The Department of Defense's Inspector General released its report Wednesday examining the litany of legal controversies that have dogged the Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative (JEDI) cloud contract since its inception more than two years ago. Keep Reading
In a letter to the Senate Intelligence committee chairs Friday, Trump said he "no longer" has the fullest confidence in Atkinson. The letter says the removal will be effective "30 days from today." Keep Reading
The indictment charges Charles K. Edwards, 59, of Sandy Spring, Maryland, and Murali Yamazula Venkata, 54, of Aldie, Virginia, with conspiracy to commit theft of government property and to defraud the United States. Keep Reading
DHS components are not required to coordinate common requirements and capability needs for minor acquisitions and procurements, such as chemical identification devices. Keep Reading
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not balance its manufactured housing unit (MHU) program costs with disaster-related housing needs, the DHS Office of Inspector General found. Keep Reading
Both DHS OIG and SSA OIG would like to warn all Americans to hang up on all government imposters, and ask them to spread the word to family and friends. Keep Reading
DHS has sought to update its financial systems since its inception. During the past 16 years, DHS has made three major attempts, but did not modernize and consolidate its financial systems. Keep Reading
OIG focused on the effectiveness of age-off controls implemented in one of NSA’s largest SIGINT repositories to ensure data is retained only for the period of time authorized under legal and policy requirements. Keep Reading
"Much has been written and much has been said about whistleblowers recently, some of it accurate and helpful, and some not,” wrote Michael Atkinson. Keep Reading
Except for identified questioned costs, reported DHS Purchase and Travel Card transactions for FY 2017 were appropriate and complied with relevant laws and regulations. Keep Reading
“Their service helps CIGIE achieve its mission of increasing the professionalism and effectiveness of the federal OIGs through a high-performing and skilled workforce.” Keep Reading
Surprise inspections reveal "unreported security incidents, dangerous mishandling of food, dilapidated physical conditions, and unaddressed security risks." Keep Reading
About 35,000 federal agency information security incidents in fiscal year 2017 alone "make it imperative that the Department intensify its efforts" to recruit. Keep Reading
OIG found that Tecate officials do not create records when they instruct individuals to go to other ports to make their asylum claims. Keep Reading
Privileged users are authorized and trusted to perform security-related functions over information systems that ordinary users are not authorized to perform. Keep Reading
OIG attributed DHS’ progress to improvements in information security risk, configuration management practices, continuous monitoring, and more effective security training. Keep Reading
The Coast Guard accepted the OIG's report and personnel have been undergoing training on preventing and responding to cases of workplace harassment. Keep Reading
Eighty-seven percent reported at least one negative impact as a result, such as loss of trust, unnecessarily prolonged investigations, and failure to gather evidence or apprehend a target. Keep Reading
"At one facility, some single adults were held in standing room only conditions for a week" and many children have had no access to showers. Keep Reading
The fraudster tells the victim that the funds they provided the day before went to a criminal organization or terrorist group such as ISIS or al-Qaeda. Keep Reading
