FEMA Hired 4 Employees with Criminal Backgrounds, Inspector General Reports
A former FEMA official hired four employees with criminal backgrounds, paying them nearly $350,000 in combined annual salaries, a report has revealed.
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U.S. House Committee Demands Answers After Homeland Security Lost 165 Firearms in 3 Years
Congressional leaders are demanding answers from Homeland Security following the discovery that it lost 165 firearms in three years.
Inspector General: Remote Border Patrol Facilities Riddled with Security Issues
Some have problems with providing safe drinking water to employees, and one facility had inadequate living conditions.
DEA Leaves Seized Drugs Vulnerable to Theft, Tampering, Report States
The DEA often improperly documents or tracks its seized drug, compromising evidence used in court.
ICE Employees Complain of Pervasive Discrimination, Mismanagement, Harassment
The issues are so pervasive, the union argued, that ICE employees filed 18 discrimination suits in just San Diego.
Report: ATF improves after Fast and Furious, But Other Federal Agencies Did Not
The FBI and DEA, for example, have failed to adequately minimize risks connected with gun investigations, the report stated.
Homeland Security Unable to Account for Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Training
The department was only able to account for $1.9 million of $1.4 billion that was appropriated in fiscal 2014.
DEA Accused of Wasting $850,000 on One Informant Who Worked for Amtrak
An Amtrak was paid more than $850,000 to act as an informant for the DEA over the past 20 years, but none of the information that was received was new to the federal agency.