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Homeland Security

DHS Components Often Failing To Report Required Conference Attendance, IG Says

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 21st, 2015

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More often than not components within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are failing to report conferences they hosted or attended as required, the department’s Inspector General (IG) said in a recent report.Department records show that in FY ’14 components hosted 428 conferences at a total estimated cost of $11.6 million, with 164 exceeding $20,000 in costs, the threshold for reporting, said the IG report, Management Advisory on Department of Homeland Security Components’ Reporting of Conference Spending (OIG-15-121-MA). Yet the…

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