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The federal government is not equipped to process the flood of applications from a proposed immigration legalization bill, and the agency that would oversee that program won't be ready for "a few years," the office of the Homeland Security Department's inspector general told Congress on Tuesday. The warning, from Assistant Inspector General Frank Deffer, could severely complicate President Obama's new push to pass an immigration bill this year.
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On July 11, the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a report assessing his agency's progress in compiling a National Asset Database, which is used to determine each state's funding for federal antiterrorism grants. On the state-by-state list of "critical infrastructure and key resources," Vermont ranked 50th, with only 70 vital assets. Among the oddest and most inexplicable "vital" national assets listed: the Groundhog Zoo in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania; the Trees of Mystery in Klamath, California; "the mall at Sears"; "the DPW landfill"; and "beach at end of street.
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Homeland Security Department Inspector General (IG) Richard L. Skinner issued a scathing report on the Coast Guard's management of its National Security Cutter acquisition program, declaring that design defects will reduce the ship's service life and increase maintenance costs. As a result, the first cutter will need to undergo expensive retrofitting. Both the IG and auditors at the Government Accountability Office concluded the Coast Guard has failed to adequately oversee and manage the contract and the contractors. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen has proposed a more radical revamping of Coast Guard operations and organizational structure, likely to be implemented in 2008.
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In Aug 2002, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) contracted with Unisys Corp to build a multibillion-dollar telecommunications and information technology infrastructure, a mammoth project to connect 429 airports and TSA's command center. TSA opted for a performance-based contract, in which the agency provides overall goals in lieu of detailed specifications and pays the vendor to figure out the best way to accomplish them. A report released in February by the Homeland Security Department's inspector general (IG) detailed problems with Unisys' IT Managed Services contract, known as ITMS. Despite problems unearthed by the IG, proponents of performance-based contracts say ITMS is not an indictment of the approach, but instead teaches important lessons about how to properly exe...
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[...] is-I spend a lot of money to make up my apartment Singh tallies up the damage: the temporary driver's license and bank account he lost; the credit-card debt; the legal bills; the furniture his wife had to sell. Singh's story emerges at a time when the nation's immigrant-detention system has been rocked with burgeoning scandals.-As the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) struggles to process 275,000 annual detainees, critics and government inspectors have deplored the unsanitary conditions and the lack of due process at detention facilities around the country. Twelve months ago, the Department of Homeland security's Office of Inspector General issued a report that detailed the inhumane conditions, substandard medical care, vermin, and undercooked food found at five r...
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- $2b Cost Estimate for Border Fence May Be Unrealistic ; Official Tells House the Price Could Be $30b
WASHINGTON The Bush administration's proposal to secure the nation's borders with a high-technology "virtual fence" will likely cost far more than the $2 billion initially estimated by industry analysts, possibly up to $30 billion, a government watchdog agency is warning. According to the Homeland Security Department inspector general, the ambitious plan to deploy sensors, cameras and other surveillance technology along 6,000 miles of the borders with Canada and Mexico runs the risk of runaway costs because of poorly defined objectives and a vastly overstretched contracting staff at the department.
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On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector General released a seaming report on the mismanagement of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement 287 (g) program, which devolves some authority for immigration enforcement to local law enforcement agencies. The same week, The New York Times reported that earthquake victims who had been evacuated from Haiti by U.S, Marines were jailed in immigration detention centers from the first day they arrived here - as if they were being punished instead of rescued. The New York Times also lifted up a disturbing story of a new report on mentally ill detainees getting lost in the detention system, not receiving the mental care they need, and being forced to stand trial even though many of them are not mentally competent. The r...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department has allowed federal grants for improving security at America's ports to be spent on low priority problems rather than the most serious vulnerabilities, the agency's outgoing watchdog says. In a draft report to be released next month, Homeland Security Department Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin says port security spending should be governed by the most pressing priorities rather than local politics.
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WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration has overpaid Boeing Co. by at least $49 million on a contract to install explosive detection equipment at U.S. commercial airports, according to an internal audit released Monday. Homeland Security Department Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin found TSA failed to follow appropriate procedures in awarding Boeing the contract, worth $1.2 billion with the possibility of lucrative extensions.
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An officer of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service is out on bail after being arrested on charges she issued a visa to an illegal immigrant and forged a visa admission stamp for use on other official documents. Maria Barillas, an immigration-information officer in Los Angeles, was taken into custody Wednesday on state fraud and forgery charges by officers with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General's Office and agents with USCIS Office of Security and Investigations.
