statements and Internal Control - Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, Section 304 | The purpose of this mandated financial audit is to conduct an integrated audit of DHS' consolidated financial statements for the year ending September 30, 2023, and 2022 and internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2023. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-136 requires the audit reports to be submitted as part of the Agency Financial Report (AFR), which is due on November 15th of the fiscal year following the fiscal year that is being reported. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or Department) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has contracted the services of an Independent Public Accounting (IPA) firm to serve as the principle auditor of the Department's consolidated financial statements. As the principal auditor, the contractor will perform the audit of the consolidated financial statements and perform procedures on the supplemental and other accompanying information included in the Agency Financial Report (AFR) as of and for the fiscal year (FY) ended September 30, 2023, in accordance with Government Auditing Standards (GAS) issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, and subsequent revisions, and OMB Bullentin 22-01, Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements. The contractor shall also follow the GAO/PCIE Financial Audit Manual (FAM), and Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM). |
DHS | Preserve and Uphold the Nation’s Prosperity and Economic Security | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of DHS' Technology, Procedures, and Coordination to Screen and Vet Non-Citizens Entering or Resettling in the United States | To determine the effectiveness of DHS' technology, procedures, and coordination to screen and vet non-citizens entering or resettling in the United States. |
CBP, USCIS | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of FEMA's Presidential Residence Protection Assistance Grant for Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020 | To determine whether Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ensured state and local law enforcement agencies accounted for and expended FEMA's grant for protection of the President's non-governmental residences according to Federal regulations and FEMA policies, and the U.S. Secret Service (Secret Service) guidelines. |
FEMA | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of FEMA's Technological Hazards Division (THD) | To determine the extent that FEMA's Technological Hazards Division (THD) ensures state, local, and tribal governments are prepared to respond to incidents related to radiological and chemical hazards. |
FEMA | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
New | Audit of ICE Mobile Device Management and Security | To determine the extent to which ICE manages and secures its mobile devices. |
ICE | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of ICE's Process for Detainee Surgical Procedures | To determine the extent to which ICE processes and authorizes surgical procedures for detainees. |
ICE | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency's (CISA) Vulnerability Disclosure Bugcrowd Platform | Determine the extent to which CISA has implemented appropriate management and oversight of the Bugcrowd platform used for vulnerability disclosure policies (VDP). |
CISA | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
New | Audit of TSA's Emergency Security Directives in 2021 | To determine if TSA's emergency security directives issued in 2021 addressed the known cyber threats and stakeholder concerns, and strengthened pipeline cybersecurity. |
CISA, TSA | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | Audit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Oversight and Management of its Transportation Services Contracts | To determine to what extent ICE implemented controls to ensure its transportation services contractors adhere to the terms of the their contracts, and whether ICE complied with Federal, departmental, and component procurement guidance and policy requirements for monitoring and overseeing the contracts. |
ICE | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | Capping report for FY2018 - FY2022: DHS Challenges on the Southwest Border | Summarize the results of prior DHS OIG reports of management challenges on the southwest border, identify systemic issues and management's corrective actions. |
CBP, ICE, USCIS | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | CBP and ICE Resource Allocations and Succession Planning at the Southwest Border | This audit would determine whether CBP and ICE are properly managing law enforcement staffing resources to accomplish its mission at the Southwest border. The team will also determine CBP and ICE's turnover rates and whether they have succession planning for leaving and retiring officers. |
CBP, ICE | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
Older than 30 days | CBP Firearms and Ammunition Accountability | Determine if U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) established effective internal controls for ensuring accountability of firearms and ammunition. |
CBP | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department | |
Older than 30 days | CBP International Mail Enforcement | To determine the extent that CBP targets and interdicts inadmissible international mail entering the United States through International Mail Facilities. |
CBP | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | CBP Outbound Inspections at Land Ports of Entry | To determine the extent U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses outbound inspections to prevent the illegal exportation of currency, firearms, explosives, ammunition, and narcotics at land ports of entry. |
CBP | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | CBP's Efforts to Protect its Workforce Against Potential Synthetic Opioid Exposure | To determine whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection complied with the requirements of the Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act. |
CBP | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
Older than 30 days | CBP's Facilities Planning Along the Southwest Border | To determine to what extent CBP assessed and planned its needs for temporary and permanent facilities along the Southwest border. |
CBP | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | CBP's Use of Closed Circuit Television Video Cameras and Microphones at Land Ports of Entry | To determine the extent CBP is using closed circuit television video cameras and microphones at land ports of entry to ensure the safety of the public, employees, and property. |
CBP | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
CBP, ICE, TSA, and Secret Service Handling of Employee Allegations of Sexual Harassment and Workplace Sexual Misconduct | Determine whether CBP, ICE, TSA, and USSS appropriately report, investigate, and adjudicate employee allegations of sexual harassment and workplace sexual misconduct. |
CBP, ICE, Secret Service, TSA | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department | ||
Older than 30 days | Cybersecurity System Review of The U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Selected High Value Asset | Determine whether CBP has implemented effective technical controls to protect sensitive information on its selected High Value Asset systems. |
CBP | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | Cybersecurity System Review of TSA's Selected High Value Assets | Determine whether TSA has implemented effective technical controls to protect its sensitive information stored and processed by its selected High Value Assets system. |
TSA | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | Department of Homeland Security's FY 2022 Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) | To determine to what extent DHS complied with the PIIA. |
DHS | Preserve and Uphold the Nation’s Prosperity and Economic Security | |
Older than 30 days | DHS / NSA Joint Evaluation of Cyber Intrusion Prevention Efforts | To assess the actions taken by DHS in advance of, and in connection with, recent intrusions into U.S. Government and private networks |
CISA | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | DHS Cyber Intrusion Detection & Mitigation Efforts | Determine CISA's ability to detect and mitigate risks from major cyberattacks based on lesson's learned after the SolarWinds breach. |
CISA | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | DHS Law Enforcement Preparation for and Response to the January 6, 2021 Events at the U.S. Capitol | Evaluate DHS law enforcement components' preparation for and response to the events at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021. |
DHS | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | DHS Policies for Migrants Traveling on Domestic Flights Without Identification | To determine the extent to which TSA ensures migrants traveling on domestic flights provide proof of identification consistent with all other domestic travelers. We will also determine whether CBP and ICE policies and procedures are adequated to confirm an individual's identity for the documents TSA accepts for domestic travel. |
Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | ||
Older than 30 days | DHS Preparations to Provide Long-Term Legal Status to Paroled Afghan Evacuees | Assess DHS preparations to receive and expedite requests from Afghan evacuees for long term legal status. |
CBP, USCIS | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department | |
Older than 30 days | DHS Tracking of OAW Population with Potential Derogatory Records | Assess DHS' identification and resolution for OAW members with potentially derogatory records. |
DHS | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | DHS Tracking of OAW Population with Potential Derogatory Records | Assess DHS' identification and resolution for OAW members with potentially derogatory records. |
CBP | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | DHS Use of Cellular Site Simulators | Our objective is to determine whether DHS and its components have developed, updated, and adhered to policies related to the use of cellular site simulators. |
DHS | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | DHS' Coordinated Efforts to Protect, Strengthen, and Maintain Critical Water and Wastewater Infrastructure | To determine the extent of DHS's coordinated efforts to manage risks and mitigate against cybersecurity threats to critical water and wastewater infrastructure while seeking opportunities and capabilities to increase the infrastructure's resiliency. |
DHS | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | DHS' Identification of Import Commodities at High Risk for Trade Based Money Laundering | Determine to what extent ICE and CBP identify and combat import commodities at high risk for trade-based money laundering. |
CBP, ICE | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | DHS' Screening and Arrest of a Suspected Terrorist | Review U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) screening and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) arrest of a suspected terrorist released into the United States. |
CBP, ICE | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | DHS' Tracking of Addresses for Migrants Released into the U.S. | To determine the extent to which DHS accurately and effectively tracks migrant's post release addresses in the U.S. |
CBP, ICE | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | DHS' Use of Commercial Telemetry Data | Our objective is to determine whether DHS and its components have developed, updated, and adhered to policies related to the use of commercial telemetry data. |
DHS | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | DHS's Acquisition Management Strategy for Biometric Capability Needs | To determine to what extent DHS has an overall management strategy in place to acquire and deploy a biometric solution that meets Departmental needs. |
DHS | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | Disaster Public Assistance (PA) Grant Funds Awarded to Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, AL) for Damages Incurred from the Alabama Storms and Tornadoes (FEMA Disaster Number DR-4362-AL) | To determine whether the subrecipient accounted for and expended FEMA grant funds according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines for FEMA Disaster Number DR-4362-AL. |
FEMA | Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience to Disasters | |
New | Disaster Public Assistance (PA) Grant Funds Awarded to Kentucky for Damages Incurred from Three Weather-Related Events in Fiscal Year 2022 | Determine the effectiveness of FEMA's process for evaluating single site damages from multiple KY weather-related events in FY22. |
FEMA | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
Older than 30 days | Evaluation of DHS' Compliance with Federal Information Security Modernization Act Requirements for Intelligence Systems for Fiscal Year 2022 | To determine the Department's effectiveness in managing its intelligence information program and information technology systems for FY 2022. |
Other | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | Evaluation of DHS' Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2022 | Determine whether DHS' information security program and practices are adequate and effective in protecting DHS' operations and assets for FY 2022. |
DHS | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | Evaluation of the United States Coast Guard (Coast Guard) National Maritime Center's (NMC) approvals and audits of merchant mariner training programs and courses | Determine if the Coast Guard NMC oversight program complies with the standards and regulation requirements for the audit and approval of training courses and programs for merchant mariners. |
Coast Guard | Preserve and Uphold the Nation’s Prosperity and Economic Security | |
Older than 30 days | FEMA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Funding for Emergency Protective Measures | To determine if FEMA ensured COVID-19 Public Assistance funds for emergency protective measures reached intended recipients and subrecipients and if the funds were used in accordance with federal requirements. |
FEMA | Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience to Disasters | |
Older than 30 days | FEMA Funeral Assistance for COVID-19 | To determine how effective FEMA's policies, procedures, and internal controls are in providing proper oversight of its funeral assistance program for COVID-19. |
FEMA | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
New | FEMA Grant to Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Supporting Hurricane Maria | Determine to what extent FEMA ensures Puerto Rico manages public assistance grant funds for its electrical power grid according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. |
FEMA | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | FEMA's award of ARPA Humanitarian Relief Funding | To determine whether FEMA awarded funding provided in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in accordance with Federal laws and regulations. |
FEMA | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | FEMA's Closeout of Declared Disasters | To determine to what extent FEMA manages closeout of declared disasters in accordance with Federal regulations and FEMA program requirements. |
FEMA | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
Older than 30 days | FEMA's Federal Medical Supply Chain in Response to COVID-19 | To determine to what extent FEMA managed and distributed medical supplies and equipment in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. |
FEMA | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
Older than 30 days | FEMA's Medical Supply Chain in Response to COVID-19 | To determine to what extent FEMA managed and distributed medical supplies and equipment in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. |
FEMA | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
Older than 30 days | FEMA's Non-Congregate Sheltering Policy During Disaster Events in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic | To determine adequacy and effectiveness of FEMA's Non-Congregate Sheltering policy |
FEMA | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
Older than 30 days | FEMA’s Use of Premium Pay During Disaster Response and Steady State Operation | To determine whether FEMA complied with laws and regulations for premium pay to employees responding to disasters in 2021 and 2022. |
FEMA | Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience to Disasters | |
Older than 30 days | FY 2023 Unannounced Inspections of ICE Adult Detention Facilities | Determine whether ICE detention facilities are complying with select standards outlined in ICE's Performance-Based National Detention Standards. |
ICE | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | Gender Equity among CBP Law Enforcement | To evaluate the extent of gender equity among CBP's law enforcement population, including in recruitment, hiring processes, promotions, awards, and training. |
CBP | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department | |
Older than 30 days | ICE's Efforts to Combat Transnational Criminal Organizations | To determine the extent to which ICE investigates and combats transnational criminal organizations |
ICE | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | Inadequate Prenatal Care and Staffing Deficiencies at ICE IHSC-run facilities | - Evaluate compliance with existing requirements for reporting, timely intake medical assessments, and access to offsite obstetric-gynecological care, for pregnant detainees at IHSC-run facilities. |
ICE | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | Joint DoD/DHS Audit of the of U.S. Coast Guard's Compliance with Cybersecurity Controls for DoD Information Network Systems | To determine whether the Coast Guard is in compliance with controls to protect Coast Guard systems and networks used and operated on the DoD Information Network (DODIN) in accordance with Federal and applicable agency cybersecurity requirements. |
Coast Guard | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | Project Airbridge | To determine to what extent FEMA provided oversight of Project Air Bridge and ensured its commercial partners distributed medical supplies to prioritized healthcare facilities in designated locations |
FEMA | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
Older than 30 days | Review of FY 2021 Deaths in Custody - CBP and ICE | To review the circumstances related to each death that occurs in CBP and ICE custody during FY 2021 to determine if systemic factors, policies, or processes have played a role in deaths of individuals in custody. |
CBP, ICE | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | Review of the U.S. Coast Guard's use of its Streamlined Inspection Program | To determine to what extent the U.S. Coast Guard's use of its Streamlined Inspection Program (SIP) ensures enrolled vessels are compliant with the Code of Federal Regulations. |
Coast Guard | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
Older than 30 days | Science and Technology Efforts To Protect Critical Infrastructure | To determine how well Science and Technology (S&T) has managed research, development, testing, and evaluation activities aimed at improving critical infrastructure security and resilience. |
Other | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Single Audit Act Reviews | Review nonfederal auditors’ work for compliance with OMB Circular A-133 requirements. | DHS | Promoting Management Stewardship | ||
Spot Inspections of the ICE Adult Detention Facilities | Conduct unannounced spot inspections of ICE detention facilities to monitor compliance with health, safety, and civil rights standards outlined in ICE’s Performance-Based National Detention Standards. |
ICE | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | ||
Older than 30 days | The Department of Homeland Security Major Systems Acquisition Programs in Sustainment | To determine to what extent DHS and its Components analyze system performance of major acquisition programs in sustainment in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations and DHS acquisition policy and guidance. |
DHS | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience | |
Older than 30 days | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ongoing Backlog for Applications and Petitions | To determine the extent to which USCIS' has established processes to reduce immigration application and petition backlog. |
USCIS | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
New | U.S. Coast Guard Cybersecurity Efforts to Protect the U.S. Supply Chain | Determine the extent to which USCG implemented cybersecurity readiness and precautions at U.S. ports and on U.S. waterways to protect the U.S. supply chain. |
CISA, Coast Guard | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | |
Older than 30 days | U.S. Coast Guard's Offshore Patrol Cutter Program | To determine to what extent U.S. Coast Guard monitors contractor performance results associated with cost and schedule relief granted under Public Law 85-804 authority, for the Offshore Patrol Cutter Program. |
Coast Guard | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats | |
Older than 30 days | Unannounced Inspections of CBP Holding Facilities | Determine whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) complies with national standards for Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search (TEDS) and, when applicable, with other standards, policies, and directives related to conditions of detention for migrants. |
CBP | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches | |
Older than 30 days | USCG Identification and Disposal of Excess Personal Property |
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Coast Guard | Preserve and Uphold the Nation’s Prosperity and Economic Security | |
Older than 30 days | USSS Preparation for and Response to the Events of January 6, 2021 | Evaluate USSS’ preparation for and response to the events of January 6, 2021 |
Secret Service | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats |