Multiple DHS agencies may have violated funding law

[The Straight Story]

Multiple DHS agencies may have violated funding law

By Jonathan Marino
[email protected]
Auditor KPMG warned the Homeland Security Department of multiple potential violations of a fiscal law barring agencies from spending money in excess of appropriations, according to a new report from the department's inspector general.

The report, released Wednesday, identified two DHS agencies as having possibly violated the Anti-Deficiency Act, though it did not describe the violations.

Transportation Security Administration managers "concluded that a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act may have occurred in fiscal years prior to 2006," the IG said, and DHS' Federal Law Enforcement Training Center "initiated a review of the classification of certain liabilities, recorded in their accounting records, that may identify a violation of the ." The report did not specify a time frame in which the alleged violations may have occurred.

Earlier this week, Government Executive reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau officials expressed concern in an internal memorandum that the agency had violated the Anti-Deficiency Act by providing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection bureau, also within DHS, with non-reimbursed detainee transportation services.

DHS as a whole, and four agencies within the department, have financial reporting problems so significant that there's insufficient data to determine how far their problems reach, KPMG told the inspector general's office.

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[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. Duh! That is all DHS is... a big money grab

The sooner it is gone, the better.

[Trillo]

2. Does this money the agencies are spending

but which isn't appropriated represent money that

a) doesn't exist and therefore is 'play' or 'non-existent' or 'imaginary' funds,
or
b) is real money that actually exists but is coming from some undocumented source?

Antideficiency Act