“Acquisitions consume a significant part of the Department of Homeland Securitys annual budget and are fundamental to the departments ability to accomplish its mission. The departments revised enacted budget authority for fiscal year 2010 is approximately $55.3 billion, and between October 2009 and August 2010, it obligated about $9.2 billion for procurement costs. We performed this audit to determine whether the department established adequate management oversight and controls over component acquisition programs…The department has not fully defined, for its components, what constitutes an acquisition program, or developed consistent guidance for reporting acquisition programs in its standard reporting system. In addition, the department did not ensure that components were using all acquisition tools available and that all components had adequate policies and procedures in place to manage acquisition programs.”
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