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Homeland Security

DHS Receives Second Straight Clean Financial Audit, But Management Problems Persist

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 18th, 2014

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DHS Receives Second Straight Clean Financial Audit, But Management Problems Persist

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Photo: DHS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday said it has sustained clean financial statements for the second consecutive year based on an unqualified audit opinion by the accounting firm KPMG in conjunction with the department’s Inspector General (IG). Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement regarding the accuracy of his department’s financial statement that “For the third largest department of our government, only 11 years old, and consisting of 22 components, 240,000 personnel, a $60 billion budget,…

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