Ongoing Projects
New | Title Sort descending | Project Objective | DHS Component | Mission Area |
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Older than 30 days | Assessment of CBP's Lost Revenue from Expired Statute of Limitations | To determine to what extent CBP has lost revenue from expired statute of limitations. |
CBP | Preserve and Uphold the Nation’s Prosperity and Economic Security |
Older than 30 days | Audit of CBP Mobile Device Management and Security | To determine the extent to which CBP manages and secures its mobile devices. |
CBP, DHS | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure |
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 Technology for Sharing Emerging Domestic Terrorism Threats | To determine whether DHS has adequate technology to identify and share actionable information on emerging domestic terror threats with its external partners. |
Other | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats |
Older than 30 days | 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 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 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 DHS Strategic Guidance | Summarize outdated and expired DHS and component strategic guidance, as identified in prior DHS OIG and GAO reports, determine the reasons the guidance is outdated and expired, and discuss potential effects on IIJA spending |
CISA, DHS, FEMA | Preserve and Uphold the Nation’s Prosperity and Economic Security |
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 | Capping Report of DHS Access Controls | To provide DHS a summary of the access control best practices and deficiencies identified during OIG's three recent audits of USCIS, FEMA, and ICE. |
DHS | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure |
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 Facility Condition Assessments | To determine the extent that CBP conducts and manages assessments of owned and leased facilities for safe and economical use of its real property. |
CBP, DHS | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure |
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 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 Assessment of Operating Costs at Land Ports of Entry | Determine the extent U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) assesses operations at land ports of entry to identify and realize cost savings. |
CBP | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches |
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 Management of Items Seized for Intellectual Property Rights Violation | Determine to what extent CBP has controls to track, store, dispose of, and report on items seized for Intellectual Property Rights violations. |
CBP | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats |
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 | Coast Guard's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding | To determine to what extent Coast Guard planned, prioritized, and managed its $429 million of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Procurement, Construction, and Improvement Act funding. |
Coast Guard | Preserve and Uphold the Nation’s Prosperity and Economic Security |
Older than 30 days | Cybersecurity System Review of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Selected High Value Asset | Determine whether ICE has implemented security controls to protect sensitive information on its selected High Value Asset systems. |
ICE | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure |
Older than 30 days | Detention and Removal of Inadmissible Travelers at the Las Vegas International Airport | Assess whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have an effective process for detaining and removing inadmissible travelers arriving at the Las Vegas International Airport (LAS). |
CBP, ICE | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches |
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 |
New | DHS Contracts and Grants Awarded by means than Other Than Full and Open Competition FY 2023 | To determine to what extent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) complied with applicable laws and regulations when awarding grants and contracts by means other than full and open competition (OTFOC) during fiscal year (FY) 2023. |
DHS | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department |
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 | |
New | DHS Procurement of a Department-Wide Learning Management System | To determine to what extent DHS defined and tested requirements in accordance with federal and department policy prior to procuring a learning management system to support its training needs. |
DHS | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience |
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' 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 |
New | DHS' Enhanced Personnel Security Program | Determine the extent to which DHS has implemented a fair and effective enhanced personnel security program in accordance with the Director of National Intelligence's performance measures and standards. |
DHS | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department |
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 |
Older than 30 days | 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 CBP Infrastructure Investment Funding for Land Ports of Entry | Evaluate CBP's planning and budgetary processes for funding to improve CBP LPOEs appropriated by the IIJA of 2021. |
CBP | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches |
Older than 30 days | Evaluation of CBP's Implementation of CBP One for Southwest Border Asylum Seekers | Assess whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) adequately planned to process Southwest border asylum seekers with the CBP One application. |
CBP | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches |
New | Evaluation of CBP's Implementation of CBP One for Southwest Border Asylum Seekers | Assess whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) adequately planned to process Southwest border asylum seekers with the CBP One application. |
CBP | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches |
Older than 30 days | Evaluation of CISA's Infrastructure Spending to Improve Coordination and Collaboration with Stakeholders on Regional Critical Infrastructure Efforts | Assess the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) process to ensure its Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act (IIJA) funding will increase its effectiveness in coordinating and collaborating with stakeholders on regional critical infrastructure efforts. |
CISA | 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 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 Administration of the Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) | To determine whether costs reimbursed by FEMA's Port Security Grant Program were allowable and paid in accordance with relevant laws and policies, and to determine what extent FEMA's administration of the program strengthens the security and resiliency of the nation's ports against emerging threats. |
FEMA | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats |
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 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 Enrollment into the Alternative to Detention (ATD) Program | To determine whether ICE's Risk Classification Analysis process is effective in enrolling migrants into its Alternative to Detention programs. |
ICE | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches |
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 | Review of DHS Preparations for the End of Title 42 and their Impact on Conditions of Detention in CBP Holding Facilities | Determine whether DHS adequately prepared for the end of Title 42, particularly regarding CBP's ability to meet the National Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search (TEDS) and other relevant policies and guidance for conditions of detention. |
CBP, DHS | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches |
Older than 30 days | Review of DHS' Implementation of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 for Calendar Years 2021 and 2022 | Assess DHS' progress in meeting cybersecurity information requirements, pursuant to Section 107 of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. |
CISA | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats |
New | Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Fiscal Year 2023 Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds | Review DHS Components' CBP assertions made in the Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds and Budget Formulation Compliance Report submitted to ONDCP and provide a conclusion about the reliability of each assertion. The Office of Inspector General is required to conduct a review of the report and provide a conclusion about the reliability of each assertion made in the report. |
CBP | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department |
New | Review of U.S. Federal Law Enforcement training Centers' Fiscal Year 2023 Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds | Review DHS Components' (FLETC) assertions made in the Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds and Budget Formulation Compliance Report submitted to ONDCP and provide a conclusion about the reliability of each assertion. The Office of Inspector General is required to conduct a review of the report and provide a conclusion about the reliability of each assertion made in the report. |
FLETC | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department |
New | Review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Fiscal Year 2023 Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds | Review DHS Components' ICE assertions made in the Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds and Budget Formulation Compliance Report submitted to ONDCP and provide a conclusion about the reliability of each assertion. |
ICE | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department |
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 | State and Tribal Administration of FEMA Direct Housing Assistance |
To evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of FEMA's direct housing assistance grant program. |
FEMA | Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience |
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 | TSA FAMS Border Deployments | Determine operational impacts and costs associated with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) diverting Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) staff to support southern border security. |
CBP, TSA | Champion the DHS Workforce and Strengthen the Department |
Older than 30 days | TSA's Updated Progress in Implementing 9/11 Act and TSA Modernization Act Requirements | To determine TSA's updated progress in implementing 9/11 Act and TSA Modernization Act requirements since the DHS OIG first reported on these efforts in September 2021. |
TSA | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats |
New | TSA's Vetting and Sharing of Aviation Worker Information | Determine whether TSA screens aviation workers to prevent threats and shares derogatory information with appropriate law enforcement, as required by federal law. |
TSA | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats |
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 |
Older than 30 days | 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 Efforts to Identify and Prevent Small Vessel Drug Smuggling | To determine to what extent the U.S. Coast Guard identifies and prevents small vessels from smuggling drugs into the United States. |
Coast Guard | Counter Terrorism and Homeland Threats |
New | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acquisition and Management of Detention Space | Determine to what extent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acquired and managed detention space contracts and agreements in accordance with federal and Department requirements. |
ICE | Strengthen U.S. Borders and Approaches |
Older than 30 days | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Oversight of its Electronic Health Record System | Determine to what extent Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Electronic Health Record system addresses capability needs for transfer and access of medical records. |
ICE | Secure Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure |
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 |