The United States is the single largest financial contributor to UN peacekeeping operations, contributing an estimated $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2018. However, in many cases these operations do not fully meet U.S. principles for effective peacekeeping, which include host country consent and an exit strategy. Keep Reading
The Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement has identified several fraud risks to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). These include risks associated with school owners and designated school officials who help ICE oversee students in the program. Keep Reading
As of December 2018, CBP reported that it had completed data collection as called for in the plan, and was analyzing results. CBP expects to issue internally an assessment report for the RSP and DAP based on this analysis in April 2019, and then on an annual basis. Keep Reading
The GAO report says that by assigning work roles that are inconsistent with the IT, cybersecurity, and cyber-related positions, the agencies are diminishing the reliability of the information they need to improve workforce planning. Keep Reading
Constant changes or vacancies in leadership positions and a lack of accountability are problems at the sprawling department, Dodaro says. Keep Reading
The risks to systems underpinning the nation’s critical infrastructure are increasing as security threats evolve and become more sophisticated. Since 2010, GAO has made over 3,000 recommendations to agencies aimed at addressing cybersecurity shortcomings. Although many recommendations have been addressed, about 700 have not yet been implemented. Keep Reading
A faulty security clearance process has the potential to become a national security threat. GAO says the government personnel security clearance process faces significant challenges related to processing clearances in a timely fashion, measuring investigation quality, and ensuring information technology security. Keep Reading
GAO found that CYBERCOM has taken a number of steps to develop its CMF teams. However, as of November 2018, many of the 133 CMF teams that initially reported achieving full operational capability no longer had the full complement of trained personnel, and therefore did not meet CYBERCOM's readiness standards. Keep Reading
The EPA has faced criticism for delaying work on chemicals like formaldehyde, which is listed as a probable human carcinogen, and a Government Accountability Office report now confirms EPA leadership delayed assessments of toxic chemicals for months in 2018 and ultimately slashed the number of chemicals being assessed. Keep Reading
Thousands of facilities across the United States contain hazardous chemicals that could be used by terrorists to inflict mass casualties or harm surrounding populations. DHS established the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program to identify and assess the security risk posed by chemical facilities. Keep Reading
